Senior AWS DBA: Oracle & NoSQL, Cloud Migrations

BigBear.ai

Ashburn (VA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 220,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

BigBear.ai seeks a Senior DBA to optimize Oracle and NoSQL databases, including AWS DocumentDB, MongoDB, and Postgres in AWS. The role emphasizes failover, backups, migrations to AWS, and data warehousing with Redshift. You will ensure performance, security, and reliability across enterprise-scale databases.

The ideal candidate has strong communication skills and hands‑on experience with cloud DB services and disaster recovery planning.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field with 10+ years of DBA experience.
Proven DBA expertise with Oracle and NoSQL databases.
Extensive experience with AWS DocumentDB, MongoDB, and AWS managed services.
Strong failover, recovery, backups, and disaster recovery planning.

Responsibilities

Administer, maintain, and enforce database security and access controls.
Monitor performance and tune databases to ensure optimal operation and interactivity with applications.
Design and test backup, failover, and disaster recovery plans.
Lead migrations from on‑prem to AWS and from relational to NoSQL databases.
Support data warehousing on AWS Redshift and related solutions.
Monitor with CloudWatch and automate scaling and alerts.
Troubleshoot complex database issues and ensure data integrity and availability.