Cloud Database Reliability Engineer

Eliassen Group; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life Insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group in St. Louis, MO seeks a Cloud Database Reliability Engineer to design, build, and evolve automated database infrastructure for a cloud-native platform.

You will partner with DB pros to deliver self-service tooling and reusable infra enabling development teams to move fast while preserving reliability and security. Responsibilities include IaC with AWS CDK for RDS across Oracle and Postgres, CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, and enforcing security best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and hands-on AWS RDS.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (AWS CDK or CloudFormation preferred; Terraform acceptable).
• Demonstrated experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar tools.
• Scripting in Python or TypeScript for automation.
• Production experience with Oracle or Postgres and solid understanding of relational database concepts.
• Experience with AWS IAM, VPC networking, and security best practices.
• Preferred: AWS certifications, Lambda, database migration tools, GitOps workflows, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK for RDS infrastructure across Oracle and Postgres with automation and self-service capabilities.
• Build and maintain automated solutions for database provisioning, patching, backup and recovery, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and tooling for safe, independent database operations.
• Collaborate with DevOps and SysOps to implement database security best practices including encryption and IAM policies.
• Support long-term database migration initiatives through tooling, automation, and infrastructure improvements.
• Optimize database infrastructure costs using FinOps while maintaining performance and reliability.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for database infra issues with limited on-call.
• Mentor team members on cloud database best practices and AWS services.

Skills

AWS

Python

TypeScript

CI/CD

IAM

VPC

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related field

5+ years cloud infra experience

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

GitLab

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Description:

Hybrid 2-3 days in office/week in St. Louis, MO

Our client seeks a Cloud Database Reliability Engineer to design, build, and evolve automated database infrastructure for a cloud-native enterprise platform supporting mission-critical applications. You will partner with database professionals to deliver self-service tooling and reusable infrastructure that enables development teams to move faster while maintaining reliability and security. The role emphasizes automation, infrastructure-as-code, and scalable platforms.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $80.00 to $110.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK for AWS RDS infrastructure across Oracle and Postgres with automation, repeatability, and self-service capabilities.
• Build and maintain automated solutions for database provisioning, patching, backup and recovery, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and tooling to enable developers and DBAs to perform routine database operations safely and independently.
• Collaborate with DevOps and SysOps to implement database security best practices including encryption, IAM policies, and access controls.
• Support long-term database migration initiatives through tooling, automation, and infrastructure improvements.
• Optimize database infrastructure costs using FinOps principles while maintaining performance and reliability standards.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for database infrastructure issues with limited on-call.
• Mentor team members on cloud database best practices, automation techniques, and AWS services.
• Stay current with AWS database services and emerging technologies to continuously improve platform capabilities.

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and hands-on AWS RDS.
• Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (AWS CDK or CloudFormation preferred; Terraform acceptable).
• Demonstrated experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar tools.
• Scripting skills in Python or TypeScript for automation.
• Production experience with Oracle or Postgres and solid understanding of relational database concepts.
• Experience with AWS IAM, VPC networking, and security best practices.
• Ability to solve problems and work collaboratively across teams.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Preferred: AWS certifications, AWS Lambda, database migration tools, GitOps workflows, monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenSearch), DBA background transitioning to cloud and automation, and FinOps experience.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in cloud infrastructure, database administration, or platform engineering with a track record of delivering automation and infrastructure solutions in production and experience in Agile environments. Experience in regulated industries, accounting, or government environments.