Oracle DBA with AWS RDS

Toronto, ON

Hybrid - 2 days per week in office

Skills: Digital : Python:Digital : Amazon Web Service(AWS) Cloud Computing:Oracle DBA

Experience Required: 6-8 Years

Role Descriptions

We are looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of mission-critical Oracle databases, along with an AWS-focused DBA to manage and optimize Amazon RDS (Oracle/PostgreSQL/MSSQL) and Amazon Redshift clusters, with a solid focus on Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK.

- Strong hands-on with Oracle 19c, RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, OEM.
- Expert-level performance tuning (SQL & instance), AWR/ASH analysis, wait events.
- Provision and manage RDS instances/clusters (instance classes, storage autoscaling, Multi-AZ, parameter/subnet groups).
- Govern backup/restore (automated backups, snapshots), encryption (KMS), patching, and minor/major version upgrades.
- Implement monitoring/alerting via CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Enhanced Monitoring; tune connections/queries.
- Cost management: right-sizing,



storage management, Reserved/Compute Savings Plans advisory.
- Design and operate Redshift clusters; configure WLM, concurrency scaling, queue management.
- Optimize schema (distribution/sort keys), VACUUM/ANALYZE, query tuning; workload isolation.
- Build CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline/GitHub Actions) to deploy CDK apps; manage environments (dev/qa/uat/prod).
- Implement high availability (Multi-AZ for RDS, cross-region snapshots as needed).

Qualifications (Required)

- 4–7+ years as a Oracle DBA with 3+ years on AWS data services.
- Hands-on with Amazon RDS (Oracle/PostgreSQL/MSSQL) and Amazon Redshift administration.
- Expertise in monitoring (CloudWatch, Performance Insights), performance tuning, and cost optimization.
- At least one certification in Oracle (OCP) and one in AWS.
- Proficiency with AWS CDK (TypeScript or Python), CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines.

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