Cloud Database Automation Engineer

• Implement infrastructure as code for various database platforms
• Perform Software Configuration Management (SCM) for databases
• Implement automation of database operations and migration
• Implement monitoring and logging solutions for different database technology stacks or container orchestration platforms
• Have general cloud ops knowledge with at least one provider, private or public, such as attached volume lifecycle, auto scaling, cloud-config, security, instance lifecycle, etc
• Implement Database automation in AWS from build to day-to-day support. 

Required Skills & Knowledge:

• Experience working on or leading teams performing systems automation and integration (ideally leveraging an agile methodology / lean techniques)
• Competence in using scripting + programming languages to automate frequently executed activities
• 3+ years Public Cloud (AWS RDS) experience to instant and configure up databases for mission critical, highly available and high throughput application
• 3+ years Expert knowledge of Linux / Unix / Windows systems
• 5+ years’ experience as a Senior DBA or Database automation Engineer; Expertise in designing/configuring mission critical, highly available and high throughput Databases
• Experience with production systems and dealing with production issues
• A clear understanding of cloud service and deployment model 

Desired Skills & Knowledge:

• Database experience with RDS, PostgreSQL, Cassandra. MySQL, Oracle, DynamoDB or DocumentDB
• Experience in streaming service such as Kinesis
• Scripting Proficiency in Terraform, Python and Shell
• Experience in migrating Database from on-prem to public cloud
• Responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining automation tools to reduce time and complexity of operations and development tasks
• Collaborate with others to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues
• Establish and consult on best practices and standard operating procedures for development, deployment, support, break-fix, and systems management
• Deploy and support automation systems and tooling in a 24x7 production environment
• Assess usage and utilization trends to make appropriate design and implementation recommendations towards scaling our architecture 
  • AWS Cloud certification, Terraform certification