AWS Cloud Database Administrator

Location: Hybrid in Suitland, MD- Onsite once (1) per week is the anticipated requirement.
Travel: Ability to be onsite in Suitland, MD for project support as needed.
Years’ Experience: 5+ Years of experience.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in IT related field.
Clearance: Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. United States Citizenship is required as part of the eligibility criteria to be able to obtain this type of security clearance.
Key Skills:
• Must have Oracle RDS and PostgreSQL experience.
• Familiar with Exadata and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience supporting databases across on-prem and AWS cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize AWS RDS PostgreSQL and Oracle RDS databases, including provisioning, major/minor upgrades, performance tuning, query optimization, snapshot management, backup strategies, monitoring (CloudWatch), and lifecycle operations.
• Develop and maintain PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL procedures, indexes, partitions, and performance tuned workloads for large enterprise datasets.
• Automate deployments and environment configuration using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Lambda scripts, and AWS-native automation tools.
• Provide operational support and maintenance for Oracle Exadata on premises—including multitenant RAC, ASM deployments, RMAN backup/restore, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting across standalone and pluggable databases.
• Support or contribute to operations involving OCI Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC), leveraging knowledge of Exadata architectures, multitenant environments, and cloud based database operations. (Concept integrated based on Exadata knowledge from source content).
• Oversee database upgrades, migrations, and provisioning activities for Oracle environments, including transitions from 19c → 26ai multitenant.
• Maintain secure configurations and compliance with Census and federal standards, including NIST 800 53, RMF, data encryption, wallet/TDE configuration, IAM roles, parameter baselines, and monitoring best practices.
• Integrate database platforms with enterprise applications and services (AWS Lambda, Tomcat/WebLogic), supporting high availability architectures and secure data flows.
• Conduct continuous database monitoring using AWS CloudWatch, OEM, AWR, ASH, ADDM, and implement performance improvement recommendations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience supporting AWS RDS PostgreSQL and Oracle RDS in production environments.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT related field required.
• Oracle and/or AWS cloud certification(s) preferred.
• Demonstrated operational experience with Oracle Exadata on premises—RAC, ASM, RMAN, multitenant management, performance tuning, and patching cycles.
• Experience performing Oracle upgrades, provisioning, cloning, Data Guard/standby deployments, and high availability operations.
• Strong knowledge of AWS RDS operational tooling (CloudWatch, snapshots, alerts) and infrastructure as code technologies such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL development and optimization.
• Understanding of OCI Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) concepts, Exadata architecture, and cloud/hybrid deployment models.
• Experience supporting large multitenant RAC clusters across Linux and Solaris environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Docker, GitHub), scripting (Shell, Python, Bash), and DevSecOps automation.
• Experience monitoring enterprise workloads using OEM, CloudWatch, ASH/AWR, ELK, etc.