database administrator

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• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few
• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1
• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life
• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more...

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CHALLENGES TO BE MET

Reporting to the Manager, Technology Infrastructure Solutions, the Database Administrator will be responsible for:

• Maintain and improve infrastructure related to their area of expertise.
• Actively support database servers (SQL Server and others) for the various applications deployed.
• Diagnose and take corrective action to ensure optimal performance and capacity.
• Resolve incidents, requests or changes (planned or unplanned) assigned to him/her.
• Provide technical support and escalate unresolved issues to external vendors or experts.
• Advise and assist developers on complex aspects of database methodologies.
• Participate in the design and approval of logical and physical databases.
• Develop, write, test and apply the procedures necessary for the smooth running of IT operations.
• Develop and enforce database configuration, access security, and backup/recovery standards.
• Actively participate in project teams and product development delivered by the Business Solutions group.
• Ensure availability for "On Call" support on a rotating basis with team members.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the field.
• Proficiency in administering the different versions of SQL Server (2016 and above).
• Knowledge of SQL Server Analysis, Integration, and Reporting services (2016 and above).
• Excellent command of T-SQL programming, optimization and troubleshooting.
• Experience in Azure SQL Services/AWS/GCP...
• Experience in MySQL service administration, Postgres,...
• Asset: Powershell, JSON, Python and REST API scripting,...
• Knowledge of automation tools (RedHat Ansible or other).
• Experience in Agile methodology

Skills in demand

• Professionalism and concern for a job well done.
• Exemplary team spirit.
• Analytical ability and structured reasoning.
• Interest in automating repetitive tasks.
• Ability to manage multiple files simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills with various stakeholders.
• Autonomy, discipline, dynamism and self-taught learning ability.
• Ability to draft and disseminate clear and structured documents.
• Ability to solve problems in innovative ways, including in emergency situations.
• Bilingualism (French and English, written and spoken).

Diversity and inclusion

BDC is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all qualified candidates to apply. We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Proudly one of Canada's Top 100 Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at

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While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.