Senior AWS Database Architect & Migrations Lead

Francisco Partners; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

OEC is undergoing a multi-year cloud transformation, modernizing infrastructure and migrating hundreds of services to AWS. As a Senior Database Administrator, you will play a key role in shaping OEC’s future database platform by leading the evolution from legacy systems to scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions.

This senior, hands-on technical role will serve as a database engineering leader, driving AWS database strategy, migration efforts, architecture decisions, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of database administration experience.
• 3+ years managing AWS cloud database environments.
• Experience with Amazon RDS for SQL Server, Aurora PostgreSQL, and AWS database services.

Responsibilities

• Lead database migrations to AWS managed services (RDS, Aurora).
• Design cloud-native database architectures focused on scalability, security, and performance.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code standards using Terraform and integrate provisioning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Execute migrations using AWS DMS and SCT.
• Establish database monitoring, backup, DR, and operational standards using AWS tools.
• Drive incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.

Skills

DBA experience

AWS

Terraform

Migration leadership

Communication

Database architecture

Tools

Amazon RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

DMS

SCT

Datadog

Job description

OEC is undergoing a multi-year cloud transformation, modernizing infrastructure and migrating hundreds of services to AWS. As a Senior Database Administrator, you will play a key role in shaping OEC’s future database platform by leading the evolution from legacy systems to scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions.

This senior, hands-on technical role will serve as a database engineering leader, driving AWS database strategy, migration efforts, architecture decisions, and operational excellence.