Cloud Database Architect - AWS RDS & Snowflake

CEI Fleet Collision and Safety; Toronto; On-site; CAD 99,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Element Fleet Management in Toronto is seeking a Cloud Database Administrator to oversee Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases on Amazon RDS and Snowflake, ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency as we migrate from on‑premises to the cloud.

You will partner with vendors and internal teams to plan upgrades, monitor performance, and implement runbooks, with a focus on governance and scalable database operations across AWS and Snowflake platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in IT.
• 5–8 years in a Database Administrator/Engineer role in production.
• Hands-on SQL Server and PostgreSQL in cloud/managed platforms.
• Experience with Amazon RDS for SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Snowflake administration including monitoring and access control.
• Experience coordinating with vendors and managed services teams.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day admin and health of SQL Server and PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS.
• Administer Snowflake environments including workload management and access control.
• Act as technical contact for MSPs, services, and internal teams.
• Plan upgrades, parameter changes, storage scaling, and capacity planning.
• Maintain runbooks, identify risks, and improve reliability and cost efficiency.

Skills

MS SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

AWS RDS

Cloud database administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SQL Server Management Studio

Snowflake Console

AWS EC2

Job description

Element Fleet Management in Toronto is seeking a Cloud Database Administrator to oversee Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases on Amazon RDS and Snowflake, ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency as we migrate from on‑premises to the cloud.

You will partner with vendors and internal teams to plan upgrades, monitor performance, and implement runbooks, with a focus on governance and scalable database operations across AWS and Snowflake platforms.