Level 3 Database Administrator for a 1-year contract with three 1-year option periods. Security & Work Conditions Clearance: Reliability Status (minimum) Location: NCR (Ottawa/Gatineau) Typically, hybrid or onsite

Mandatory Profile 10+ years of DBA experience Senior-level exposure to: Enterprise IT environments Mission-critical systems Recent experience (within the past 5 years) working with Azure SQL databases. Experience in designing and developing SQL databases.

Core Responsibilities Database Administration & Maintenance Install, configure, and maintain database systems Manage: Instances Storage Environments (dev/test/prod) Performance Monitoring & Tuning Monitor: Database performance Query execution Resource usage Perform: Performance tuning Index optimization Query optimization Backup, Recovery & Continuity Implement and manage: Backup strategies Disaster recovery plans Perform: Data restoration Failover testing Security & Access Management Manage: User roles and permissions Authentication and access controls Ensure: Compliance with federal security standards Data protection and audit readiness Application & Integration Support Work with developers and analysts to: Support database-related application issues Optimize queries and data access Support integration across: Applications APIs Data pipelines Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution Diagnose: Performance issues Data inconsistencies System failures Provide timely resolution to minimize downtime Collaboration with Data Modeler Implement and maintain: Data models Database schemas Ensure alignment between: Logical design and physical implementation

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