Senior Database Engineer

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: December 31, 2026
Work setup: Hybrid (3 days per week in office)

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Senior Database Engineer to provide hands-on database administration and engineering support within an enterprise environment. The role will focus on supporting high-volume transactional systems, database performance, availability, monitoring, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery across major relational database platforms.

What you will do:

• Administer and support enterprise database environments across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or other major RDBMS platforms.
• Support high-volume transactional database systems within complex enterprise environments.
• Implement and maintain high availability and disaster recovery technologies, including RAC, AlwaysOn, replication, and clustering.
• Perform SQL development and database performance tuning to optimize system performance.
• Monitor database environments using tools such as OEM, Dynatrace, Splunk, and Prometheus.
• Support databases running in Linux and Unix environments.
• Implement and maintain backup and recovery strategies and tools.
• Support Payments, Liquidity, or Core Banking systems where applicable.
• Contribute to cloud database initiatives across GCP, AWS, or Azure environments.
• Develop scripting and automation solutions using Python, Shell, Ansible, or Terraform.
• Apply DevOps practices and support CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement data security practices and support regulatory requirements within banking environments.
• Troubleshoot database issues and provide technical solutions to maintain system reliability and availability.