Postgres DBA

12-Month Contract + Extensions Hybrid (1–2 Days Onsite Weekly) January Start
Protected B Eligible – Must Have Lived/Worked in Canada for 5+ Years

We are seeking a highly skilled Database Administrator or Database Reliability Engineer with strong, hands-on PostgreSQL expertise to join a large, complex database environment supporting hundreds of instances and thousands of users. This is a senior-level role ideal for someone experienced in reliability engineering within modern, containerized environments.

While PostgreSQL is mandatory, also having experience with DB2 is highly preferred.


This role is open to candidates available to begin early January, with interviews happening this week and next.

Important Clearance Requirement

This is a Protected B position - Candidates must have lived and worked continuously in Canada for the past 5+ years to qualify for security clearance.





Advantages
You’ll be working in a high-volume, enterprise-grade setup that includes:

Hundreds of PostgreSQL instances
Kubernetes-based database management
Automated pipelines & DevOps principles
Hybrid cloud (Azure + on-prem)
CI/CD tools & containerized deployments

This is not a role focused on building databases from scratch—it's about managing, automating, optimizing, and ensuring high availability across a large-scale ecosystem.


12-month contract with strong renewal potential

Hybrid: 1–2 days per week onsite

Location: Mississauga

Start Date: Early January

Responsibilities
Experience:
- 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator or Database Reliability Engineer, or a similar role with a strong focus on automation and DevOps principles

Skills:
​- Deep expertise in at least one, and preferably multiple, database systems:
- Relational: PostgreSQL (must have), IBM DB2 (highly preferred), SQL Server (highly preferred), cockroachDB(nice to have)
- Proven experience with CI/CD tools and integrating database changes into automated pipelines.
- Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, PowerShell, Bash.
- Advanced Cloud Infrastructure automation and management, preferably using Ansible, Helm charts, Operators and Kubernetes
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) and deploying databases in containerized environments.
- Experience implementing, managing, and supporting cloud (Azure) and hybrid database platforms
- Solid understanding of networking, distributed systems, and database concepts


Qualifications
Must-Haves

5+ years as a DBA or DRE
Deep PostgreSQL expertise (mandatory)
Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
Experience with Kubernetes, containerization (Docker, OpenShift), and automated deployments
Understanding of networking, distributed systems, and core database principles

Strong Assets
DB2 experience (highly preferred, but not required)
Additional DB experience: SQL Server, Oracle, CockroachDB
CI/CD pipeline experience and integrating DB changes into automated workflows
Experience with Ansible, Helm charts, Operators, and cloud automation
Exposure to Azure or hybrid cloud database environments

Summary

If you’re passionate about database reliability engineering, thrive in complex environments, and want to make an impact on a large, modern data platform—we want to hear from you.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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