Senior Database Administrator

Level 3 Database Administrator for a 1-year contract with three 1-year option periods.

Security \& Work Conditions

• Clearance: Reliability Status (minimum)
• Location: NCR (Ottawa/Gatineau)
• Typically, hybrid or onsite

Mandatory Profile

10\+ years of DBA experience

• Senior-level exposure to:
• Enterprise IT environments
• Mission-critical systems

Recent experience (within the past 5 years) working with Azure SQL databases.

Experience in designing and developing SQL databases

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Core Responsibilities

Database Administration \& Maintenance

Install, configure, and maintain database systems

• Manage:
• Instances
• Storage
• Environments (dev/test/prod)

Performance Monitoring \& Tuning

Monitor:

• Database performance
• Query execution
• Resource usage

Perform:

• Performance tuning
• Index optimization
• Query optimization

Backup, Recovery \& Continuity

Implement and manage:

• Backup strategies
• Disaster recovery plans

Perform:

• Data restoration
• Failover testing

Security \& Access Management

Manage:

• User roles and permissions
• Authentication and access controls

Ensure:

• Compliance with federal security standards
• Data protection and audit readiness

Application \& Integration Support

Work with developers and analysts to:

• Support database-related application issues
• Optimize queries and data access

Support integration across:

• Applications
• APIs
• Data pipelines

Troubleshooting \& Issue Resolution

Diagnose:

• Performance issues
• Data inconsistencies
• System failures
• Provide timely resolution to minimize downtime

Collaboration with Data Modeler

Implement and maintain:

• Data models
• Database schemas
• Ensure alignment between:
• Logical design and physical implementation

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