Senior DBA: Oracle/NoSQL on AWS + Data Warehouse

Brightpath Associates LLC; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightpath Associates LLC seeks an experienced Senior DBA to manage Oracle and NoSQL databases in AWS, including DocumentDB, MongoDB, and Redshift, with a focus on performance, security, and reliability.

You will lead migrations from on-prem to AWS, implement failover/recovery, and ensure data integrity across warehoused and operational databases. Strong communication and team collaboration required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/IT or related field with 10+ years of experience as a DBA.
• Proven experience with Oracle and NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
• Extensive experience migrating on-prem databases to AWS and managing AWS managed databases (DocumentDB, Postgres).
• Strong knowledge of database backup/recovery, failover, and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience with data warehousing and AWS Redshift.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and secure databases with proper permissions and policies.
• Monitor and tune database performance; coordinate with application teams to optimize interactions with NoSQL databases.
• Design and test backup, recovery, and failover strategies.
• Lead migrations from on-premises to AWS and from relational databases to NoSQL.
• Manage security controls, auditing, and compliance with data privacy laws.
• Oversee data warehousing tasks and optimize Redshift and other data stores.
• Use CloudWatch and other tools to monitor health and automate scaling.
• Troubleshoot complex database issues including replication and log shipping.

Skills

Oracle

NoSQL

MongoDB

DocumentDB

AWS

Performance tuning

Migration

Security & compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS CLI

AWS SDKs

CloudWatch

Redshift

Job description

Brightpath Associates LLC seeks an experienced Senior DBA to manage Oracle and NoSQL databases in AWS, including DocumentDB, MongoDB, and Redshift, with a focus on performance, security, and reliability.

You will lead migrations from on-prem to AWS, implement failover/recovery, and ensure data integrity across warehoused and operational databases. Strong communication and team collaboration required.