We are seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator to lead the sustainment, optimization, and modernization of mission-critical database environments. This role is focused on high-availability architecture, performance tuning, and the specific support of Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM) suite databases. You will be responsible for ensuring the stability of large-scale enterprise solutions while driving innovation through strategic upgrades and knowledge transfer initiatives.
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Pay Rate: $467.06-$504.13/Diem
Advantages
- Systemic Influence: Directly influence the upgrade paths and architectural standards for the organization’s foundational data layer.
- Specialized Domain: Gain deep exposure to the intersection of database administration and enterprise-level identity management (IAM).
- Strategic Advisory: Act as a subject matter expert, moving beyond maintenance to provide high-level recommendations on industry best practices.
- Collaborative Culture: Work in an environment that values professional excellence, innovation, and structured knowledge sharing.
Responsibilities
- Operational Excellence: Manage day-to-day database health, including error monitoring, log reviews, backup/recovery verification, and capacity planning.
- Performance Engineering: Lead performance monitoring and tuning efforts to resolve instability or latency issues in production environments.
- Infrastructure Strategy: Perform regular assessments of existing environments (Oracle 11g, 12c, and 19c) and provide recommendations for disaster recovery and solution refreshes.
- Security & Compliance: Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities, implement patches, and manage user profiles/auditing to maintain a robust security posture.
- Documentation & SOPs: Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enable non-DBA operational staff to assist with routine environmental duties.
- Technical Leadership: Implement approved architectural changes and provide guidance for incorporating future database requirements into the environment.
- Knowledge Transfer: Develop and execute comprehensive plans to transfer specialized technical skills and knowledge to internal staff members.
Qualifications
- Senior Expertise: 10+ years of experience deploying and administering Oracle databases in mission-critical, large-scale operations environments.
- IAM Specialization: 5+ years of experience specifically supporting Oracle IAM suite databases.
- High Availability: 10+ years of experience designing and implementing high-availability database environments (RAC, Data Guard).
- Modernization: Proven knowledge of migration strategies for Oracle 11g, 12c, and 19c.
- Systems Proficiency: Experience with Oracle on Solaris 10 (Sun Platforms) and RedHat Linux environments.
- Process Mastery: 10+ years of experience with ITIL processes (Problem, Change, and Release Management) and quality assurance practices for databases with 10,000+ records.
- Troubleshooting: Extensive experience triaging and diagnosing complex database issues under high-pressure scenarios.
Summary
If you're interested in the Database Administrator role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
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.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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We are seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator to lead the sustainment, optimization, and modernization of mission-critical database environments. This role is focused on high-availability architecture, performance tuning, and the specific support of Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM) suite databases. You will be responsible for ensuring the stability of large-scale enterprise solutions while driving innovation through strategic upgrades and knowledge transfer initiatives.
Pay Rate: $467.06-$504.13/Diem
Advantages
- Systemic Influence: Directly influence the upgrade paths and architectural standards for the organization’s foundational data layer.
- Specialized Domain: Gain deep exposure to the intersection of database administration and enterprise-level identity management (IAM).
- Strategic Advisory: Act as a subject matter expert, moving beyond maintenance to provide high-level recommendations on industry best practices.
- Collaborative Culture: Work in an environment that values professional excellence, innovation, and structured knowledge sharing.
Responsibilities
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- Operational Excellence: Manage day-to-day database health, including error monitoring, log reviews, backup/recovery verification, and capacity planning.
- Performance Engineering: Lead performance monitoring and tuning efforts to resolve instability or latency issues in production environments.
- Infrastructure Strategy: Perform regular assessments of existing environments (Oracle 11g, 12c, and 19c) and provide recommendations for disaster recovery and solution refreshes.
- Security & Compliance: Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities, implement patches, and manage user profiles/auditing to maintain a robust security posture.
- Documentation & SOPs: Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enable non-DBA operational staff to assist with routine environmental duties.
- Technical Leadership: Implement approved architectural changes and provide guidance for incorporating future database requirements into the environment.
- Knowledge Transfer: Develop and execute comprehensive plans to transfer specialized technical skills and knowledge to internal staff members.
Qualifications
- Senior Expertise: 10+ years of experience deploying and administering Oracle databases in mission-critical, large-scale operations environments.
- IAM Specialization: 5+ years of experience specifically supporting Oracle IAM suite databases.
- High Availability: 10+ years of experience designing and implementing high-availability database environments (RAC, Data Guard).
- Modernization: Proven knowledge of migration strategies for Oracle 11g, 12c, and 19c.
- Systems Proficiency: Experience with Oracle on Solaris 10 (Sun Platforms) and RedHat Linux environments.
- Process Mastery: 10+ years of experience with ITIL processes (Problem, Change, and Release Management) and quality assurance practices for databases with 10,000+ records.
- Troubleshooting: Extensive experience triaging and diagnosing complex database issues under high-pressure scenarios.
Summary
If you're interested in the Database Administrator role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
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.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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