Senior DBA

Position Summary We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Database Architect with 15+ years of experience in designing, administering, optimizing, and modernizing enterprise database platforms. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining database strategy, architecture, operational excellence, and cloud transformation initiatives across mission-critical environments. This role requires deep expertise in AWS RDS MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, and MongoDB platforms, along with strong leadership capabilities to drive reliability, scalability, security, automation, and performance improvements across the organization. Key Responsibilities Database Architecture & Strategy

• Define and drive the organization's database architecture strategy across relational and NoSQL platforms.
• Design scalable, highly available, and resilient database solutions supporting enterprise workloads.
• Establish database governance, standards, operational procedures, and best practices.
• Lead database modernization, cloud migration, and platform transformation initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging database technologies and recommend strategic adoption where appropriate. Database Administration & Operations
• Provide technical leadership for enterprise database platforms including: + AWS RDS MySQL + AWS RDS PostgreSQL + Amazon Aurora MySQL + Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL + MongoDB (Atlas and Self-Managed)
• Oversee database provisioning, upgrades, patching, migrations, backup strategies, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure operational excellence across production, staging, and disaster recovery environments.
• Drive standardization and operational efficiency across database platforms. AWS RDS, Aurora & PostgreSQL Administration
• Architect and administer large-scale AWS database environments.
• Design and manage: + Multi-AZ Deployments + Read Replicas + Cross-Region Replication + Automated Backups + Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) + Parameter Groups and Option Groups + Aurora Global Databases
• Lead database version upgrades and platform modernization initiatives.
• Troubleshoot complex performance bottlenecks, replication issues, locking/contention, storage challenges, and scalability constraints.
• Develop capacity planning, growth forecasting, and cost optimization strategies. MongoDB Administration
• Design, administer, and optimize MongoDB environments.
• Manage Replica Sets and Sharded Clusters.
• Optimize schema design, indexing strategies, aggregation pipelines, and query execution plans.
• Lead MongoDB performance tuning and operational optimization initiatives.
• Design enterprise-grade backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions. Performance Engineering & Reliability
• Lead database performance engineering initiatives across all database platforms.
• Analyze workload characteristics and optimize query execution, indexing, storage utilization, and throughput.
• Conduct performance assessments and architecture reviews.
• Establish proactive monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks.
• Drive SLA, SLO, and reliability improvements. High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Architect enterprise-grade High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
• Define and maintain RPO and RTO objectives.
• Conduct disaster recovery planning, testing, and validation exercises.
• Ensure business continuity for mission-critical applications. Automation & Platform Engineering
• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and database automation initiatives.
• Automate database operations using Python, Shell Scripting, Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Build self-service database provisioning and operational workflows.
• Partner with DevOps and SRE teams to improve operational maturity and reliability. Security, Compliance & Governance
• Define database security standards and governance frameworks.
• Implement encryption, IAM integration, auditing, access controls, and compliance requirements.
• Lead database security reviews and audit activities.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise security policies and industry best practices. Leadership & Stakeholder Management
• Serve as the organization's subject matter expert for database architecture and operations.
• Mentor DBAs, SREs, Cloud Engineers, and Development teams.
• Partner with Architects, Engineering Leadership, Product Teams, and Business Stakeholders.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities for critical incidents.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across database platforms and operational processes.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in Database Administration, Database Architecture, or Database Platform Engineering.
• Expert-level experience with AWS RDS MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Strong experience with Amazon Aurora (MySQL and PostgreSQL).
• Strong experience administering MongoDB in production environments.
• Experience managing multi-terabyte, mission-critical production databases.
• Deep expertise in performance tuning, scalability, and database optimization.
• Strong understanding of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup, and recovery architectures.
• Experience leading large-scale database migrations and modernization initiatives.
• Strong Linux administration skills.
• Hands-on experience with automation using Python, Shell, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience leading technical teams and cross-functional initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent certification.
• AWS Database Specialty certification.
• MongoDB Certified DBA or equivalent experience.
• Experience with SRE, DevOps, CI/CD, and Observability platforms.
• Experience supporting SaaS, IoT, or large-scale enterprise applications. Key Skills AWS RDS | Aurora | MySQL | PostgreSQL | MongoDB | Database Architecture | High Availability | Disaster Recovery | Performance Tuning | Replication | Automation | Terraform | Python | Linux | AWS | Cloud Migration | Database Security | SRE | DevOps | Capacity Planning | Cost Optimization