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Senior Data Engineer

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Senior Data Engineer responsible for migrating PostgreSQL workloads to AWS (RDS, Aurora, DMS) for a major banking project. The role involves database assessment, executing migration strategies, and ensuring data integrity and performance optimization within a highly regulated financial environment.

Keyrus is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team in Hong Kong and support a major banking database migration programme, focused on migrating PostgreSQL workloads to AWS.

This is a hands‑on role for someone who has experience delivering production‑critical database or cloud migration projects, ideally within banking or financial services.

What you’ll be working on:

  • Lead and support PostgreSQL → AWS database migration activities
  • Assess databases, schemas, dependencies and workloads
  • Design and execute migration strategies using AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL and AWS DMS
  • Manage data migration, validation, reconciliation and performance optimisation
  • Support testing, cutover, production deployment and stabilisation
  • Work closely with application, cloud, infrastructure, security and architecture teams
  • Ensure data integrity, security and minimal disruption to critical banking systems

What we’re looking for:

  • 4–7+ years in Data Engineering, Database Engineering or a similar role
  • Strong hands‑on PostgreSQL and SQL expertise
  • Proven experience migrating PostgreSQL or enterprise databases to AWS
  • Strong experience with RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL and AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
  • Experience with production‑critical database migration programmes
  • Strong understanding of data validation, reconciliation, performance tuning and troubleshooting
  • Banking / financial services experience strongly preferred
  • Experience delivering similar cloud or database migration programmes within a bank is a strong advantage
  • Python, Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS certifications are a plus

The ideal candidate is a senior, hands‑on engineer who can independently drive migration activities and is comfortable operating within the security, governance and change‑management requirements of a banking environment.

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