Cloud DBA

About The Role

Help shape the future of enterprise database platforms in the cloud. We are seeking a motivated, technically strong Cloud Database Administrator to design, build, automate, and support modern database services across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. This role is ideal for a cloud‑savvy database professional ready to contribute to AI‑enabled solutions that modernize enterprise‑scale database platforms.

Help shape the future of enterprise database platforms in the cloud. We are seeking a motivated, technically strong Cloud Database Administrator to design, build, automate, and support modern database services across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. This role is ideal for a cloud‑savvy database professional ready to contribute to AI‑enabled solutions that modernize enterprise‑scale database platforms.

This is a HYBRID role based on our Scarborough location at 4100 Gordon Baker Road.

What You’ll Do

• Design, engineer, deploy, and support cloud database platforms, with a strong focus on AWS RDS, Amazon Redshift, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Modernize existing database environments by supporting migrations, upgrades, platform transitions, and cloud adoption initiatives across AWS, Azure, and on‑premises database platforms.
• Design, build and enhance automation for database provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, monitoring, and operational maintenance using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and/or Configuration as Code (CaC).
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and database deployment workflows using tools such as GitHub, Ansible, Liquibase, AWS CDK, Azure CDKTF, scripting, and SQL automation.
• Monitor database health, capacity, availability, performance, and cost efficiency across production and non-production environments.
• Troubleshoot incidents, investigate problems, support database change requests, and drive timely resolution of operational issues.
• Identify database performance improvement opportunities and implement tuning strategies for SQL, storage, indexing, workload patterns, and cloud resource utilization.
• Maintain backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery practices to ensure database platforms are resilient, recoverable, and aligned with business needs.
• Apply security, audit, governance, vulnerability management, and compliance practices to database platforms in a regulated enterprise environment.
• Collaborate with application teams, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations partners to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable database solutions.
• Respond to critical issues and participate in required 24x7 on‑call and/or shift support for enterprise database services.

KEY Skills and Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands‑on Database Administration (DBA) experience, with strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server AND either AWS database services (RDS and Amazon Redshift) or Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
• At least 1 year of hands‑on experience with AWS CDK OR Azure CDKTF to provision and maintain Cloud related database services.
• Hands‑on experience with automation, scripting, DevSecOps, and database deployment practices using tools such as Ansible, GitHub, Liquibase, shell scripting, Python, SQL, Terraform, or similar technologies.
• Experience with AI‑enabled productivity tools such as Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot.
• Hands‑on experience or strong working knowledge of AWS and Azure cloud services, such as cloud networking concepts, identity and access management, Entra ID, monitoring, backup, encryption, and operational support practices.
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle, change management, incident management, and production support practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics clearly to application teams, technology partners, and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills.
• Collaborate with others and take ownership of the assigned responsibilities.
• Stay adaptable and flexible.
• Willing to learn from others and help others when needed.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical work experience.

Preferred

• Experience with other DBMS: Oracle, Postgres, MySQL.
• Experience with the IT service management tool, ServiceNow.
• Familiarity with the observability tool, Dynatrace.
• Be curious and passionate to learn, document, and share knowledge.
• Challenge the status quo and actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Bring enthusiasm for