- We are looking for an experienced AWS RDS DBA / Cloud Database Engineer..
- The candidate should have strong hands-on experience in managing production database workloads on AWS..
- This role requires knowledge of AWS RDS, AWS DMS, database optimization, RDS Proxy, monitoring, backup, migration, and upgrade planning..
- The candidate should not be limited to traditional DBA activities like basic backup, restore, and SQL query writing..
- The person should understand cloud database operations, performance tuning, migration planning, and production troubleshooting..

Key Responsibilities

- Manage and maintain AWS RDS database instances for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, or SQL Server..
- Handle RDS instance creation, configuration, sizing, storage planning, and maintenance..
- Configure and manage RDS backups, snapshots, point-in-time recovery, and restore testing..
- Work with RDS parameter groups, option groups, subnet groups, security groups, and maintenance windows..
- Monitor database health using AWS CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Enhanced Monitoring, and database logs..
- Troubleshoot production issues such as high CPU, high memory usage, high connections, slow queries, deadlocks, replication lag, and IOPS bottlenecks..
- Perform database performance optimization, including query tuning, index optimization, schema review, and workload analysis..
- Work on AWS DMS-based database migration projects..
- Configure AWS DMS source endpoints, target endpoints, replication tasks, full load, CDC, validation, and cutover planning..
- Plan and execute database migration with minimum downtime..
- Prepare rollback plans for database migration and upgrade activities..
- Implement and manage RDS Proxy for connection pooling and high-traffic applications..
- Configure and maintain RDS Multi-AZ, read replicas, storage autoscaling, and failover readiness..
- Plan low-downtime database upgrades using RDS Blue/Green Deployment or replica-based upgrade approach..
- Evaluate and recommend RDS performance features such as Optimized Writes, Optimized Reads, gp3/io2 storage, provisioned IOPS, and instance class upgrades..




- Work with developers and DevOps teams to improve database performance and application stability..
- Implement database security best practices including encryption, SSL/TLS, least privilege access, Secrets Manager, KMS, and audit logging..
- Prepare database health reports, optimization reports, migration plans, upgrade runbooks, and RCA documents..

Required Skills

- Strong hands-on experience with AWS RDS administration..
- Good understanding of MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, or SQL Server..
- Experience in database performance tuning and production troubleshooting..
- Hands-on experience with AWS DMS for database migration or replication..
- Knowledge of full load, CDC, replication tasks, migration validation, and cutover planning..
- Experience with RDS snapshots, automated backups, point-in-time recovery, read replicas, and Multi-AZ..
- Good understanding of RDS Proxy and database connection pooling..
- Experience with CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Enhanced Monitoring, alarms, and database logs..
- Knowledge of parameter groups, option groups, subnet groups, VPC, and security groups..
- Ability to troubleshoot slow queries, indexing issues, locks, deadlocks, replication lag, and high connection issues..
- Understanding of RDS Blue/Green upgrade approach and rollback planning..
- Ability to recommend the right solution between query optimization, indexing, storage tuning, instance upgrade, read replica, or RDS Proxy..
- Good written and verbal communication skills..

Positive to Have Skills

- AWS Certified Database – Specialty certification..
- AWS Solutions Architect certification..
- Experience with Amazon Aurora MySQL or Aurora PostgreSQL..




- Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation for RDS infrastructure automation..
- Knowledge of AWS Secrets Manager, IAM authentication, KMS, and database audit logging..
- Experience with high-traffic SaaS, eCommerce, fintech, healthcare, or enterprise application databases..
- Knowledge of Linux, shell scripting, PowerShell, or Python for DBA automation..
- Experience with SQL Server on AWS RDS..

Candidate Should Know

- How to migrate an on-premise database to AWS RDS using AWS DMS..
- Difference between AWS DMS full load and CDC..
- Difference between Multi-AZ, read replica, snapshot, PITR, and DMS replication..
- When to use RDS Proxy and how it helps in connection-heavy applications..
- How to troubleshoot high CPU, high database connections, slow queries, locks, and IOPS issues in RDS..
- How to plan a low-downtime RDS version upgrade..
- How RDS Blue/Green Deployment works..
- How to create a rollback plan before database migration or upgrade..
- How to use Performance Insights and CloudWatch to identify database bottlenecks..

Minimum Qualification

- 3+ years of experience in database administration or database engineering..
- At least 1–2 years of hands-on production experience with AWS RDS..
- Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB..
- Experience in database backup, restore, monitoring, troubleshooting, migration, and optimization..

Who Should Not Apply

- Candidates with only local MySQL or SQL Server experience and no AWS RDS exposure..
- Candidates who only know basic backup, restore, and SQL queries..
- Candidates who have not worked on production database troubleshooting..
- Candidates without practical knowledge of AWS RDS, AWS DMS, monitoring, migration, or optimization..

About Client

- Our client is India's leading Food Tech Product Company, Job Location is Bangalore - Whitefield .

Apply Now

- Apply if you have hands-on experience with AWS RDS, AWS DMS, database optimization, and cloud database operations..

- • We are looking for candidates who can manage real production workloads, not only basic DBA tasks..

📌 AWS RDS DBA / Cloud Database Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Nextwebi IT Solutions
📍 Bengaluru