Database Platform Engineer

Database Platform Engineer

Halifax (Hybrid-2 days in office)

Our client a dynamic Information Technology services company that partners with leading global organizations to deliver innovative, high-quality IT solutions is looking for an experienced Database Platform Engineer, responsible for designing, securing, automating and operating a business-critical, multi-platform database estate.

This is a hands-on engineering rolefor a true database generalist. You'll work across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Elasticsearch on both Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server, driving platform reliability, automation, standardization and continuous improvement.

You'll play a key role in shaping the future of their database platforms, leading automation and modernization initiatives while supporting business-critical services. This is an opportunity to work across a broad technology stack, influence technical direction and mentor other engineers in a collaborative, engineering-focused team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support highly available database platforms across multiple technologies.
• Automate database provisioning, configuration and operational tasks using Ansible and scripting.
• Lead platform upgrades, migrations, patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Improve backup, recovery and disaster recovery capabilities across the estate.
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting and observability using Prometheus, LogicMonitor and related tooling.
• Reduce technical debt and standardize database platforms and operational practices.
• Lead technical investigations for major incidents and drive root cause resolution.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to engineering standards and provide technical leadership across the team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in database engineering, with experience leading technical initiatives.
• Strong operational expertise across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Elasticsearch.
• Strong Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server administration skills.
• Experience with high availability, replication, performance tuning, backup/recovery and major version upgrades.
• Strong automation skills using Ansible, plus scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Experience with Prometheus, monitoring platforms and Infrastructure as Code.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication and mentoring skills.
• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments with ITIL-based processes.

Nice to have

• Kubernetes, Terraform or Puppet.
• NoSQL technologies such as Cassandra or MongoDB.
• Cross-platform database migrations.
• Security tooling (Tenable/Nessus), PKI/TLS and certificate automation.
• Relevant database, cloud or Linux certifications.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team. The company offers a competitive compensation package, medical & health benefits and RRSP matching.

If this sounds like the ideal position for you then apply today!