Senior Cloud Database Operations Engineer

Abrigo•Raleigh, NC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Abrigo, we provide market-leading compliance, credit risk, and lending software solutions that financial institutions use to manage risk and drive growth. Our solutions automate key processes and allow our customers to maintain compliance, fight financial crime, process loans quicker, and leverage data to strengthen their portfolio. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Engineer to administer, automate, and optimize enterprise database platforms hosted primarily in Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role is responsible for the availability, security, performance, scalability, and operational excellence of both relational and NoSQL databases supporting mission-critical business applications. The ideal candidate has deep experience managing SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB in cloud environments and is passionate about automation, modernization, disaster recovery, and operational excellence. You will report to the Senior Manager, Cloud Operations. This position will be located at our office in Raleigh, NC, Austin, TX, or remote. Occasional travel required for team events to support engagement, relationship-building, and key decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
10+ years of enterprise database administration and managing production databases in AWS
Experience supporting 24x7 mission-critical production environments
Microsoft SQL Server: SQL Server 2019–2022, AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Replication, Backup/Restore, T-SQL and Performance tuning.
MySQL: Amazon RDS MySQL, MySQL Replication, Performance tuning and Parameter optimization
PostgreSQL: Amazon RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, Streaming and Logical Replication
MongoDB: Replica Sets, Sharding, Backup and recovery, Performance tuning, Document schema optimization
DynamoDB: Global Tables, Auto Scaling, Performance optimization and Backup and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
Automation & DevOps: PowerShell, Python, Bash, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CloudFormation and Docker
Monitoring & Performance Tools: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , Redgate SQL Monitor, SolarWinds DPA, AWS Performance Insights, Amazon CloudWatch

Responsibilities

Administer, maintain, and support enterprise databases including: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB
Ensure high availability, performance, scalability, and security across all database platforms
Perform database provisioning, upgrades, migrations, patching, and lifecycle management
Develop and maintain database standards, operational procedures, and governance
Deploy, and manage AWS database services including: Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon EC2-hosted SQL Server, DynamoDB, DocumentDB
Configure Multi-AZ deployments and cross-region disaster recovery
Implement automated backup, restore, and recovery strategies
Optimize AWS database infrastructure for performance, availability, and cost efficiency
Support database modernization and migration initiatives to AWS
Design and maintain: SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances, SQL Server Replication, MySQL Replication, PostgreSQL Streaming Replication, MongoDB Replica Sets
Develop disaster recovery plans and regularly perform failover testing
Maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)
Monitor and optimize database performance
Troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, memory pressure, CPU bottlenecks, and slow queries
Optimize indexes, execution plans, and storage utilization. Perform capacity planning and workload forecasting
Develop automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash and AWS CLI
Build Infrastructure as Code using: Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
Support database deployments through CI/CD pipelines
Use Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, Performance Insights, Grafana and Prometheus
Monitor database health, replication, backup success, and capacity
Create executive and operational reporting dashboards
Manage IAM, database authentication, and least-privilege access