Senior Cloud Database Engineer: AWS, PostgreSQL & MySQL

Apex Systems; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life and disability insurance

ESPP

401K plan

HSA

EAP with counseling

Corporate discounts

Certification discounts

Training programs

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems seeks a Senior Database Administrator Expert to lead enterprise PostgreSQL and MySQL environments, drive migrations to AWS, and ensure security, availability, and scalability of critical databases. The role requires hands-on clustering, replication, and performance tuning across on-premises and AWS.

Responsibilities include migration leadership, capacity planning, and collaboration with security and development teams in a fast-paced, on-site Washington, DC environment.

Qualifications

• BS degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience or MS degree with 6-10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated success managing enterprise PostgreSQL and MySQL environments in hybrid on-premises and AWS.
• Strong expertise in PostgreSQL and MySQL administration including installation, configuration, optimization, clustering and replication.
• Experience with VMware, AWS EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, and on-premises infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience migrating PostgreSQL and MySQL clusters to AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with backup/recovery tools, monitoring, automation scripting, and disaster recovery planning.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain PostgreSQL and MySQL platforms across on-premises and AWS.
• Configure, manage, and optimize AWS database services including RDS and Aurora.
• Plan and execute migrations of PostgreSQL and MySQL to AWS cloud platforms.
• Design and maintain MySQL clustering, replication, failover, and high-availability solutions.
• Contribute to database architecture, capacity planning, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Monitor performance, integrity, and security; investigate production incidents.
• Perform routine maintenance: index optimization, query tuning, backups, and checks.
• Lead migration projects (lift-and-shift, modernization, re-platforming).
• Manage database accounts, roles, and permissions with least privilege.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

MySQL administration

AWS cloud

Cluster replication

Backup and recovery

SQL performance tuning

Security and IAM

On-call readiness

Education

BS degree

MS degree

Tools

VMware

AWS EC2

Amazon RDS

Amazon Aurora

MySQL Cluster

Job description

Everforth Apex Systems seeks a Senior Database Administrator Expert to lead enterprise PostgreSQL and MySQL environments, drive migrations to AWS, and ensure security, availability, and scalability of critical databases. The role requires hands-on clustering, replication, and performance tuning across on-premises and AWS.

Responsibilities include migration leadership, capacity planning, and collaboration with security and development teams in a fast-paced, on-site Washington, DC environment.