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Senior Database Administrator

Oshawa, ONPosted 1 weeks ago

Job Description

  • Database Installation, Configuration & Administration: Install, configure, and administer relational and NoSQL platforms (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cosmos DB), ensuring stable, scalable, and standards-based deployments.
  • Cloud Database & Platform Management (Azure): Deploy, operate, and optimize cloud database services (e.g., Azure SQL DB and related Azure data services), ensuring secure connectivity, reliability, and cost-effective performance.
  • High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery (DR): Design, implement, and regularly test HA/DR architectures to meet business continuity objectives (e.g., RTO/RPO) and minimize service downtime.
  • Maintenance, Patching & Upgrades: Execute routine operational tasks—including health checks, patching, and version upgrades—while maintaining compliance, reducing risk, and improving overall platform stability.
  • Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Proactively monitor database health and performance; conduct query tuning, indexing strategies, and workload optimization to maintain response times and meet SLAs.
  • Backup, Restore & Data Protection Operations: Implement, monitor, and validate backup/restore procedures and recovery drills to protect enterprise data and ensure rapid restoration when required.
  • Security, Compliance & Audit Support: Enforce security controls (RBAC, encryption, secrets management), remediate vulnerabilities, and support audit/internal control activities with evidence, logging, and governance practices.
  • Data Governance Administration (Databricks Unity Catalog): Administer Unity Catalog governance, including metastore management, identity/access controls, privilege governance, external location and storage oversight, and catalog/schema design aligned to security and compliance standards.
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