Technical Specialist

Competition # : 47588 

Department: Cyber Security & Digital Solutions

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG 

Closing Date: ​23-Dec-25 ​ (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

At CSDS, we prioritize people—both within our team and in the communities we serve. Our mission is to redefine how Nova Scotians engage with government by creating accessible, reliable digital solutions centered around user needs.

In today's tech-driven world, CSDS empowers government departments with essential digital solutions to meet Nova Scotians' expectations. As a trusted partner across government, we enable departments to fulfill their mandates with secure, user-friendly services. From healthcare and education to public safety, we collaborate to transform how services are designed and delivered.

We don't just implement technology; we modernize outdated systems and reimagine processes. Our agile, data-driven approach ensures that digital services are both efficient and adaptable to Nova Scotia's evolving needs.

Joining CSDS means contributing to work that makes a real difference. From providing vital tech support to healthcare professionals to strengthening cybersecurity and developing scalable digital platforms, you'll play a key role in building a more inclusive, responsive government for Nova Scotians.

Together, we're setting new standards for digital public service, delivering resilient solutions that meet today's needs—and anticipate tomorrow's challenges.

About Our Opportunity

The Database Infrastructure team is looking for an experienced Database Administrator who has hands-on, enterprise-level experience working with Oracle and MySQL in UNIX environments. This role plays a pivotal role in architecting and safeguarding our most critical Oracle and MySQL environments on UNIX platforms. Your expertise will ensure our systems are robust, secure, and ready for tomorrow's challenges. 

You'll be responsible for installing, configuring, patching, and maintaining these environments, while also optimizing performance through workload analysis and tuning using enterprise tools. Your work will empower cross-functional teams and enable modernization across the organization. In this role, you'll build and maintain backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability configurations, keeping our data resilient and accessible. 

When complex incidents arise, including high-impact issues after hours, your troubleshooting skills will make a real difference. You'll manage user access, roles, encryption, and database-level security controls, acting as the gatekeeper of our data integrity. Leading database migrations whether upgrading hardware, moving to new versions, or transitioning to the cloud, will be a key part of your impact, ensuring seamless continuity and driving our evolution.
Automation is at the heart of our operations, and you'll have the opportunity to streamline routine tasks using scripting, freeing your time for strategic projects and innovation. Your attention to detail will shine as you maintain comprehensive documentation for installations, patching workflows, and recovery procedures, creating a legacy of knowledge for the team. 

Collaboration is essential, and you'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including OS, network, application, and Cloud/DevOps specialists, to deliver integrated solutions that move the organization forward.

You'll follow ITIL processes for changes, incidents, and problem resolution, ensuring excellence in every aspect of service delivery. Your expertise will solve real problems and have a visible impact across the organization.

You'll find opportunities for career progression, professional development, and work-life balance. Whether you're actively seeking a new role or simply open to the right opportunity, this position offers the chance to leave a lasting mark.

If you're ready to influence the future of infrastructure and work with a team that values your expertise, we invite you to explore this opportunity. 

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, plus a minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience; or a recognized Information
• Technology diploma with three (3) years and six (6) months of experience (or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Demonstrated experience supporting MySQL, MariaDB, and Oracle databases in an enterprise environment
• Proven experience with performance tuning, backup and recovery, and capacity planning
• Hands-on experience with backup, recovery, and replication tools
• Working knowledge of UNIX (Linux and/or AIX) operating systems
• Familiarity with ITIL-based processes, including Change, Incident, and Major Incident Management
• Strong understanding of database security, including encryption and access control
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs.  For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

Working Conditions

This position requires 24/7 on-call on rotation

What We Offer
Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your careerEngaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategiesCountless career pathsDepartment specific flexible working schedules

Pay Grade:  PR 14  

Salary Range:  $2, $3,231.58 Bi-Weekly

Employment Equity Statement:

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve.  The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.  If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application. 

Accommodation Statement:

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Candidates may request accommodations based on any grounds protected by the Human Rights Act. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please contact us at

This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:

Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued. 

External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information. 

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to 

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