Site Reliability Engineer

92061
Toronto, Ontario
Contract
8 hours ago

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Platform Engineer responsible for the design, installation, automation, administration, performance tuning, security, and operational support of enterprise database platforms across cloud and on-premises environments.
The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical expert with extensive experience deploying and supporting Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, and Apache Cassandra. This role requires strong cloud infrastructure knowledge, DevOps experience, automation expertise, and the ability to build and maintain highly available, secure, and resilient database environments supporting mission-critical applications.
This is an engineering-focused role. The successful candidate will be expected to design, build, script, automate, and support database platforms throughout their lifecycle rather than perform only operational database administration activities.
 
REQUIRED

  • Microsoft SQL Server installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, patching, and performance tuning.
  • Experience building SQL Server environments from scratch across Development, QA, Production, and Disaster Recovery environments.
  • SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Replication, Backup, and Recovery.
  • Microsoft Azure experience, including Azure Virtual Machines, Storage, Networking, Monitoring, Backup, and Disaster Recovery.
  • Windows Server administration.
  • PowerShell scripting and automation.
  • Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, or similar technologies.
  • CI/CD experience using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or Jenkins.
  • Performance tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, and production support.
  • Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across SQL Server, Windows, networking, and infrastructure components.

DEVOPS & AUTOMATION RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop automated installation and configuration scripts for SQL Server environments.
  • Build Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to deploy and manage database infrastructure.
  • Create standardized database deployment templates and automation frameworks.
  • Develop CI/CD deployment pipelines for database releases and platform changes.
  • Automate database provisioning, patching, upgrades, backups, health checks, monitoring, and disaster recovery validation.
  • Maintain source-controlled deployment scripts and configuration repositories.
  • Partner with Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Application teams to deliver automated platform solutions.

PREFERRED

  • MongoDB administration.
  • Cassandra administration.
  • Linux administration.
  • Kubernetes.
  • AWS.
  • Databricks.
  • Financial services experience.

The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$86.00 and CA$96.00

Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

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