Database Administrator (DBA) – AWS Cloud Migration

Location: Dallas, TX
Work Mode: Onsite
Candidate Requirement: Local candidates only
Experience: 8–12+ years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to support a large-scale enterprise application migration program from on-premises infrastructure to AWS. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and/or MongoDB, along with experience provisioning cloud databases, assessing migration readiness, executing database migrations, and optimizing performance in AWS environments.

The candidate will collaborate with application teams, cloud architects, infrastructure, networking, security teams, and client stakeholders to ensure successful, secure, and timely database migrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB databases.

• Provision and configure AWS cloud databases, instances, schemas, users, access controls, storage, and connectivity.

• Assess existing databases for compatibility, dependencies, capacity, performance, and migration readiness.

• Develop and execute database migration strategies, including schema conversion, data migration, replication, validation, cutover, and rollback planning.

• Utilize AWS database services and migration tools, including Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DocumentDB, AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), and native database utilities.

• Implement database security, encryption, backup and recovery, high availability, monitoring, and disaster recovery practices.

• Collaborate with application owners, cloud architects, infrastructure, network, and security teams to resolve technical dependencies.

• Coordinate database migration activities across multiple application workstreams, track risks, and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.

• Perform database performance tuning, troubleshooting, data integrity checks, and post-migration validation.

• Prepare migration plans, technical documentation, operational runbooks, and handover documentation.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of database administration experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and/or MongoDB.

• Proven experience provisioning and configuring databases, instances, schemas, and access controls in AWS environments.

• Hands-on experience with on-premises-to-AWS database migration projects.

• Working knowledge of AWS database services, cloud networking, security, and monitoring.

• Strong SQL, scripting, automation, and database migration skills.

• Experience with database performance tuning, data validation, troubleshooting, backup, and recovery.

• Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and enterprise database security practices.

• Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple application workstreams and deliver within defined migration timelines.

• Must be able to work onsite in Dallas, TX.

• Local candidates only.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification in cloud or database technologies.

• Experience with enterprise-scale cloud migration programs.

• Familiarity with Jira, DevOps processes, and Agile delivery methodologies.