Sr. Cloud Database Engineer

Oracle + Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 20, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Purpose Financial
Location: Greenville, SC
Workplace Type: On-site
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

Purpose Financial is seeking a Sr. Cloud Database Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of cloud-native database platforms, with a primary focus on AWS. In this hands-on senior individual contributor role, you will design for scale and reliability, drive automation, and set platform standards for engineering teams across the firm.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee the design, deployment, and management of AWS infrastructure and services including RDS Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, Lambda, Kafka, DMS, and EC2, ensuring high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
  • Automation and DevOps: Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation and integrate CI/CD pipelines for software releases.
  • Backup & Business Continuity: Ensure robust backups are configured for critical AWS services such as RDS and EBS snapshots to meet stringent recovery requirements.
  • Performance Tuning & Optimization: Continuously monitor, analyze, and tune cloud services and relational databases for query slowness, implementing data archiving and performance-enhancing scripts.
  • Application Migrations: Collaborate with infrastructure, network, and security teams to migrate clinical and business applications from on-premises data centers to AWS and Snowflake.
  • Security & Compliance: Implement database security best practices, including role-based access controls, encryption, auditing, and vulnerability management.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in database administration, cloud administration, and DevOps.
  • Strong technical expertise in data management technologies, relational databases, data warehousing, and cloud platforms (AWS, Snowflake, Kafka).
  • Hands-on optimization experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, and DocumentDB.
  • Proven experience automating performance-enhancing jobs, data archiving, and writing scripts for performance improvement and data fixes.
  • Strong understanding of database security concepts, access controls, encryption, and threat management.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • AWS or Database certifications are considered a strong plus.
  • Experience managing technology operations in cloud environments (particularly AWS and Snowflake).

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive Wages
  • Health/Life Benefits
  • Health Savings Account plus Employer Seed
  • 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
  • Paid Parental Leave, Company Paid Holidays, and Paid Time Off (including Volunteer Time)
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Business Casual Environment with free parking, onsite gym, and free snacks/drinks at the downtown Greenville office.
  • Rewards & Recognition Program and Employee Assistance Program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

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