Senior SQL Server Database Administrator

2 days ago

Edmonton, Division No. 11, Canada Alberta Pensions Services Corporation (APS) Full-time $82,000 - $120,000 Contract

Lead SQL Server reliability for APS in Edmonton’s hybrid work opportunity, combining performance tuning and security administration. Keep critical data available when it matters most.

As a Senior Database Administrator, you will administer enterprise MS SQL Server platforms across production and non-production environments. Your work spans database design, installation, configuration, maintenance, performance optimization, security, and lifecycle management. You will support reliable business-critical applications through disciplined operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Administer SQL Server platforms across production and non-production environments
  • Monitor health, availability, performance, and capacity
  • Tune workloads using execution plans, waits, indexing, and statistics
  • Support Availability Groups and disaster-recovery procedures
  • Automate administration with T-SQL, PowerShell, and centralized tools

Requirements:

  • Degree or diploma plus five to six years’ related experience
  • In-depth enterprise MS SQL Server administration knowledge
  • Advanced relational database, modelling, indexing, and execution-plan knowledge
  • Hands-on high-availability and disaster-recovery experience
  • Strong performance monitoring, tuning, and capacity-planning experience

Bring SQL Server expertise, operational judgment, and security discipline to APS’s hybrid database administration team in Edmonton.