Database Platform Engineer

Humankind Global Recruitment; Halifax; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & health benefits

RRSP matching

Job summary

Humankind Global Recruitment's client, a dynamic IT services company, is seeking a Database Platform Engineer to design, secure, automate and operate a multi-platform database estate across Linux and Windows. You will work across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Elasticsearch to drive reliability and standardization.

You will lead automation, upgrades and DR capabilities, mentor engineers, and shape the future of the database platforms within a collaborative, engineering‑focused team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of database engineering experience.
• Operational expertise across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Elasticsearch.
• Strong Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server administration.
• Experience with high availability, replication, performance tuning, backup/recovery and upgrades.
• Automation experience using Ansible and scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash).
• Experience with Prometheus, monitoring and IaC tooling.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication and mentoring skills.
• Experience in enterprise or regulated environments with ITIL-based processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support highly available database platforms across multiple technologies.
• Automate database provisioning, configuration and operational tasks with Ansible and scripting.
• Lead platform upgrades, migrations, patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Improve backup, recovery and disaster recovery capabilities across the estate.
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting and observability using Prometheus and related tooling.
• Reduce technical debt and standardize database platforms and practices.
• Lead technical investigations for major incidents and drive root cause resolution.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering standards.

Skills

Database engineering

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Elasticsearch

Linux administration

Windows administration

Automation with Ansible

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Prometheus

Infrastructure as Code

Mentoring

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Puppet

Job description

Our client a dynamic Information Technology services company that partners with leading global organizations to deliver innovative, high-quality IT solutions is looking for an experienced Database Platform Engineer, responsible for designing, securing, automating and operating a business-critical, multi-platform database estate.

This is a hands‑on engineering rolefor a true database generalist. You'll work across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Elasticsearch on both Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server, driving platform reliability, automation, standardization and continuous improvement.

You'll play a key role in shaping the future of their database platforms, leading automation and modernization initiatives while supporting business‑critical services. This is an opportunity to work across a broad technology stack, influence technical direction and mentor other engineers in a collaborative, engineering‑focused team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support highly available database platforms across multiple technologies.
• Automate database provisioning, configuration and operational tasks using Ansible and scripting.
• Lead platform upgrades, migrations, patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Improve backup, recovery and disaster recovery capabilities across the estate.
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting and observability using Prometheus, LogicMonitor and related tooling.
• Reduce technical debt and standardize database platforms and operational practices.
• Lead technical investigations for major incidents and drive root cause resolution.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to engineering standards and provide technical leadership across the team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in database engineering, with experience leading technical initiatives.
• Strong operational expertise across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Elasticsearch.
• Strong Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server administration skills.
• Experience with high availability, replication, performance tuning, backup/recovery and major version upgrades.
• Strong automation skills using Ansible, plus scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Experience with Prometheus, monitoring platforms and Infrastructure as Code.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication and mentoring skills.
• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments with ITIL-based processes.

Nice to have

• Kubernetes, Terraform or Puppet.
• NoSQL technologies such as Cassandra or MongoDB.
• Cross‑platform database migrations.
• Security tooling (Tenable/Nessus), PKI/TLS and certificate automation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team. The company offers a competitive compensation package, medical & health benefits and RRSP matching.

If this sounds like the ideal position for you then apply today!