{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"fecca616aafb30d23f2781df","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fecca616aafb30d23f2781df","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fecca616aafb30d23f2781df","title":"Sr. AWS DevOps Database Engineer","description":"Sr. AWS DevOps Database Engineer\nClearance: Must be eligible for a US Security Clearance (US Citizenship required)\nLocation: Washington, DC (Hybrid, mostly remote)\nWe are looking for a Sr. AWS DevOps Database Engineer which requires expertise in AWS RDS (Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle on EC2), database administration, infrastructure automation, and DevOps best practices. The ideal candidate will have experience leading the design, automation and maintenance of an AWS environment. They will also have experience building Terraform infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions, working with CI/CD pipelines, disaster recovery, cost management and implementing monitoring and security best practices across AWS environments. Additionally, this role involves mentoring engineers, improving DevOps processes, and collaborating with development teams in an Agile Scrum environment to maintain and enhance cloud infrastructure. This role ensures infrastructure remains robust, secure, and scalable while driving cost optimization, security best practices, and incident response strategies. Experience migrating cloud workloads to AWS is required.\nResponsibilities:\nDatabase Administration & Support\nDeep experience designing, operating, and optimizing Oracle database environments in AWS, with a focus on scalability, availability, security, and cost efficiency.\nProven ability to support enterprise Oracle workloads in AWS, including architecture design, operational automation, and adherence to best practices for cloud-hosted databases.\nExperience with AWS MySQL RDS.\nAbility to tune, monitor, backup, restore and support AWS RDS\nAWS Cloud Infrastructure DevOps & Automation:\nDesign, build, and maintain AWS cloud environments with a focus on automation and security.\nAutomate provisioning and management of AWS resources using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with Terraform (familiarity with AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK a plus).\nAssist with implementing proactive security measures, including vulnerability remediation, patching, and firewall rule management.\nMaintain compliance with security standards and internal policies, supporting security audits and assessments.\nMonitor AWS cost usage and provide cost optimization recommendations, ensuring efficient resource scaling.\nDeploy, configure, and maintain AWS services such as EC2, S3, ECR, CloudWatch, Lambda, and SSM.\nManage CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket Pipelines and Jenkins.\nImplement database automation in alignment with AWS best practices.\nMonitoring & Security\nImplement monitoring and logging using AWS native tools (CloudWatch, SSM Agent, GuardDuty, Security Hub) and Datadog.\nEnsure database and infrastructure compliance with AWS security standards (IAM policies, VPC security, KMS encryption).\nTroubleshoot database and infrastructure performance issues using Datadog and AWS performance tools.\nCollaborate with security teams to harden database and cloud environments.\nRequired Qualifications:\n5-8 years of database administration experience (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) in AWS.\n3+ years of AWS experience, with a strong grasp of AWS infrastructure and services.\nProficiency in Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure automation.\nHands-on experience with Bitbucket Pipelines and Jenkins for CI/CD automation.\nStrong SQL and database scripting skills for automation, tuning, and ETL troubleshooting.\nExperience working with AWS Linux, Rocky Linux, and RHEL.\nAbility to secure and monitor AWS environments with CloudWatch, SSM, Datadog, and IAM best practices.\nExcellent problem-solving and communication skills, working across DevOps and database teams.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with Docker and containerized database deployments.\nKnowledge of AWS networking and security best practices (VPC, IAM, KMS, Security Hub).\nUnderstanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework for database deployments.\nEducation and Work Experience:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (preferred) or equivalent experience.\nMust be Public Trust eligible (which requires US Citizenship)\nAbout FINCH AI\n\nFinch AI is a fast-growing, fast-paced software development organization; our mission is to build new ways of interacting with information. We do that by leveraging game-changing intellectual property, cloud infrastructure expertise, and a staff that is second to none. Together, we build and support products that address complex, real-time data and analytics needs in the enterprise.\n\nOur teams are comprised of successful people that enjoy solving problems, engaging in substantive technical discussions and have passion for their work. We have very high expectations in terms of skill, motivation, self-organization and productivity. We look for people who excel working in groups, virtual and collocated, as well as those who are comfortable with fast paced agile development.\n\nFinch AI is an equal opportunity employer.","company":"Finchcomputing","rawCompany":"finchcomputing","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-14T10:39:05.204Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1242.00","title":"Database Administrators","slug":"database-administrators"},{"code":"15-1243.00","title":"Database Architects","slug":"database-architects"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Sr. AWS DevOps Database Engineer","description":"Sr. AWS DevOps Database Engineer\nClearance: Must be eligible for a US Security Clearance (US Citizenship required)\nLocation: Washington, DC (Hybrid, mostly remote)\nWe are looking for a Sr. AWS DevOps Database Engineer which requires expertise in AWS RDS (Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle on EC2), database administration, infrastructure automation, and DevOps best practices. The ideal candidate will have experience leading the design, automation and maintenance of an AWS environment. They will also have experience building Terraform infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions, working with CI/CD pipelines, disaster recovery, cost management and implementing monitoring and security best practices across AWS environments. Additionally, this role involves mentoring engineers, improving DevOps processes, and collaborating with development teams in an Agile Scrum environment to maintain and enhance cloud infrastructure. This role ensures infrastructure remains robust, secure, and scalable while driving cost optimization, security best practices, and incident response strategies. 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We do that by leveraging game-changing intellectual property, cloud infrastructure expertise, and a staff that is second to none. Together, we build and support products that address complex, real-time data and analytics needs in the enterprise.\n\nOur teams are comprised of successful people that enjoy solving problems, engaging in substantive technical discussions and have passion for their work. We have very high expectations in terms of skill, motivation, self-organization and productivity. We look for people who excel working in groups, virtual and collocated, as well as those who are comfortable with fast paced agile development.\n\nFinch AI is an equal opportunity employer.","datePosted":"2026-04-14T10:39:05.204Z","dateModified":"2026-04-14T10:39:05.204Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Finchcomputing","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Remote","addressRegion":"OR","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"fecca616aafb30d23f2781df"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fecca616aafb30d23f2781df"}}