Database Administrator - Jobs in Oakville, ON

Hiring for our clientResponsibilities:

Provide leadership, mentorship and technical vision related to Relational, NoSQL & Big Data Services
Analyze and recommend the right technologies to build technical solutions that meet business needs
Follow and encourage best practices such as technical documentation on the wiki
Orchestrate DB interactions, develop solutions that are repeatable and recyclable
Database migration from on-prem to cloud, using open source tools and custom scripts where needed
Improve PostgreSQL architecture - in terms Cost to Serve, Performance & Elasticity
Manage cross platform data replication using open source tools
Database maintenance, tuning, monitoring, performance analysis, and query tuning
Database automation - including configuration management
Database support, assuring optimized performance, stability and uptime
Oracle maintenance and troubleshooting as needed - minimal, expected to die down over the next year
Some non-RDBMS work likely - including managing Netezza, Hadoop, Hive implementations
R&D + Implementation of automation & orchestration for DBaaS solutions found within our Cloud Architecture. Participate in on call rotation as defined by management

Requirements:

5+ years’ experience handling large scale RDBMS and no-SQL systems and related database migrations
Sharp analytical abilities, proven database design skills, both physical and logical, and a track record of delivery
Leadership, critical thinking and excellent verbal and written communication, documentation, analytical and problem solving skills
Experience in troubleshooting complex and distributed systems
Experience working in Cloud, Agile, CI/CD, DevOps environments a plus
Experience with container runtime and management software like Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, a plus
Customer oriented with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Proven ability to work independently and as an integral member of a team
Languages / Frameworks
5+ years’ experience/expert level understanding and implementation of SQL, stored procedures, PL/SQL, PL/pgSQL
5+ years’ experience/expert level with Postgres
5+ years’ experience with the Unix command line essential - including the ability to setup, test and work with open source software
3+ years’ experience with bash, Perl/Python scripting
3+ years’ experience with RDMS, Big Data/NoSQL
Experience working with 24/7 production websites
Database troubleshooting skills on day to day activities
Knowledge in different types of storage (SAN, NAS and DAS)
Tools
3+ years’ experience with monitoring tools like Zabbix, Nagios, Dynatrace, Datadog

Education/Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
5+ years’ experience with PostgreSQL (extensive Oracle/MySQL experience with a willingness to learn PostgreSQL may substitute)
3+ years’ experience with Oracle and/or MySQL

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