Senior Cloud Database Engineer
Remote-first role based in IndiaFull-TimeSenior
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5–8 years
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonSQLAmazon RDSMySQL
Requirements
- 5–8 years of hands-on experience managing production databases in AWS cloud environments.
- Strong expertise in Amazon RDS and solid production experience with MySQL database administration and optimization.
- Experience working in cloud-native environments, with strong understanding of managed database services.
- Proficiency in automation and scripting (e.g., Python, SQL or similar), with a focus on building and maintaining operational tooling.
- Proven experience in production operations, incident management, and on-call support for business-critical systems.
- Strong database performance engineering skills, including query optimization, indexing, and root cause analysis.
- Good understanding of AWS networking fundamentals and infrastructure concepts relevant to database troubleshooting.
- Strong collaboration skills with software engineering teams and familiarity with modern software development lifecycles.
- Excellent problem-solving ability, ownership mindset, and strong communication skills.
- Ability to learn quickly, work independently, and continuously improve systems and processes.
Responsibilities
- Own the health, availability, and day-to-day operations of production MySQL databases running on AWS RDS, ensuring high reliability for global SaaS systems.
- Lead incident response efforts, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, service restoration, and long-term prevention of recurring issues.
- Design and implement automation to eliminate repetitive operational tasks and reduce manual intervention, risk, and engineering overhead.
- Improve database workflows, including change management, data fixes, and operational processes to ensure scalability, safety, and auditability.
- Collaborate with software engineering teams to investigate production issues, analyze logs, and improve system behavior and performance.
- Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, capacity planning, and proactive monitoring.
- Contribute to high availability, disaster recovery, and resilience strategies for cloud database infrastructure.
- Participate in on-call rotations and provide timely support for critical production incidents.
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