Senior Database Administrator - Information Technology Services

Avenue.io Inc.; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 57,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Generous vacation time

Secure pension plan

Flexible benefits

Continuous learning culture

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

MacEwan University seeks a Senior Database Administrator for a full-time continuing role in IT Services. You will manage Oracle, SQL Server, and related databases, ensuring availability, security, performance, and lifecycle management across AWS and on-premises environments.

Reporting to the Team Lead, IT Data and Analytics, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, support PeopleSoft, and contribute to data platforms and ETL pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Seven+ years in IT with at least 3 years hands-on Oracle database administration.
• Experience administering Oracle in production environments, including AWS RDS.
• Experience administering Microsoft SQL Server production environments.
• Experience with database security, backup/recovery, patching, upgrades, and DR readiness.

Responsibilities

• Administering, maintaining, monitoring, and optimizing Oracle databases hosted in AWS RDS and Oracle applications supporting critical services.
• Managing database availability, security, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, performance tuning, and disaster-recovery readiness.
• Troubleshooting complex Oracle database issues including SQL performance, indexing, data integrity, and production incidents.
• Planning and executing PeopleSoft code migrations, refreshes, upgrades, and lifecycle-management across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Supporting PeopleSoft administration, including environment management, patches, migrations, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborating with application, infrastructure teams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure reliable operation of Oracle and PeopleSoft environments.
• Maintaining technical documentation, procedures, standards, and automation for database and app administration.
• Providing support for Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, AWS database services, and related data platforms.

Skills

Oracle DBA

SQL performance

Data security

Disaster recovery

ETL knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

AWS RDS

PeopleSoft

Azure SQL

PostgreSQL

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Competition Number: 26.10.269
Category: Full-Time Continuing (35 hours per week)
Salary: MSU Band G (Steps 1-8): $41.674 - $60.619 per hour. $75,846 - $110,326 per annum (Based on 35 hours per week).
Closing Date: The competition will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

MacEwan University is seeking a Senior Database Administrator for a full-time continuing opportunity with Information Technology Services.

Reporting to the Team Lead, IT Data and Analytics, the Senior Database Administrator is the technical subject matter expert responsible for the administration, availability, security, performance, and lifecycle management of the University’s Oracle, SQL Server, and other database environments. The role also supports PeopleSoft administration and, as operational priorities require, other enterprise database and data platforms.

Key responsibilities include:

• Administering, maintaining, monitoring, and optimizing Oracle databases hosted in AWS RDS and Oracle applications that support critical University services;
• Managing database availability, security, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, performance tuning, and disaster-recovery readiness;
• Troubleshooting complex Oracle database issues, including SQL performance, indexing, data integrity, integrations, and production incidents;
• Planning and executing PeopleSoft code migrations, refreshes, upgrades, and lifecycle-management activities across on-premises and cloud environments;
• Supporting PeopleSoft administration, including environment management, application and PeopleTools upgrades, patching, migrations, and technical troubleshooting;
• Collaborating with application teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure reliable and secure operation of Oracle and PeopleSoft environments;
• Maintaining technical documentation, operational procedures, standards, and automation for database and application administration;
• Providing support for Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, other AWS database services, and related enterprise data platforms; and
• Providing support for Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, data warehousing, ETL pipelines, and legacy data-integration tools, as operational priorities require.

Skills

You will have:

• Comprehensive knowledge of Oracle database administration principles, architectures, and best practices;
• Strong knowledge of Oracle database security, access controls, auditing, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, and disaster recovery;
• Excellent SQL and PL/SQL skills, including query optimization, indexing, execution-plan analysis, and performance tuning;
• Demonstrated ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex database availability, performance, integration, and data-integrity issues in production environments;
• Knowledge of AWS RDS for Oracle administration, including monitoring, configuration, snapshots, restoration, maintenance, and upgrades;
• Knowledge of database migration, refresh, conversion, and lifecycle-management practices;
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft administration, including PeopleTools, environment management, patching, upgrades, migrations, and technical troubleshooting;
• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, and other cloud-hosted database services;
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, data warehousing, ETL pipelines, and related data-integration technologies;
• Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, standards, and administrative automation;
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing operational priorities; and
• Strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• A minimum of seven years of progressive information technology experience, including at least three years of hands‑on Oracle database administration experience, including:
  • Administering Oracle databases in production environments;
  • Administering Microsoft SQL Server databases in production environments;
  • Managing database security, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, capacity, and disaster-recovery readiness;
  • Monitoring and tuning database performance, including SQL optimization, execution-plan analysis, and indexing;
  • Troubleshooting database availability, performance, integration, and data-integrity issues;
  • Performing database migrations, refreshes, conversions, and lifecycle-management activities; and
  • Administering Oracle databases in AWS RDS or a comparable cloud environment.

• Experience supporting PeopleSoft environments, including PeopleTools, environment management, patching, upgrades, migrations, and technical troubleshooting.
• Experience developing administrative automation using scripting or related tools.
• The following would be considered an asset:
  • Experience administering Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, or other cloud-hosted database services;
  • Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, ETL pipelines, data warehousing, or related data-integration technologies;
  • Experience working in a post‑secondary or public‑sector environment;
  • Oracle Database Administrator certification;
  • AWS certification; and
  • PeopleSoft or PeopleTools training or certification.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Benefits

When you become part of the MacEwan University team, you will enjoy a competitive salary. Our total compensation package includes:

• Competitive base pay
• Generous vacation time
• Secure pension plan
• Flexible benefits package
• Continuous learning culture
• Opportunities for career growth