Senior Cloud Database Engineer (Db2/SQL, AWS)

The Clearing House; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clearing House seeks a senior Cloud Database Administrator Engineer to lead architecture, engineering, automation, and security for enterprise Db2 LUW and SQL Server platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will guide modernization initiatives, cloud migrations, and high‑availability strategies for mission‑critical payment systems.

Ideal candidates possess 10+ years in enterprise DB engineering, deep Linux/Windows DB expertise, Terraform and scripting skills, and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/IS/Engineering.
• 10+ years of enterprise database administration and engineering experience.
• Expert-level Db2 LUW 11.5+ on Linux.
• Expert-level Microsoft SQL Server 2019+.
• Extensive Db2 HADR, Pacemaker, Q Replication experience.
• Experience with SQL Server Always On and related HA technologies.
• Experience designing and supporting cloud database platforms in AWS.
• Strong AWS services experience (RDS, EC2, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, AWS Backup).
• Terraform IaC expertise.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, administer, and optimize Db2 LUW and SQL Server environments.
• Manage lifecycle activities: install, upgrade, patch, tune, capacity planning, backup/recovery, security.
• Ensure availability, performance, scalability, compliance across platforms.
• Design and maintain operational standards, governance.

Skills

Db2 LUW

SQL Server

AWS cloud

Terraform

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Linux

Q Replication

Pacemaker

Always On

CI/CD

GitOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Python

PowerShell

Shell scripting

Git

Job description

The Clearing House seeks a senior Cloud Database Administrator Engineer to lead architecture, engineering, automation, and security for enterprise Db2 LUW and SQL Server platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will guide modernization initiatives, cloud migrations, and high‑availability strategies for mission‑critical payment systems.

Ideal candidates possess 10+ years in enterprise DB engineering, deep Linux/Windows DB expertise, Terraform and scripting skills, and strong