Description:

The City of Waterloo is seeking a Database Administrator to assist in the management of all of the City's data and information resources by establishing (developing, implementing, monitoring) the pertinent policies, standards and procedures throughout the organization, coordinating all data base development activity, and maintaining an inventory of City's data components. This position will assist in identifying business problems or opportunities, defining the functional business system requirements for a proposed solution and translating these into business system specifications where appropriate, implementing accepted system solutions on behalf of the client in accordance with the Corporation's planned information technology direction, developing and implementing custom software solutions to ensure that proper business practices are in place in accordance with corporate strategy and with administering of all corporate databases.

Position: ........... Database Administrator
Status: ............. Full Time
Salary: ............. $53,200 - $66,500
Hours of Work:.... 35 hrs per week
Location:............ Waterloo City Hall
Competition No:... 09-09

ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Monitor and enforce data management standards
• Install and implement standards for client database connectivity software
• Maintain and monitor database security and access policies, performance, backups and servers error logs.
• Assist with data conversion and migration
• Assist in the upgrading of all databases as required.
• Assist in the design and implementation of data management standards and in the inventory maintenance of data components
• Provide consulting services to other areas of Information Systems as it relates to databases e.g., Oracle RDBMS
• Assist in the management of public access data, the logical and physical database design and the development and maintenance of corporate data models
• Assist in the development and maintain interfaces between different corporate systems to ensure proper data exchange
• Provide expertise during business application development to ensure proper fit and corporate standards, as well as analysis of risks and resources requirements for IT projects and for database related projects
• Provide consultation, guidance and instruction with respect to storage for databases on UNIX
• Provide assistance with design of database based project/implementation based on analysis and requirements (ie. create resources, deadlines, weekly deliverables)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Computer Science or related degree with courses dealing with Oracle RDBMS and UNIX administration
• Oracle Certified Professional certification
• Microsoft Sequel server experience and proficiency considered an asset
• Proficient in systems design, data structures, algorithms, computer architecture, relational database design, data modeling, SQL, Operating Systems like UNIX, LINUX, Windows XP, etc.

Application Process
Interested and qualified candidates are asked to submit a resume and covering letter quoting file #09-09 to Human Resources, City Hall, no later than 4:00 p.m. on the closing date shown below.

Human Resources
City of Waterloo
100 Regina Street South.
Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8
Fax: (519) 747-8511
Email: hrinfo@city.waterloo.on.ca

Closing Date: March 31, 2009 TAGS: city of waterloo, database administrator

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