Cloud Engineer (Remote)

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## GlideFast Consulting - Cloud Engineer (Remote)

## Reference

JBRQ0001010

## Job Details

Remote

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join our Managed Services organization. This role will support a self-hosted enterprise application environment with strict availability, performance, and operational reliability expectations. The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for database stability, replication health, performance tuning, backup and recovery, patching, troubleshooting, and production support across development, test, and production environments. This role also requires hands-on Linux administration experience, including server administration, patching, hardening, monitoring, troubleshooting, automation, and production support across development, test, and production environments.


This is a client-facing managed services role, not a staff augmentation role. The ideal candidate takes proactive ownership of database health, identifies issues before they become incidents, documents clear resolution plans, and collaborates with application, infrastructure, and customer teams to maintain platform availability. The role includes participation in a scheduled on-call rotation for priority incidents, including after-hours support for P1/P2 events.

## What is the role?

• Administer, monitor, and maintain MySQL and MariaDB database environments supporting mission-critical enterprise applications
• Manage database availability, performance, security, capacity, replication, and recoverability across production and non-production environments
• Perform database patching, version upgrades, configuration tuning, maintenance windows, and post-change validation
• Support backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including periodic testing and documentation of recovery steps
• Maintain database user access, privileges, s...