Senior Cloud DBA: AWS RDS/PostgreSQL & MySQL Expert

Karsun Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Karsun Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support customer production apps, development, and maintenance projects. The role focuses on AWS RDS MySQL/PostgreSQL, security, backups, and performance tuning across enterprise environments.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of relevant experience, strong Linux skills, and cloud familiarity with AWS/Azure, plus the ability to obtain U.S. security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or IT; engineering/math/science substitutions accepted.
• 15+ years of relevant experience required.
• Expertise in MySQL and/or PostgreSQL administration in enterprise environments.
• Deep knowledge of Linux-based DB environments and open-source internals.
• Experience with Amazon RDS/Aurora managed services.
• Experience with DLM, data scrubbing/masking, and authentication robustness.
• Cloud familiarity with AWS and/or Azure; relevant certifications.
• The ability to obtain and maintain U.S. suitability/public trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide database administration for RDS MySQL and PostgreSQL in AWS.
• Install, configure, and maintain DB instances and manage parameter groups.
• Manage security, IAM authentication, VPCs, and user permissions.
• Develop or maintain DB objects and optimize performance settings.
• Monitor performance, backups, and lifecycle management per client specs.
• Support development teams and stakeholders on DB changes and sizing.
• Collaborate with other DBAs to ensure high availability and replication.
• Provide sizing and capacity planning across databases.

Skills

MySQL administration

PostgreSQL administration

RDS/Aurora

Linux

DLM

Data masking

Security clearances

AWS/Azure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT

Engineering/math/science substitutions allowed

Tools

Git

Ansible Tower

Artifactory

Jenkins

DMS/SCT

Job description

Karsun Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support customer production apps, development, and maintenance projects. The role focuses on AWS RDS MySQL/PostgreSQL, security, backups, and performance tuning across enterprise environments.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of relevant experience, strong Linux skills, and cloud familiarity with AWS/Azure, plus the ability to obtain U.S. security clearance.