Data Center Technician

Amazon Data Services Canada, Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services Canada, Inc. is seeking a Cloud DBA for a 6-month, onsite contract in downtown Calgary. The role evolves a traditional DBA toward cloud-focused data analytics, performance optimization, and platform enablement.

Responsibilities include SQL optimization, cloud database configuration, workload assessment, and observability. Experience with IaC and cloud migration is valued, with data analytics techniques as an asset.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL and data analysis capabilities across relational database platforms.
• Experience optimizing queries, indexes, and workloads for cloud-hosted databases.
• Knowledge of Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL, Oracle, or similar managed database services.
• Experience with database monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, and operational triage.
• Ability to analyze application data usage patterns and recommend improvements for scalability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and cloud-native operational practices.
• Experience supporting application modernization and cloud migration initiatives.
• Knowledge of analytics, reporting, visualization, or data science techniques is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Query optimization and performance analysis.
• Cloud database configuration and operational support.
• Application workload assessment and remediation.
• Data quality, reporting, and analytics enablement.
• Monitoring, observability, and incident triage.
• Automation and operational efficiency improvements.

Skills

SQL & data analysis

Query optimization

Azure SQL

Azure PostgreSQL

Oracle

Database monitoring

Performance tuning

Capacity planning

Observability

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Cloud migration

Analytics techniques

Job description

Cloud DBA
6 month contract - onsite downtown Calgary

This role represents the evolution of a traditional Database Administrator into a cloud-focused data and analytics specialist. The emphasis shifts from database maintenance, backups, patching, and infrastructure administration toward data analysis, query performance optimization, cloud database configuration, observability, troubleshooting, and platform enablement.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Strong SQL and data analysis capabilities across relational database platforms.
• Experience optimizing queries, indexes, and workloads for cloud-hosted databases.
• Knowledge of Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL, Oracle, or similar managed database services.
• Experience with database monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, and operational triage.
• Ability to analyze application data usage patterns and recommend improvements for scalability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and cloud-native operational practices.
• Experience supporting application modernization and cloud migration initiatives.
• Knowledge of analytics, reporting, visualization, or data science techniques is considered an asset.

Primary Focus Areas

• Query optimization and performance analysis.
• Cloud database configuration and operational support.
• Application workload assessment and remediation.
• Data quality, reporting, and analytics enablement.
• Monitoring, observability, and incident triage.
• Automation and operational efficiency improvements.