Database Platform Engineer

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$81,600 - $115,200 CAD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Business Context  

TD Technology builds and supports the platforms that power critical banking capabilities across the enterprise. Within TD Technology, the Treasury Analytics Group (TAG) supports Treasury and Balance Sheet Management (TBSM) by engineering the systems, data platforms, and infrastructure used to measure, monitor, and manage liquidity and market risk across Canada and the U.S.    TAG works closely with TBSM partners across Investments, Liquidity Risk Management, Non-Trading Market Risk, and Cash Management. As liquidity reporting and risk platforms continue to evolve, this role offers the opportunity to build and modernize highly visible, business-critical technology in a regulated banking environment.    We operate with strong ownership, engineering discipline, and a bias toward automation. We are looking for a senior hands-on engineer who can build infrastructure, automate delivery, solve complex technical problems, and help run resilient platforms at scale. 

 

Position Overview 

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. 

PREFERRED 

• MongoDB administration. 

• Cassandra administration. 

• Linux administration. 

• Kubernetes. 

• AWS. 

• Databricks. 

• Financial services experience. 

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information: We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process  We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet