AWS Database Engineer (RedShift & RDS)

Infosys

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About The Position

The AWS Database Engineer will work in Infosys Financial Services as an Infrastructure Consultant 2, supporting a leading client in the financial services sector. The role focuses on designing, administering, and supporting AWS cloud infrastructure, Amazon Redshift and RDS databases, and DevOps automation.

Responsibilities include resolving complex incidents, performing root cause analysis, assessing client infrastructure, contributing to scalable and cost-effective infrastructure solutions, managing deployments and upgrades, analyzing system performance, supporting security and continuity activities, identifying automation opportunities, coordinating with onsite, offshore, and vendor teams, and maintaining technical and procedural knowledge repositories. The position may require relocation and/or travel to the work or project location. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship; Infosys cannot provide immigration sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution; alternatively, three years of progressive experience in the specialty may be considered in lieu of each year of education.
• Ability to manage and optimize AWS services, including Amazon Redshift and RDS.
• Database administration experience or ability, including performance tuning, backup, recovery, and monitoring.
• Ability to automate deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and operational processes.
• Understanding of production troubleshooting and support for system reliability and availability.
• Candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified Database – Specialty certification.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification.
• Python or Bash automation experience.
• Experience with Aurora or PostgreSQL.
• Database migration experience, including AWS DMS.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code development and management using Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and client teams to resolve complex incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and document findings with preventive recommendations.
• Evaluate client IT infrastructure, prepare assessment reports, and support due diligence to document infrastructure maturity and improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to scalable, cost-effective IT infrastructure designs, review reusable components, and develop technical documentation for deployed systems.
• Coordinate release schedules and environment readiness; execute deployments, perform post-deployment testing, and manage version control.
• Coordinate maintenance schedules, emergency fixes, and technology upgrades while preserving integration with existing systems and processes.
• Analyze performance data, coordinate insights into system behavior, and support capacity planning.
• Conduct security checks, recovery drills, and compliance audits; implement security measures and coordinate continuity plans.
• Identify automation opportunities, analyze infrastructure processes, and propose efficiency improvements.
• Liaise with onsite, offshore, and vendor teams to document project requirements and support effective collaboration.
• Develop a centralized repository of technical and procedural knowledge, using insights from other projects to improve efficiency and retain organizational expertise.
• Design, administer, and support AWS cloud infrastructure, Amazon Redshift and RDS databases, and DevOps automation.
• Manage and optimize AWS services, including Amazon Redshift and RDS.
• Perform database administration, including performance tuning, backup, recovery, and monitoring.
• Automate deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and operational processes.
• Troubleshoot production issues and support system reliability and availability.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
• Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
• Accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal insurance.
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Competitive pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level