Senior Cloud DB Leader — AWS RDS/EC2 (Remote)

SitusAMC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision, life, and 401

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking a senior leader to manage its Database Administration team, ensuring the availability and security of AWS RDS and EC2 databases. You will shape strategy, enforce standards, and partner with DevOps and developers to optimize performance and reliability.

The role requires 12+ years in database administration, strong leadership, and AWS expertise, with a focus on modernization and capacity planning. Remote-friendly with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Master's preferred.
• 12+ years in database administration, with 2+ years in a VP level or external equivalent.
• 5+ years in a leadership role.
• 3-5 years with Amazon RDS and EC2 databases.
• Strong knowledge of database design, performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience collaborating with developers to optimize database environments.
• 3-5 years with AWS cloud infrastructure and services.
• Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Database - Specialty) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Database Administration team with mentorship.
• Oversee design, implementation, and maintenance of AWS RDS and EC2 databases for high availability and performance.
• Develop and enforce database policies, procedures, and standards.
• Collaborate with project and business teams to meet requirements.
• Support application development, testing, deployment and day-to-day operations.
• Lead problem resolution and communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
• Drive database modernization and best-practice alignment.
• Coordinate with DevOps/SRE on templates and practices.
• Monitor performance, capacity planning, backups and disaster recovery.
• Plan upgrades, migrations, encryption, and vendor evaluations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentorship

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Amazon RDS

EC2

SQL

MySQL

Job description

SitusAMC is seeking a senior leader to manage its Database Administration team, ensuring the availability and security of AWS RDS and EC2 databases. You will shape strategy, enforce standards, and partner with DevOps and developers to optimize performance and reliability.

The role requires 12+ years in database administration, strong leadership, and AWS expertise, with a focus on modernization and capacity planning. Remote-friendly with competitive compensation.