Senior Database Specialist

2 weeks ago


Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Equitable Life of Canada Full time
Senior Technology Specialist, Database Administration

At Equitable Life of Canada, we are seeking a highly skilled Senior Technology Specialist, Database Administration to join our team. As a key member of our IT Infrastructure department, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing our enterprise database server infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support the design, implementation, and management of the company's enterprise database server infrastructure
  • Infrastructure and business systems project delivery
  • Support the design and manage database server infrastructure services to ensure the effective uptime to meet a 24x7 business systems infrastructure
  • Ensure database server infrastructure operations and management controls, processes, policies, and standards for the Company based on industry standards, best principles and commonly applied good practices
  • Perform continuous improvement, automation and innovation in the management and delivery of database server infrastructure operations and practices
  • Ensure database server infrastructure is designed, implemented and managed to meet necessary capacity, demand and availability requirements
  • Establish, monitor and meet key performance indicators in support of IT infrastructure, business systems, and Company operational metrics
  • Support application management teams in the effective tuning and optimizing of business systems to meet necessary performance
  • Provide timely response to database server infrastructure incidents
  • Ensure accountability to IT governance activities and processes inclusive of Change Advisory Board and Architecture Review Board
  • Jointly responsible for asset, vendor, and financial management activities related to database server infrastructure
  • Constantly evaluate and research of relevant trends and issues and how they would apply to the Company
  • Actively participate in IT infrastructure, architecture and services community
Requirements:
  • Minimum ten (10) years in IT
  • Five (5) to six (6) years in a database administration / analyst role
  • Microsoft or similar technical certifications
  • Strong/expert knowledge and experience designing and managing enterprise Microsoft SQL database server environments
  • Strong/expert knowledge and experience in database performance tuning, debugging, profiling, and analytics, with a string emphasis on performance
  • Strong/expert knowledge of and experience with database systems management processes and practices including monitoring, scripting, patching, and maintenance
  • Strong knowledge and experience in Azure cloud technologies
  • Knowledge and experience in other database technologies such as Cosmos or PosGres
  • Knowledge and experience managing and implementing business technology resiliency / high-availability database server designs (incl. mirroring, clustering, replication) and operations
  • Knowledge of and experience in data / schema design, database development practices, and overall database architectures
  • Solid/strong knowledge and experience with development methodologies
  • ITIL v3 or v4 Foundations certification a strong asset
  • Solid/strong knowledge and experience with Microsoft business intelligence technologies
  • Familiarity with agile, lean, and DevOps principles
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with focus and attention to detail
  • A critical thinker and innovator
  • Superb communications (written, verbal, presentation) and negotiation skills and experience with conveying complex, technical information to non-technical audiences
  • Maintain confidentiality with extremely critical and sensitive information
  • Outstanding team player, focused on customer service excellence, technical execution, diligence to the process, and doing the right thing
  • Post-secondary technical or business diploma and/or equivalent working experience
What's in it for you:
  • A healthy work-life balance with employee wellness top of mind
  • We value open, honest communication between team members, challenging each other to continually improve
  • Employee resource groups that support an inclusive work environment
  • An onsite, full-service cafeteria with a variety of daily options
  • Regular EQ Together events focused on company togetherness and collaboration

As part of the recruitment/offer process you will be required to:

  • Provide two professional references (minimum one supervisor and above)
  • Undergo a criminal background check

To learn more about Equitable Life of Canada, we encourage you to explore our organization.

At Equitable Life of Canada, we are committed to providing equal access to employment opportunities across our organization. Please contact our HR team at if you would like to receive our job postings in an alternative format or require an accommodation with the application process.

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