Database Administrator

Job Description

We are working with a Government client in Winnipeg seeking a Database Administrator to join their team on a 2 year contract.

This contract will require on site or remote work at their Winnipeg location.

Roles and 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

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience creating and administrating complex databases in an enterprise environment.
• Strong technical proficiency, troubleshooting skills and operational knowledge of hosting technology in a corporate data center environment
• Ability to provide data migration support and data migration effort for complex multilocation sites
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• 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

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