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Database Operations Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Oct 07, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Owning day-to-day database operations and backup/recovery for a large North American automotive enterprise customer, the full-time Database Operations Engineer will ensure the health of RDS, Aurora, and self-managed databases while executing disaster-recovery runbooks in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities
  • Manage and maintain day-to-day operations of databases and backup systems
  • Verify backup integrity and execute disaster recovery procedures as needed
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including OS/middleware, EKS, and network/security engineers
Required qualifications
  • Proven experience with AWS database services, particularly RDS and Aurora
  • Strong background in database backup and recovery processes
  • Experience in managing multi-account AWS environments
  • Familiarity with disaster recovery planning and execution
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a remote team environment

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