Database Administrator

Location 44 King Street W 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario
Hybrid: 2 days in-office (will increase to 4 days in future)
Anchor days:
Flexible
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Possibility of extension:
Yes, based on performance and business needs
Schedule

Hours:

9am-5pm Monday-Friday;standard 37.5 hrs/week

Project: The team is currently working on a large data base migration, upgrade and require additional assistance. The candidate will be working the full end to end cycle of the upgrade from Installation, back up and configuration.

Candidate Value Proposition
The successful candidate will gain experience with a top 5 Canadian bank on a dynamic and highly visible team.

Typical Day in Role:

• Implementing Postgre
  
  SQL database clusters with replication
• Manage database security/integrity and backup procedures
• Upgrade Database instances from lower versions to current versions.
• Assist with database design and development and tuning queries
• Independently manage Mongo
  
  DB installations and configurations in Linux environments and cloud (GCP).
• Implement multi-data center replica sets and sharded clusters across Linux platforms and Mongo
  
  DB Atlas on GCP.
• Ensure database security with knowledge of audit, security, backup/recovery and encryption at rest.
• Tackle complex problems through conceptualization and reasoning.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 10+ Years as a Database Administrator or relevant experience.

• 5+ years of recent experience with Strong Postgre

SQL skills from version 13 to current.

• 2+ years of Hands-on experience with Mongo

DB Enterprise and Mongo

DB Atlas.

• Previous experience with GCP Alloy

DB is critical for this role

• Proficient in configuring Mongo

DB in a Linux environment and cloud

• Experience with implementing multi-data center replica sets and sharded clusters

• Knowledge of audit processes, security measures, encryption at rest, Mongo

DB version upgrades

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Previous experience with Cassandra Database and Redis experience is nice to havee.

Best vs. Average Candidate:
The ideal candidate would have experience with Postgre

SQL, GCP Alloy

DB, and Mongo

DB. They should also be competent working with Linux and GCP or another Cloud Platform. Previous experience with top 5 Banks is very nice to have.

Degrees or certifications:
- Bachelor's degree or related work experience
- Certified with Mongo

DB or GCP is very nice to have