Senior SQL DBA - Blue Mantis Canada - Toronto
Blue Mantis
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Jul 15, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level database administration role focused on managing and optimizing SQL Server environments across multiple customer deployments. Day-to-day work covers high-availability configurations (AlwaysOn, clustering, replication), performance tuning, backup and disaster recovery, security compliance, and implementing new database solutions. Ansible automation is a stated requirement; PowerShell, Git, and IaC experience are additional assets. Suits an experienced SQL Server DBA comfortable operating across varied client environments.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,550 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 320–2,350
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
The posting is for Blue Mantis Canada and lists Toronto as the location. The caller has confirmed this is a fully-remote role with a national candidate pool; no metro has been inferred. The US-based flag is set to false as the role is Canada-based.
Ansible is explicitly called out as 'a requirement' in the Skills section, making it a hard gate despite also being described as 'an asset' in the intro paragraph — the Skills section language controls.
PowerShell and Git are described as assets in the intro narrative and do not appear in the formal requirements section, so they are treated as preferred.
PostgreSQL is explicitly flagged as 'a plus' in the Skills section.
Cloud database services (Azure SQL, AWS RDS) and SQL Server certifications appear under the 'Nice to Have' section.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
A Bachelor's degree is listed but the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience', so no formal degree is hard-required.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): database backup and recovery.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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