Database Performance Engineer – DB2 & Cloud (AWS RDS, Redshift, Athena)

Astra North Infoteck Inc.

📍 Toronto, ON, Canada

Full-time other-general Posted March 02, 2026

Job Description

Database Performance Engineer DB2 & Cloud (AWS RDS, Redshift, Athena) Role Overview: We are seeking a Database Performance Engineer with 810 years of experience in database engineering and performance tuning across enterprise systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SQL optimization, query plan analysis, and hybrid mainframe-cloud database environments. Key Responsibilities: Perform SQL query optimization and analyze execution plans using tools such as EXPLAIN, Query Store, AWRASH, DB2 Visual Explain. Work hands-on with Mainframe data technologies: DB2 for z/OS, IMS DB, VSAM. Knowledge of JCL/COBOL for data access patterns is a plus. Design, implement, and tune AWS database services: RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle), Redshift, Athena, Glue, S3. Optimize tuning parameters, WLM, keys, partitions, compression, and throughput. Improve high-throughput workloads (1000+ TPS), reduce query latency, and stabilize performance during peak hours. Expertise in index desi...