Junior Database Administrator

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Adaptable and eager to learn Job Type: Full-time, Permanent Salary: 95K - 105K
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Before you apply

New graduates: Entry levelJob title: Junior Database Administrator

What you’ll work on

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Monitor database health, performance, and availability.
Perform backups, restores, and disaster recovery tasks.
Support MySQL replication and database patching.

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Assist with administration and maintenance of MySQL databases. Monitor database health, performance, and availability. Perform backups, restores, and disaster recovery tasks.

Monitor database health, performance, and availability. Perform backups, restores, and disaster recovery tasks. Support MySQL replication and database patching.

Perform backups, restores, and disaster recovery tasks. Support MySQL replication and database patching. Troubleshoot database performance issues.

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Core experience

2 to 4 years of database administration experience.
Knowledge of MySQL and SQL.
Understanding of backup/recovery, networking fundamentals, and troubleshooting.

Qualification wording

2 to 4 years of database administration experience.

Knowledge of MySQL and SQL.

Understanding of backup/recovery, networking fundamentals, and troubleshooting.

Education & alternatives

Required Qualifications - Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. - 2 to 4 years of database administration experience.

Benefits in the posting

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Casual dress
Company events
Dental care
Disability insurance
Extended health care
Life insurance
On-site childcare
On-site gym
On-site parking
Paid time off
RRSP match
Tuition reimbursement
Vision care

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Where the posting names them

- Apache, NGINX - Bash/Shell scripting - Database security and PCI DSS concepts

Boyd Interactive is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE – “BYD”). The Junior Database Administrator will be a skilled individual who will continue to develop and support RedHat, CentOS, Tomcat Java server infrastructure, MySQL databases and Amazon cloud infrastructure across the Pala web and mobile gaming platforms. Position Summary - Junior Database Administrator

- 2 to 4 years of database administration experience. - Knowledge of MySQL and SQL. - Basic Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) knowledge.

Technical Skills - MySQL, SQL - Linux (Red Hat, CentOS)

Position Summary - Junior Database Administrator We are seeking a motivated Junior Database Administrator (DBA) to join our Infrastructure & Operations team. This role supports MySQL databases, Linux servers, and AWS infrastructure for high-volume gaming platforms while working alongside senior engineers. Key Responsibilities

- Linux (Red Hat, CentOS) - AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch) - Apache, NGINX

- Git - Docker - Puppet/Chef/Ansible

Key Responsibilities - Assist with administration and maintenance of MySQL databases. - Monitor database health, performance, and availability.

- Perform backups, restores, and disaster recovery tasks. - Support MySQL replication and database patching. - Troubleshoot database performance issues.

Preferred Qualifications - MySQL replication - VMware

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About the role

We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.

Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.

An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.

US government figures for database architects

Median yearly pay, May 2025: $139,500
Expected change, 2025 to 2035: 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.

Job description

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THE COMPANY

Pala Interactive Canada Inc., operating as Boyd Interactive, is a full service real-money and social gaming technology provider and operator which caters to both B2C and B2B markets in Canada and the United States. Boyd Interactive offers a full spectrum of games, including casino, bingo, and poker, across all distribution channels (web, download, tablet & smartphone). Boyd Interactive has 150 employees in Toronto, New Jersey, California, and Texas.

Boyd Interactive’s strengths lie in its relentless focus on high-quality, high-functioning, immersive software platforms and the diverse employees supporting these initiatives, and with recent developments in legislation, the online gaming industry is poised for rapid growth.

Boyd Interactive is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE – “BYD”).

The Junior Database Administrator will be a skilled individual who will continue to develop and support RedHat, CentOS, Tomcat Java server infrastructure, MySQL databases and Amazon cloud infrastructure across the Pala web and mobile gaming platforms.

Position Summary - Junior Database Administrator

We are seeking a motivated Junior Database Administrator (DBA) to join our Infrastructure & Operations team. This role supports MySQL databases, Linux servers, and AWS infrastructure for high-volume gaming platforms while working alongside senior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Assist with administration and maintenance of MySQL databases.
Monitor database health, performance, and availability.
Perform backups, restores, and disaster recovery tasks.
Support MySQL replication and database patching.
Troubleshoot database performance issues.
Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Security teams.
Participate in production support and on-call rotation after training.

Required Qualifications

Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
2 to 4 years of database administration experience.
Knowledge of MySQL and SQL.
Basic Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) knowledge.
Understanding of backup/recovery, networking fundamentals, and troubleshooting.

Technical Skills

MySQL, SQL
Linux (Red Hat, CentOS)
AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch)
Apache, NGINX
Bash/Shell scripting
Database security and PCI DSS concepts

Preferred Qualifications

MySQL replication
VMware
Tomcat
Git
Docker
Puppet/Chef/Ansible
DNS, SSL, LDAP, VPN

Soft Skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication
Organized and detail-oriented
Self-motivated
Collaborative team player
Adaptable and eager to learn

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: 95K - 105K

Benefits:

Casual dress
Company events
Dental care
Disability insurance
Extended health care
Life insurance
On-site childcare
On-site gym
On-site parking
Paid time off
RRSP match
Tuition reimbursement
Vision care

Work location: Hybrid Remote - 3 days per week in North York, ON M2J 5B5

Required Qualifications:

This is not a remote position. Are you comfortable working on a hybrid basis at the office 3 days per week?

Boyd Interactive will comply with our privacy obligations regarding your personal information throughout the recruitment and hiring process.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Boyd Interactive will provide accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process to individuals with disabilities as required

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