Database Audit Analyst

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 72500
Ministry: Primary and Preventative Health Services
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 07, 2025
Classification: Program Services 3 Market Adjustment

**Salary**: $2,626.89 to $3,448.73 bi-weekly ($68,561 - $90,011/year)

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team

Reporting to the Manager, The Database Audit Analyst is a critical role necessary to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and appropriate use of sensitive health and financial information within Primary and Preventative Health Services database systems. This position is essential for conducting data access audits, monitoring database activity, identifying inappropriate access through Database Access Monitoring (DAM) alerting, and ensuring compliance with Primary and Preventative Health Services Information Security Management Directives and the Health Information Act (HIA).

**This position will be responsible for the following duties**:

- Develop and update security audit methodology and criteria for health information within databases at Primary and Preventative Health Services.
- Report database activity to the appropriate levels within the Ministry.
- Review database configurations to ensure alignment to policy and best practices (“gap analysis”).
- Monitor and set up appropriate alerts indicating potential cases of inappropriate access, including linking to enterprise level SIEM logging repositories.
- Engage with program areas regarding questions concerning data access.
- Develop information seminars as required and create and distribute information circulars.
- Develop, review and update database tools and understand database audit tool intricacies to ensure the quality of the reports.

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**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

- **Agility**: Sees the need and readily steps in to help others on the team; anticipates change and adapts behaviour accordingly, open to changes; takes advantage of opportunities to improve program development and implementation processes.
- **Build Collaborative Environments**:Creates opportunities for project teams and stakeholder to share information; respects others' point-of-view; encourages or facilitates conflict resolution; recognizes performance of all groups involved.
- **Creative Problem Solving**:Helps manage projects with multiple stakeholders simultaneously and can use planning skills, analytical and creative thinking to arrive at innovative solutions.
- **Develop Networks**:Builds relationships by following through on commitments, demonstrating integrity and respect for others; informs key stakeholders of relevant information in a timely manner; seeks and applies the perspectives and needs of colleagues and stakeholders.
- **Drive for Results**: Sets and accomplishes goals and priorities; factors in complexity of issues and aligns plans based on government direction; removes barriers to collaboration; provides informed advice.
- **Develop self and others**: Manages a team and provides effective guidance, support, and professional development. Must provide timely and constructive feedback to ensure strong performance and leverage strengths when assigning roles.
- **Systems Thinking**:Anticipate outcomes and potential impacts across interrelated areas and will factor this into planning.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Recruitment Standards**

**Requirements**:

- University graduation (Computer Science, Information Management) or in a related field plus 2 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below

**Equivalencies**: Directly related experience or education considered on the basis of:

- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

**The following knowledge or experiences are considered as assets**:

- In-depth understanding of legislation and regulations (i.e. Health Information Act, and it's associated Regulations), business policies and procedures, user guides, manuals, and training materials.
- Strong writing, editing, speaking and interpersonal skills are necessary to provide accurate response.
- Strong conflict-resolution skills to effectively manage sensitive audit-related communications.
- Experience monitoring and analyzing database access activity to identify unauthorized or unusual behavior. Knowledge of and experience in cybersecurity principles, tools, and practices, particularly as they relate to data access and protectio