Government
Government

Senior Database Administrator

Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid · Contract

Rate

CAD $85–$90/hr

Duration

12 months

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Required skills

  • Oracle
  • Oracle 10g, 11g, 12c, 19c
  • Solaris
  • Linux
  • Middleware
  • Migration

About the role

Requirements: What you'll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

Database Analysis, Design and Implementation Skills/Experience:

  • 10+ years hands on experience
  • Experience with database optimization, capacity planning, installation and migration, database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery.
  • Experience maintaining and monitoring a number of Oracle 10g,11g,12c,19c databases in large multi-tenant environments
  • Experience migrating from end of life Oracle database to latest supported version in on-premise and cloud data centers.
  • Experience with deployed databases security i.e. ensuring appropriate security and auditing controls are in place to meet security and privacy requirements

Technical, Planning, Coordination and Monitoring Skills/Experience:

  • Experience coordinating implementation of technically advanced complex systems resources to lower non production environment
  • Experience in providing complex/specialized systems analysis and design for success
  • Communicates effectively to drive technical outcomes with technical staff/teammates
  • Experience in impact analysis, implementation planning and implementation of technology or suite specific patches, maintenance packs and releases, and technology stack patch sets and releases
  • Experience with distributed data systems
  • Experience with middleware and gateways
  • Awareness of emerging IT trends and directions

Communications and Teamwork Skills:

  • Experience documenting technical work that facilitates knowledge transfer
  • Communicates technical issues in plain language effectively
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated strength building strong relationships and being a strong team player

Must Have:

  • Creates and implements physical database designs and operates and administers the database management system (DBMS) including database optimization, capacity planning, installation and migration, database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery.
  • Database optimization, capacity planning, installation and migration, database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery.
  • Maintain and monitor a number of Oracle 10g,11g,12c,19c databases in large multi-tenant environments including database administration, maintenance, optimization, migration, and fine tuning of databases
  • Design, build and configure Oracle Database Servers on Windows, Solaris, Linux
  • Lead and design solutions for enterprise Oracle migration project to migrate to 19c or higher
  • Carry out complex/specialized systems analysis and design for success of Oracle migration

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