Cloud Database Migration Engineer (AWS) – JD

Role Overview

Migrate on-premises relational databases to AWS using strong database expertise, cloud architecture skills, and AI-accelerated tooling to deliver secure, reliable, low-downtime migrations.

Key Responsibilities

Assess on-prem workloads and plan homogeneous/heterogeneous migrations.

Convert schemas, stored procedures, and SQL across database engines.

Design secure AWS targets (RDS, Aurora, EC2) and execute cutover/rollback plans.

Automate deployments with Infrastructure as Code and tune performance post-migration.

Required Skills (Core)

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Db2; solid SQL and tuning.

AWS Migration: DMS, SCT, RDS, Aurora, EC2, S3.

Cloud Foundations: VPC, IAM, networking, Well-Architected Framework.

Security: KMS, SSL/TLS encryption, least-privilege IAM, compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).

Automation: Terraform/CloudFormation, Python/Bash/PowerShell, CloudWatch monitoring.

Required Skills (AI)





Generative AI / LLMs for translating proprietary SQL dialects (e.g., Oracle PL/SQL to PostgreSQL

PL/pgSQL).

AI-assisted coding tools for generating, explaining, and debugging migration scripts and infrastructure code.

ML-based assessment and discovery tools for workload analysis and target sizing recommendations.

AI-driven performance monitoring for anomaly detection and post-migration optimization.

Prompt engineering skills for accurate, context-aware AI assistance.

A robust validation mindset to catch AI-generated errors (hallucinations, subtle logic bugs).

Awareness of downstream AI/ML pipelines, data lakes, and vector databases.

Soft Skills

Problem-solving, transparent communication, and project management awareness.

Nice to Have

AWS Certified Database - Specialty or Solutions Architect; enterprise migration experience.

📌 Aws Cloud Admin Bengaluru (India)
🏢 Trigent Software
📍 India