Implement database security controls, including encryption, access management, key management, IAM policies, and compliance requirements such as HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC 2. Automate provisioning, monitoring, backups, restores, and operational tasks using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK. Experience managing database uptime, connection pooling, horizontal and vertical scaling, resource utilization, slow query monitoring, backups, migrations, downtime planning, and disaster recovery.