Cloud Data Analyst/ DBA
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Hybrid
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Job details
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original 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.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Cloud DBA at hireVouch will tune how queries and databases run in the cloud, and check how applications use data to find ways to make them faster and cheaper. The role also covers monitoring systems, fixing problems when they happen, and automating routine operational work.
Requirements
Candidates need strong SQL and data analysis skills across relational databases, and experience with cloud-managed databases such as Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL or Oracle. Experience with performance tuning, monitoring, and cloud migration or modernization is expected.
Skills
- SQL
- Azure SQL
- Azure PostgreSQL
- Oracle
- Query optimization
- Index tuning
- Workload tuning
- Database performance tuning
- Database monitoring
- Capacity planning
- Incident triage
- Troubleshooting
- Infrastructure as Code
- Automation
- Cloud-native operations
- Application modernization
- Cloud migration
- Data analysis
- Reporting
- Data visualization
- Data quality
- Cost optimization
Categories
- Technology
- Data & Analytics
- Software
Keywords
- Cloud DBA
- Cloud Database Administrator
- SQL
- Query Optimization
- Performance Tuning
- Azure SQL
- Azure PostgreSQL
- Oracle
- Database Monitoring
- Observability
- Infrastructure as Code
- Automation
- Cloud Migration
- Data Analysis
- Reporting
- Data Visualization
- Capacity Planning
- Calgary
Seniority
Mid level
Tools
- Azure SQL
- Azure PostgreSQL
- Oracle
Languages
- English