Database Administrator

Location: Toronto or Oshawa, ON, On-site 5 days per week
Language: English, excellent written and verbal communication skills required
Duration: 1-year contract

About the Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced Database Administrator to support complex, mission-critical database environments within a large public sector organization. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving challenging technical problems, strengthening system reliability, and helping teams get the most from enterprise data platforms.

You’ll work closely with application support teams, infrastructure specialists, developers, architects, project managers, QA professionals, and other stakeholders. Your work will directly support the availability, security, integrity, recoverability, and performance of critical applications and services.

What’s In It for You
You’ll gain exposure to large-scale enterprise environments spanning both legacy and modern technologies, with opportunities to contribute to modernization, architecture, and continuous improvement. You’ll join a collaborative environment that values knowledge sharing, strong technical standards, and practical solutions that support meaningful business outcomes.

Your Responsibilities
• You’ll administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments, including SQL Server 2019, 2022, and 2025.
• You’ll configure and support Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups, including monitoring, failover, and troubleshooting.
• You’ll diagnose and resolve performance, data integrity, security, configuration, and recovery issues.
• You’ll design and implement REST API integrations using established integration and security best practices.
• You’ll support SQL Server upgrades, backup and recovery, HA/DR strategies, release implementations, patching, and change requests.
• You’ll collaborate on solution and data architecture while supporting middleware, gateways, application monitoring, and enterprise integrations.
• You’ll produce technical documentation, complete code reviews and unit testing, and provide knowledge transfer to technical teams.

Skills and Qualifications
• 7+ years of progressive database administration or related enterprise technology experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server 2019, 2022, and 2025, including upgrades from 2019 to 2022 and 2022 to 2025.
• Hands-on experience with at least one of Oracle 19c, DB2 on Windows, or DB2 on z/OS.
• Strong experience with performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, backup and recovery, HA/DR, clustering, and Always On Availability Groups.
• Experience designing and implementing REST API integrations and working with middleware, gateways, development, and mainframe technologies.
• Experience with Agile delivery, structured development methodologies, change management, release management, and application support.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, collaboration, and written and verbal communication skills.

Why Partner with Altis
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We appreciate the time and effort all applicants invest in their submissions. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for this role will be contacted directly. However, your profile will remain under consideration for future opportunities that align with your experience and career goals.All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities including those who identify as women, members of racialized groups, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. If you require an accommodation, please review our accessibility policy and reach out to our accessibility officer with any questions. Our human recruiters review all applications and always make the final hiring decision. On occasion, we also use AI-assisted tools to help review applications.