Database Administrator - Remote - Edmonton

Randstad Canada; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 87,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking a Database Administrator for a 3-month contract to provide senior-level administration and operational support for enterprise database and backup/recovery platforms. The role focuses on maintaining availability, performance, security, and integrity of database environments, including monitoring, patching, upgrades, capacity planning and incident response.

Responsibilities include administering backup and recovery services, ensuring successful backups and reliable

Qualifications

• Experience in highly regulated environments (e.g., financial services, pension administration).
• Experience producing backup verification, restore-testing and recovery evidence for audit/compliance.
• Experience supporting databases, data protection modernization, disaster recovery exercises.
• Experience applying scripting, automation and standardized tooling to reduce recurring operational effort.
• Certifications in database, backup and recovery, cloud or ITSM.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level administration and operational support for enterprise database and backup/recovery platforms.
• Maintain availability, performance, security and integrity of database environments; monitor, patch, upgrade and tune.
• Administer backup/recovery services; ensure backups, retention and reliable recovery with evidence for audits.
• Collaborate with application/infrastructure teams and vendors to resolve issues; support DR activities.
• Document procedures; implement standards, automation and tooling to reduce risk and effort.

Skills

Scripting

Automation

Monitoring

Incident response

Performance tuning

Education

Certifications in database, backup and recovery, cloud or ITSM

Tools

Backup & recovery platforms

Job description

Our public sector client is seeking a Database Administrator for a 3 month contract. See details below.

Client: Public Sector

Duration: 3 months

Location: Remote within Alberta with preference for Edmonton

Pay rate: $63-79/hr INC

Advantages

Working on big projects with one of the leading public sector entities in Alberta

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level administration and operational support for enterprise database and backup and recovery platforms. Maintain the availability, performance, security and integrity of database environments through monitoring, maintenance, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, performance tuning and incident response.

Administer and monitor enterprise backup and recovery services to ensure successful backups, appropriate retention and reliable recovery of supported databases, servers, virtual environments, mailboxes and other in-scope assets. Investigate failures, perform and document restore testing, and maintain evidence required to demonstrate that defined recovery objectives and audit, compliance and cyber-insurance requirements are met.

Work with application teams, infrastructure staff and vendors to resolve issues and support changes, projects and disaster recovery activities. Strengthen operational sustainability by documenting procedures, addressing root causes, and implementing appropriate standards, automation and tooling to reduce recurring effort and operational risk.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting financial services, pension administration or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience producing backup verification, restore-testing and recovery evidence for audit, compliance or cyber-insurance purposes.
• Experience supporting databases or data protection modernization, platform upgrades and disaster recovery exercises.
• Experience applying scripting, automation and standardized tooling to reduce recurring operational effort.
• Relevant database, backup and recovery, cloud or IT service management certifications.

Summary

If you're looking for a challenging yet rewarding opportunity that allows you to make a significant impact and grow your career,

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees.

In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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