Senior Database Administrator - DTS030

Role Description

The Database Administrator will provide support in database capacity planning, installation, configuration, design, migration, performance monitoring, security, and troubleshooting, as well as backup and data recovery.

Responsibilities:

• Monitors, troubleshoots and optimizes database performance
• Identifies and manages database bottlenecks
• Create, maintain and run scripts based on requirements
• Respond to incidents and problems
• Administers patches according to Vulnerability Management Standards
• Perform database backups and recovery
• Performs database capacity planning
• Tests and analyzes database performance
• Creates database installations on servers
• Oversees database operations
• Designs and implements database software, maintenance and support requirements
• Designs and develops interoperability testing of many component products
• Creates and maintains solution documentation
• Ensures consistent use of integration of application middleware components and
• database architecture
• Other duties as assigned

The Resource must have the following minimum qualifications or experience:

• Post secondary certificate, diploma or degree in computer science or related field. 
• A suitable combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience creating and administrating complex databases in an enterprise environment.
• Significant work experience in the technology field as a Database Administrator.
• Strong technical proficiency, troubleshooting skills and operational knowledge of hosting technology in a corporate data center environment
• Extensive experience and operational knowledge of hosting technology in a corporate data centre environment.
• Experience with RDBMS performance monitoring and tuning: closely monitoring performance; identifying problems and implementing solutions; while ensuring the database is running at optimum speed and efficiency.
• Experience applying tools, techniques and processes related to change management, configuration management, capacity management and availability management.
• Experience working with Windows and/or Linux operating systems.
• Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly present complex issues to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical or problem solving skills.
• Experience working with the following RDBMS': Microsoft MS SQL Server and Sybase ASE
• Ability to provide data migration support and data migration effort for complex multi-location sites
• Ability to adapt to change in dynamically evolving situations
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Excellent customer service skills
• Experience with T-SQL and MS RDBMS with experience in DB Triggers, Views and Stored Procedure Programming and database optimization
• Excellent communication, collaboration, organizational and problem solving skills
• Experience with MS SQL server and SAP Sybase ASE