AWS Database Architect - Cleared
RightDirection Technology Solutions · Washington, DC ·
- Category
- Architecture
RightDirection Technology Solutions is hiring a clearance-required AWS Database Architect, 100% onsite in Washington, DC, to design, deploy, and optimize cloud-native databases in government AWS environments (C2E/C2S). Daily work spans RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB management, performance tuning, DR, migrations with DMS/SCT, and IaC using Terraform and CDK.
RDTS is seeking a skilled AWS Database Architect to design, implement, optimize, and maintain cloud-native database solutions in AWS. This role is responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, scalability, and security of enterprise data platforms. The ideal candidate has strong experience with AWS-managed database services and a deep understanding of database architecture, performance tuning, and operational excellence in cloud environments.
The position is 100% onsite and full-time, Monday-Friday with standard office hours.
Key Responsibilities:
- Experience working in C2E/C2S AWS
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available database architectures in AWS
- Deploy and manage AWS database services including Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL), Aurora, DynamoDB
- Perform database performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning
- Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies (Multi-AZ, cross-region replication, snapshots)
- Manage database migrations to AWS using tools such as AWS DMS and SCT
- Configure monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch, Enhanced Monitoring, Performance Insights, and third-party tools
- Automate database provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK Python)
- Implement database security best practices including encryption (KMS), IAM authentication, role-based access controls, and network isolation
- Support data replication, ETL integrations, and data warehouse solutions
- Troubleshoot production database issues and provide root cause analysi
- Maintain documentation for architecture, operational procedures, and compliance requirements