ALTEN Technology
Database Engineer
$110K–$125K
Foster City, California, United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Foster City, California, United States
Irvine, California, United States - Experience
- Proven experience as a Database Engineer/DBA; no number of years specified.
About the job
Designs, operates, and secures scalable database systems on AWS, optimizing performance and reliability for applications and analytics.
What you'll do
- Design, configure, monitor, and optimize database solutions, including schemas, queries, and indexes.
- Manage AWS database infrastructure and implement security, backup, recovery, and capacity-planning practices.
- Troubleshoot database incidents and maintain architecture documentation and runbooks.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of AWS and infrastructure as code (IaC) for database resources.
- Proven experience as a Database Engineer or DBA.
- Deep knowledge of DBMSs such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or Redshift, and proficiency in SQL and query optimization.
- Experience with data modeling, performance tuning and monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, and database security.
Nice to have
- AWS networking fundamentals; Terraform Cloud and IaC workflows.
- Python or Shell scripting; database CI/CD tools such as Bamboo or Flyway.
Pay
$110,000 - 125,000 (base salary)
Tools
AWS, RDS, Aurora, Redshift, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, SQL
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