Senior Database Platform Engineer

Title: Senior Database Platform Engineer Location: Hybrid Toronto, ON (4 days per week onsite, 1 day remote) Duration: 12 months Extension possible: yes Conversion Possible: yes Job Description:We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Platform Engineer responsible for the design, installation, automation, administration, performance tuning, security, and operational support of enterprise database platforms across cloud and on-premises environments. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical expert with extensive experience deploying and supporting Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, and Apache Cassandra. This role requires strong cloud infrastructure knowledge, DevOps experience, automation expertise, and the ability to build and maintain highly available, secure, and resilient database environments supporting mission-critical applications. This is an engineering-focused role. The successful candidate will be expected to design, build, script, automate, and support database platforms throughout their lifecycle rather than perform only operational database administration activities. Required:Microsoft SQL Server installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, patching, and performance tuning. Experience building SQL Server environments from scratch across Development, QA, Production, and Disaster Recovery environments. SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Replication, Backup, and Recovery. Microsoft Azure experience, including Azure Virtual Machines, Storage, Networking, Monitoring, Backup, and Disaster Recovery. Windows Server administration. PowerShell scripting and automation. Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, or similar technologies. CI/CD experience using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or Jenkins. Performance tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, and production support. Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications. Strong troubleshooting skills across SQL Server, Windows, networking, and infrastructure components. Devops & Automation Responsibilities:Develop automated installation and configuration scripts for SQL Server environments. Build Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to deploy and manage database infrastructure. Create standardized database deployment templates and automation frameworks. Develop CI/CD deployment pipelines for database releases and platform changes. Automate database provisioning, patching, upgrades, backups, health checks, monitoring, and disaster recovery validation. Maintain source-controlled deployment scripts and configuration repositories. Partner with Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Application teams to deliver automated platform solutions. PreferredMongoDB administration. Cassandra administration. Linux administration. Kubernetes. AWS. Databricks. Financial services experience Years of Overall Experience: Senior 8 to 10 years as min Applicant Notices & Disclaimers For information on benefits, equal opportunity employment, and location-specific applicant notices, click here At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $75.00/hr - $83.33/hr.

The Senior Database Platform Engineer will be responsible for the design, installation, automation, administration, performance tuning, security, and operational support of enterprise database platforms. This role requires hands-on technical expertise to build and maintain highly available, secure, and resilient database environments.

Candidates must have extensive experience deploying and supporting Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, and Apache Cassandra. Strong cloud infrastructure knowledge, DevOps experience, and automation expertise are essential for this engineering-focused role.

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• Microsoft SQL Server
• MongoDB
• Apache Cassandra
• Cloud Infrastructure
• DevOps
• Automation
• PowerShell
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• Terraform
• Ansible
• CI/CD
• Azure DevOps
• Performance Tuning
• Troubleshooting
• Windows Server
• Kubernetes

Minimum experience

10+ years

Apply by

Aug 16, 2026