Senior Enterprise Database Administrator
4 days ago
Canada
WestJet Group
Full-time
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Lead enterprise database reliability at WestJet with Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server expertise across secure, high-performing platforms and on-call operations. Support critical business outcomes through dependable database services.
As a Senior Database Administrator, you will provide technical leadership across Oracle, IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, and Azure SQL Database. The position emphasizes availability, performance, security, resilience, recoverability, and operational excellence. You will mentor intermediate and junior DBAs while collaborating across application, infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, architecture, and cybersecurity teams.
Key Responsibilities
Support enterprise database platforms and maintain availability, performance, security, and recoverabilityLead tuning, capacity planning, patching, upgrades, controls, and automation initiativesManage access controls, permissions, auditing, and vulnerability remediationResolve complex incidents through root cause analysis and corrective actionsMentor DBAs and partner on deployments, migrations, and modernizationRequirements:
Bachelor’s degree and seven-plus years of database administration experienceAdvanced Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server administration experienceKnowledge of RAC, ASM, RMAN, Data Guard, and multitenant databasesSQL Server Always On, backup, recovery, and tuning experienceLinux, Windows, scripting, automation, monitoring, and security expertiseBring senior database leadership, performance tuning, security, and recovery expertise to WestJet’s enterprise platform environment and on-call rotation.
As a Senior Database Administrator, you will provide technical leadership across Oracle, IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, and Azure SQL Database. The position emphasizes availability, performance, security, resilience, recoverability, and operational excellence. You will mentor intermediate and junior DBAs while collaborating across application, infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, architecture, and cybersecurity teams.
Key Responsibilities
Support enterprise database platforms and maintain availability, performance, security, and recoverabilityLead tuning, capacity planning, patching, upgrades, controls, and automation initiativesManage access controls, permissions, auditing, and vulnerability remediationResolve complex incidents through root cause analysis and corrective actionsMentor DBAs and partner on deployments, migrations, and modernizationRequirements:
Bachelor’s degree and seven-plus years of database administration experienceAdvanced Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server administration experienceKnowledge of RAC, ASM, RMAN, Data Guard, and multitenant databasesSQL Server Always On, backup, recovery, and tuning experienceLinux, Windows, scripting, automation, monitoring, and security expertiseBring senior database leadership, performance tuning, security, and recovery expertise to WestJet’s enterprise platform environment and on-call rotation.