Senior Database Administrator

Bombardier; Dorval; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance plans

Competitive base salary

Retirement savings plan

Employee Assistance Program

Tele Health Program

Job summary

Bombardier is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to ensure the stability, evolution, and efficiency of our enterprise database platforms. You will lead architecture, performance, security, and lifecycle management across on‑premises and cloud environments.

The role blends operational reliability with strategic project work, guiding migrations, modernization, and automation while collaborating with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, and Architecture teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional database experience.
• Experience with enterprise DB platforms such as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL.
• Experience across on-premises and multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Scripting and automation with PowerShell, Python, Bash; familiarity with DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical lifecycle and evolution of enterprise database platforms.
• Define and maintain database architecture and standards across on-prem and cloud.
• Provide senior-level operational support for availability, capacity, performance, backup/recovery, and DR.
• Analyze performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimization strategies.
• Lead database-related projects including migrations and modernization.
• Develop automation for provisioning, maintenance, and monitoring.
• Ensure security, encryption, and governance compliance across platforms.
• Mentor teams and drive continuous improvement of database technologies.

Skills

Database administration

Database engineering

Multi-cloud databases

SQL Server / Oracle / PostgreSQL

DevOps collaboration

Scripting & automation

English & French

Education

Bachelor degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring/Observability

Job description

When applicable, Bombardier promotes flexible and hybrid work policies.

Why join us?

At Bombardier, we design, build and maintain the world’s peak-performing aircraft for the world’s most discerning people and businesses, governments and militaries. We have been successful in setting the highest standards by putting our people at the heart of it all, and defining excellence, together.

Working at Bombardier means operating at the highest level. Every day, you are part of a team that delivers superior experiences and products, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our industry and beyond. By prioritizing employee growth and development, we empower everyone to reach their full potential on their own terms, because the best work happens when you are free to be yourself and share your unique expertise.

Bombardier’s Benefits Program

With our employees’ well-being top of mind, we offer a comprehensive and competitive Benefits Program, which includes the following:

• Insurance plans (Dental, medical, life insurance, disability, and more)
• Competitive base salary
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tele Health Program

Role overview

The Senior Database Administrator is responsible for the operational stability, technical evolution, and continuous improvement of the enterprise database platforms and engines. The role combines approximately 40% operational responsibilities with 60% project, engineering, and technology evolution activities. Acting as a senior technical authority and subject matter expert, the Senior DBA provides leadership in database architecture, platform standards, performance, availability, security, automation, and lifecycle management across the enterprise.

The role works closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Application, Security, and Architecture teams to ensure database services are reliable, scalable, secure, cost-effective, and aligned with enterprise technology strategy.

What are your contributions to the team?

• Database Platform Ownership & Evolution: Own the technical lifecycle and evolution of enterprise database platforms, including technology selection, upgrades, modernization, consolidation, migration, and retirement.
• Architecture & Technical Standards: Define and maintain database architecture, engineering standards, reference architectures, configuration standards, and technology patterns across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Operational Reliability & Resilience: Provide senior-level operational support covering availability, capacity, performance, patching, backup/recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, and resolution of complex incidents.
• Performance & Capacity Engineering: Analyze database and workload performance, identify systemic bottlenecks, establish capacity requirements, and implement optimization strategies to improve performance, scalability, and resource utilization.
• Project & Solution Engineering: Lead or provide senior technical expertise for database-related infrastructure and application projects, including migrations, cloud adoption, modernization, and major technology changes.
• Automation & DevOps Integration: Develop and promote automation for database provisioning, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and lifecycle activities, integrating database management with enterprise DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Security & Technical Governance: Ensure database platforms meet enterprise requirements for security, access control, encryption, vulnerability remediation,compliance, and business continuity while providing technical guidance to project and operational teams.
• Technical Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Act as the senior database SME, lead complex root-cause investigations, advise cross-functional teams, identify improvement opportunities, and contribute to the enterprise database technology roadmap.

How to thrive in this role?

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in database administration, database engineering, or database platform management, with demonstrated senior-level responsibility.
• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise database platforms, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, performance tuning, backup/recovery, high availability, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of at least one major enterprise database platform such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or equivalent, with the ability to work across multiple database technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with database architecture, platform lifecycle management, migrations, modernization, and technology upgrades.
• Experience supporting databases across on-premises and multi-cloud environments, including Azure, AWS and GCP.
• Strong understanding of database security, access management, encryption, disaster recovery, high availability, business continuity, and capacity management.
• Working knowledge of scripting and automation such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or equivalent, together with an understanding of DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to independently resolve complex technical problems and act as a senior technical SME and advisor across Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps, Architecture, Security, and Application teams. professional experience.
• Fluency in English and French, both written and spoken.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with database automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration management, and enterprise monitoring/observability.
• Relevant database certifications, such as Microsoft, Oracle, or PostgreSQL certifications.
• Experience establishing or evolving enterprise database standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, preferably within a large, multinational, regulated, or highly available enterprise environment.

Please note: You don’t need all the skills, knowledge, and experience listed to apply for this position. We’re not looking for the perfect candidate, we’re looking for great talent and passionate individuals.

Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics to apply.

Job Senior Database Administrator

Administrative Centre (CA)

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Employee Status

Regular

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