Dawn InfoTek Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients.

We are currently seeking competent individuals to fulfill the role of Database Administrator to join our dynamic team for our client, one of the major banks.

Location Address: Hybrid
Contract Duration: 6 months
Extension Opportunity: Yes

Typical Day in Role:
• Monitor the system, and act upon system and application automated alerts
• Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues
• (ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems)
• Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade and patching
• Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching
• Perform and manage system and database backups
• Perform manual switch to... redundant system / database components, in case of system failure
• Monitor, collect statistical information, and provide reporting on capacity and system performance Based on statistics, make recommendations to maintain and improve capacity and system performance
• Monitor the system, and act upon system and application automated alerts
• Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues (ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems)
• Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade and patching
• Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching
• Perform and manage system and database backups
• Perform manual switch to redundant system / database components, in case of system failure

Must Have Skills/Requirements:
1. 5+ years Database Administration experience
2. Experience in providing technical support, covering database administration and operations to include monitoring maintenance capacity, performance monitoring/planning and incident/problem troubleshooting and resolution
3. Experience with MSSQL 2017/2016/2014/2012/2008R2/2008
4. Experience with SQL Always-On, mirroring, clustering and data replication
5. Experience with MSSQL services (SSRS/SSAS/SSIS/Fulltext/Polybase/R) and OLAP
6. Experience with application side tuning versus server-side tuning

Nice to Have Skills:
• Experience with Windows 10/8/7 client operating systems
• Experience with VB, C#, Power shell, Azure Cloud would be an asset to the role
• Experience with Windows server 2012/2008R2/2008

Soft Skills:
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization.
• Strong decision making, forward thinking and creative problem-solving skills to anticipate and respond quickly to technological/market influences.
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction.

Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Salary: $45.00-$60.00 per hour

Schedule:
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in TORONTO, ON
Toronto ON

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