Spec Database Administrator

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field from an accredited institution.
Minimum 8 years of solid experience deploying and managing cloud data platforms on AWS.
Advanced proficiency in SQL.
Deep experience with AWS S3, AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and MSSQL.

Design and build scalable, efficient, and fault-tolerant data operations with structured and unstructured data systems.
Develop, Build and maintain AWS data platform services such as S3, RDS, Aurora, Redshift, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB using cloud deployment pipeline.
Develop and maintain robust data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and distributing data streams.
Partner with senior technical leads, analysts, engineers, and scientists to implement scalable data initiatives using AWS cloud services.
Implement advanced data architectures for accelerated solution design, including data integration, modeling, governance, and applications.
Champion best practices in data engineering standards. Mentor and guide internal teams on database standards, pipeline development, and efficient data consumption.
Implement and maintain database security measures, including user access controls and data encryption. Manage healthcare data and maintain HIPAA, SOC2, FedRamp, StateRAMP data security controls.

Proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redshift, DynamoDB).
Experience in cloud-native architectures and distributed computing with AWS tools like Glue, and EMR.
Expertise in Python, PySpark, Scala, and advanced SQL techniques.
Familiarity with GraphQL.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservice-based Data API development.
Experience with stream processing tools like Amazon Kinesis, Apache Spark, Storm, or Kafka.
Agile development experience; proficiency with tools like JIRA and Confluence.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
AWS professional certificate(s)