Database Specialist

About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech but its really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such were serious about your career growth and professional development because People matter at Kinaxis.

In 1984 we started out as a team of three engineers. Today we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canadas Top Employers we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

At Kinaxis we power the worlds supply chains to help preserve the planets resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management we enable supply chain excellence for all industries with more than 40000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

This is a hybrid position. You will work a hybrid schedule of 4 days a week out of our Ottawa HQ.

Salary Range

Annual cash compensation ranges from $97500 to $143000 plus a discretionary 12% company bonus. The final offer within this range will reflect the successful candidates skills and experience.

Vacancy Status

This is an existing job vacancy

About the team

The Database Specialist acts as a subject matter expert for database integrity recovery and structural optimization within Kinaxis solutions. This role leads complex projects and billable customer engagements ensuring data resilience compliance and scalability. The position influences best practices across teams and provides consultative guidance to internal and external stakeholders

What you will do

• Lead projects and customer-facing meetings to deliver solutions for complex data challenges and ensure timely deliverables.
• Design and implement strategies for Business Unit Splits / Mergers ensuring seamless data migration and structural integrity.
• Develop and execute Data / Scenario Recovery plans to restore systems after unintended user / process actions.
• Collaborate and align with customers on Data Sanitization initiatives
• Use advanced techniques for Data Tracing & Revert / Repair incidents to detect cause of data change
• Reconfigure Scenario Structures to support evolving business requirements and optimize Maestro data storage / footprint.
• Conduct Memory Assessment and Data Distribution analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on investigations and strategic improvements.
• Estimate project hours based on high level analysis

What we are looking for

Work With Impact : Our platform directly helps companies power the worlds supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every daywhen we see store shelves stocked when medications are available for our loved ones and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands : Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin Yamaha P&G Honda and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis : Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices talent assessment training materials and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and were committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team :

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation please reach out to us at Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening all subsequent decisions regarding your application including final selection are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Databases,IT Experience,Presentation Skills,Information Management,SQL,Relational Databases,Microsoft SQL Server,LMS,Postgresql,Database Administration,Oracle,DynamoDB

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Customer Service

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 97500 - 143000