Cloud Database Engineer

About the role

Food For The Poor is seeking a Cloud Database Engineer to design, build and maintain its enterprise database platforms on Amazon Web Services. The role ensures that critical applications, reporting and operational processes run on reliable, secure and scalable database services.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and operate production databases in AWS, including Amazon RDS for SQL Server and PostgreSQL, and Amazon Aurora where appropriate.
• Lead migration, modernization and version‑upgrade projects, applying infrastructure‑as‑code and DevOps practices.
• Administer, monitor and tune Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments for performance, capacity and availability.
• Develop and test backup, restore, disaster‑recovery and patch‑management procedures.
• Collaborate with application, security and cloud‑infrastructure teams to improve data models, access patterns and overall reliability.

Required profile

• Proven experience managing relational databases in cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Strong analytical skills for query optimization, indexing and root‑cause analysis.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and document technical solutions clearly.

Required skills

• AWS (Amazon RDS, Aurora)
• Microsoft SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)
• DevOps automation
• Backup and disaster‑recovery strategies
• Performance tuning and capacity planning