Remote Senior DBA – PostgreSQL/MySQL on AWS RDS

Eliassen Group; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Senior DBA at Eliassen Group is sought for a remote contract role supporting a Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement program. You will design and optimize PostgreSQL and MySQL databases on Amazon RDS, automate deployments, manage upgrades, and drive performance improvements for online and batch applications.

Security requires US citizenship or permanent residency with an active Public Trust clearance. W2 and corp-to-corp options are available; benefits are provided for W2 consultants.

Qualifications

• Experience designing PostgreSQL and MySQL on Amazon RDS and tuning performance.
• Proficiency with AWS services and automation tools (Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Ability to obtain US government Public Trust clearance; US citizenship or permanent residency required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and design database solutions for online and batch systems.
• Design and deploy scalable PostgreSQL and MySQL on Amazon RDS, with schema improvements.
• Create, deploy, and maintain scripts and procedures using Python, Shell, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Manage upgrades, backups, failover, and disaster recovery with minimal oversight.
• Monitor health and performance using CloudWatch and related tools.

Skills

AWS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Python

Shell

Ansible

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Amazon RDS

pg_dump/pg_restore

CloudWatch

ECS/EKS

Job description

Senior DBA at Eliassen Group is sought for a remote contract role supporting a Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement program. You will design and optimize PostgreSQL and MySQL databases on Amazon RDS, automate deployments, manage upgrades, and drive performance improvements for online and batch applications.

Security requires US citizenship or permanent residency with an active Public Trust clearance. W2 and corp-to-corp options are available; benefits are provided for W2 consultants.