Database Administrator

at  Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Are you interested in a new and challenging opportunity? We are looking for a Database Administrator to design, develop and maintain CNL’s database environments, monitor standards and procedures and integrate systems through database design. Does the idea of providing database support for engineering analysis, business and scientific systems and applications appeal to you? Do you have experience in deployment, troubleshooting and quality assurance of databases and database applications? If so, apply now!

• Installing database servers / databases, database patches and database upgrades and simple applications on servers. Simple applications have minimum impact to the production environment,operations and users.
• Performing routine administrative and maintenance tasks for the database environments/servers (e, g,backups and recovery, database refreshes, data fixes).
• Monitoring development, test and production databases to identify and report any backups, performance, space usage and security issues and recommend solutions.
• Maintaining the integrity and availability of the production database environments.
• Completing incident tickets as related to performance and failures.
• Providing first and second level database support.
• Reviewing “Requests for Changes” to implement simple applications and database changes in the development, test, training and production environments.
• Ensuring that the deployments follow the properly defined Deployment, Change Management and Quality Assurance processes.
• Ensuring that applications or databases are deployed to development, test and production with proper licensing.
• Working closely with all IT departments on simple projects to identify, evaluate and approve database requirements as needed.
• Actively participates in a Project Team to identify the technical requirements and specifications for any new databases to be installed. This includes reviewing the project proposal and making recommendations on hardware, software and licensing.
• Providing consultation and input into, database server sizing, database design and capacity planning for current and new databases and applications.
• Assisting developers in optimizing code to reduce database impact.