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Senior Database Administrator (Freelancer)

RemoteContract5–9 yrsPosted open since jan 2026

Senior software engineering contract role at Mactores. Needs 5+ years. Remote.

About the role

This role sits inside our Application & Database Modernization pillar and exists to make sure that doesn't happen. As our Senior Database Administrator, you'll run the Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL environments in an active Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration program from cluster design through DMS replication through post–go-live stabilization.

What you'll do

  • Run the Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL environments in an active Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration program from cluster design through DMS replication through post–go-live…
  • Design, set up, configure, and manage Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL clusters
  • Configure parameters, maintenance windows, monitoring, and scaling strategies
  • Keep the environments highly available, fault tolerant, and operationally ready — before go-live, not after
  • Implement least-privilege access, role hierarchies, and security best practices, and support audit and compliance requirements

What you need

  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Root cause analysis
  • CI/CD
  • Ansible
  • Puppet

Good to have

  • Terraform

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