Database Administrator

Medisca Pharmaceutique Inc; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work/Life Balance: 37.50 hour week, Fr

Hybrid work schedule with home office

Health plans and wellness

Professional growth opportunities

Deferred profit sharing plan

Employee referral program

Company events

Job summary

Medisca is seeking a Database Administrator to own data health and performance across multiple systems. You will map data flows between CRM, ERP, e-commerce, and other platforms, ensuring accuracy and compliance while acting as a trusted data steward.

You will design data architecture, optimize T-SQL, and implement HA/DR strategies, with hybrid work options and collaboration across technical and business teams. 5+ years' experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field.
• 5+ years in a DBA or data architecture/engineering role.
• Strong SQL Server experience and advanced T-SQL/query optimization skills.
• Experience with data mapping across migrations or integrations.
• Experience with CRM, ERP, and e-commerce data.
• Understanding of data stewardship, governance, and privacy basics.
• Experience with HA/DR and database security fundamentals.
• Strong communicator, able to bridge technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the performance, accuracy, and availability of SQL Server databases.
• Design data architecture and data mapping for system changes, migrations, and integrations.
• Build knowledge of data movement across systems and formats (CSV, JSON, XML, EDI, APIs).
• Support accurate data sharing between platforms and partners.
• Act as a data steward: define and uphold data quality and ownership standards.
• Ensure data handling meets privacy and compliance requirements.
• Wrote and optimize complex T-SQL (procedures, indexing, queries).
• Maintain high-availability and disaster recovery strategies.
• Build and monitor data quality checks and pipelines.
• Set up monitoring/alerting for database and pipeline performance.
• Support CDP and identity resolution initiatives.
• Maintain database security controls and basic automation scripting.
• Document configurations, data flows, mappings, and procedures.

Skills

Data accuracy

SQL Server

T-SQL optimization

Data mapping

CRM/ERP/e-commerce data

Data governance

HA/DR basics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PostgreSQL

Azure SQL

Snowflake

Databricks

SSIS

ADF

Airflow

dbt

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Medisca is a global company leveraging strong partnerships to serve healthcare professionals across diverse wellness disciplines. Offering extensive and essential solutions - including pharmaceutical ingredients and service, mixing technology manufacturing, analytical testing, and education - Medisca is bridging the gaps in healthcare with an unwavering commitment to precision, innovation, and societal impact.

The Database Administrator will own the health, accuracy, and performance of databases across a multi-system, multi-location business. The Database Administrator will map how data flows between our CRM, ERP, e-commerce, and other platforms, keeping them accurate and compliant every step of the way, and act as a trusted steward of the company's data.

About you: You're obsessed with data accuracy and data health - "close enough" isn't good enough. You're a big-picture thinker who wants to help shape where our data infrastructure goes next, a collaborative team player who connects easily with both technical and business teams, and someone who understands the business, not just the systems behind it.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Maintain the performance, accuracy, and availability of our SQL Server databases.
• Design data architecture and data mapping for system changes, migrations, and integrations (for CRM, ERP, etc.)
• Build deep knowledge of our data - where it lives, how it's structured, and how it moves across systems and formats (CSV, JSON, XML, EDI, APIs, etc.).
• Support accurate data sharing between our platforms, tools, and business partners, using various transfer methods.
• Act as a data steward: define, document, and uphold data quality and ownership standards.
• Ensure data handling meets privacy and compliance requirements.
• Write and optimize complex T-SQL (stored procedures, functions, indexing, query plans).
• Maintain high-availability and disaster recovery strategies, including backups and failovers.
• Build and monitor data quality checks and pipeline orchestration across systems.
• Set up monitoring/alerting for database and pipeline performance.
• Support CDP and identity resolution initiatives.
• Maintain database security controls (access, encryption, auditing) and basic automation scripting).
• Document configurations, data flows, mappings, and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a related field.
• 5+ years in a DBA or data architecture/engineering role.
• Strong SQL Server experience and advanced T-SQL/query optimization skills.
• Experience with data mapping across system migrations or integrations.
• Experience with CRM, ERP, and e-commerce data.
• Understanding of data stewardship, governance, and privacy/compliance basics.
• Experience with HA/DR and database security fundamentals.
• Strong communicator, able to bridge technical and business audiences.

Assets:

• Experience with PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Snowflake, or Databricks.
• Pipeline orchestration tools (SSIS, ADF, Airflow, dbt, or similar).
• Awareness of cross-border privacy rules (e.g., GDPR, Quebec's Law 25).
• Exposure to CI/CD for database changes (Flyway, Liquibase, Azure DevOps).

What's in it for you...

We invest time and resources into making sure Medisca is as good as the people we hire.

• Work/Life Balance - 37.50 hour workweek with early Fridays all year long, PTO and vacation policy
• Invest in your health - Choice of modular plans, health spending account and free Telemedicine
• Flexible work environment - Hybrid work schedule with home office reimbursement program
• Your Future is Bright - Opportunities to learn and grow within Medisca
• Save for your Future - Medisca contributes to a deferred profit sharing plan (DPSP) when you invest in RRSPs
• Help us grow - Employee Referral Program
• We like to have fun - company events throughout the year

Reason for vacancy: New Role

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.