Lead Infrastructure Support Engineer
First seen by Alion on Sep 28, 2026.
Technology Expertise & DBA Skill Set:
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
- Database IaaS: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
- Database PaaS: Cosmos DB, MySQL, SQL Managed Instance, Amazon RDS/Aurora, MongoDB
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
- CI/CD & Automation: GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps
- Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell
- Operating Systems: Linux/Unix (RHEL, Ubuntu), Windows
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and support enterprise-grade database platforms across AWS and Azure.
- Perform system DBA responsibilities for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server environments.
- Support PaaS and RDS database services by defining platform policies, security standards, and networking configurations.
- Enable self-service database capabilities for application teams while maintaining governance and compliance.
- Implement robust database security controls, encryption, auditing, and access-management practices.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and organizational security requirements.
- Manage database patching, upgrades, lifecycle activities, and end-of-life transitions.
- Monitor and optimize database performance across diverse enterprise workloads.
- Design and implement automation for database provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, and operational processes.
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and Ansible.
- Build and maintain CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Azure DevOps.
- Validate and certify database environments supporting business-critical applications.
- Implement and maintain high-availability and disaster-recovery strategies.
- Provide incident and problem management support for database-related issues.
- Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Conduct capacity planning, resource forecasting, and scalability assessments.
- Drive operational excellence and reduce manual intervention through automation and standardized processes.
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and engineering teams to deliver reliable database services.
Required Skills:
- Strong experience in enterprise database administration and platform engineering.
- Hands-on experience with Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server in production environments.
- Strong understanding of PostgreSQL and cloud database services.
- Experience with AWS and Azure database platforms.
- Knowledge of database security, compliance, encryption, auditing, and access controls.
- Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and recovery concepts.
- Experience with database performance monitoring and tuning.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and/or Ansible.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash/Shell, or PowerShell.
- Experience with CI/CD and automation tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
- Good understanding of Linux/Unix and Windows operating systems.
- Strong incident management, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.
Preferred Profile:
- Experience managing enterprise-scale database platforms across multi-cloud environments.
- Exposure to PaaS databases such as Cosmos DB, SQL Managed Instance, RDS Aurora, and MongoDB.
- Experience building self-service database platforms for application teams.
- Strong focus on security, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional infrastructure, application, security, and engineering teams.
Skills
SQL Server, AWS, Azure, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Ansible, DBA Support, Incident Management, Problem Management