Duration: 6 months- Potential for this contract to be extended or converted to FTE
Work location: Toronto, ON, Hybrid - in office every Tuesday for the time being.
Interview Process: maximum 2 rounds of technical interview possible with HM + team members; MS Teams and 2nd will be in person on a Tuesday. 2PM to 4PM ideally

Group information: 20 DBAs on the team, team is sub divided in 2 teams and support database for various lines of business, doing complex trouble shooting, code deployment, BAU activities

The Candidate will Be Working with: Solution Design, DB Engineering, Information Security teams and external vendors.

Daily Job Duties/Activities:

Taking ownership of and leading technical resolutions for production incidents

Communicating clearly complex technical issues to stakeholders and Lines of Business partners

Complying with standards for change control and overall database security policies

Analyzing recurring incidents and identifying service improvements where possible

Providing on-call rotational/pager support where required

Participating in Incidents and Changes as part of BAU Operational activities

Participating in Scheduled Disaster Recovery or SCM activities

Participating in post-mortems and RCAs (Root Cause Analysis)



of critical incidents

Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server databases.

Optimize database performance, including indexing, query tuning, and resource management.

Ensure database security by implementing best practices for user access control, encryption, and auditing.

Implement native security features in SQL Server (TDE, Always Encrypted).

RAC, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.

Automate database monitoring and maintenance tasks.

Must Haves:

5-7 years of experience in Azure Cloud database (Focus on MSSQL)

Experience with PostgreSQL - 2+ years

Setup/Installation and configuration of DB products

Experience in Tuning, Query Optimization, Monitoring and Troubleshooting database issues

Cloud migration experience

Exhibit knowledge of DB backup restore and recovery

Nice to have:

ServiceNow Ticketing System

SolarWind Performance Tool

FI experience

Soft Skills:

Solid critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team

Demonstrated ability to deliver results and provide good customer experience

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📌 Senior MS Sql DBA (Ontario)
🏢 Raise
📍 Ontario