Title: AWS Cloud RDS/Oracle DB
Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)
Duration: Fulltime
PR and Canadian Citizen Only
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Job Description:
"Total Experience: 6-8 years
Role Description:
We are looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of mission-critical
Oracle databases, along with an AWS-focused DBA to manage and optimize Amazon RDS (Oracle/PostgreSQL/MSSQL) and Amazon Redshift clusters, with a strong focus on Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK.
Required Skill Sets:
Strong hands-on with Oracle 19c, RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, OEM.
Expert-level performance tuning (SQL & instance), AWR/ASH analysis, wait events.
Provision and manage RDS instances/clusters (instance classes, storage autoscaling, Multi-AZ, parameter/subnet groups).
Govern backup/restore (automated backups, snapshots), encryption (KMS), patching, and minor/major version upgrades.
Implement monitoring/alerting via CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Enhanced Monitoring; tune connections/queries.
Cost management: right-sizing, storage management, Reserved/Compute Savings Plans advisory.
Design and operate Redshift clusters; configure WLM, concurrency scaling, queue management.
Optimize schema (distribution/sort keys), VACUUM/ANALYZE, query tuning; workload isolation.
Build CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline/GitHub Actions) to deploy CDK apps; manage environments (dev/qa/uat/prod).
Implement high availability (Multi-AZ for RDS, cross-region snapshots as needed).
4 7+ years as a Oracle DBA with 3+ years on AWS data services.
Hands-on with Amazon RDS (Oracle/PostgreSQL/MSSQL) and Amazon Redshift administration.
Expertise in monitoring (CloudWatch, Performance Insights), performance tuning, and cost optimization.
At least one certification in Oracle (OCP) and one in AWS.
Proficiency with AWS CDK (TypeScript or Python), CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines.
ASM, OEM.
Expert-level performance tuning (SQL instance), AWRASH analysis, wait events.
Provision and manage RDS instances cluster (instance classes, storage autoscaling, multi-AZ, parameter subnet groups).
Govern backup restore (automated backups, snapshots), encryption (KMS), patching, and minor major version upgrades.
Implement monitoring alerting via CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Enhanced Monitoring tune connections queries.
Cost management right-sizing, storage management, Reserved Compute Savings Plans advisory.
Design and operate Redshift clusters configure WLM, concurrency scaling, queue management.
Optimize schema (distribution sort keys), VACUUMANALYZE, query tuning workload isolation.
Build CICD pipelines (Code Pipeline GitHub Actions) to deploy CDK apps manage environments (devqauat prod).
Implement high availability (Multi-AZ for RDS, cross-region snapshots as needed)."
