Posted 46 months ago
RQ04318 - Senior Database Administrator
@ Yoush Consulting
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Yoush Consulting is hiring a Senior Database Administrator on a one-year contract in Toronto, with a hybrid work arrangement. The role covers mainframe and distributed database administration, upgrades, performance tuning and data replication for a government ministry's Data Management Office.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain, tune and administer IMS, DB2, Oracle and Azure SQL databases
- Prepare and promote database changes across development, test, QA, UAT and production
- Maintain Mainframe to Oracle data replication with GoldenGate and Tibco
- Build and test backup, recovery and automation scripts
- Deliver system design documents and knowledge transfer to ministry staff
Requirements summary:
- Expert database administration with IMS, DB2, Oracle and Azure SQL
- Extensive large-scale database development, capacity planning and tuning
- Experience with COBOL, PL/I, Assembler and stored procedures
- Experience with Microsoft Azure storage, file share, Key Vault and monitoring
- Experience with GoldenGate and IMS/DB2 to Oracle replication
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- Employer posting date
- 2023-01-23
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Welcome to Yoush Consulting: Your Trusted IT Project Management and Staff Augmentation Partner. With over two decades of industry experience, we have been successfully serving the needs of Small and Mid-Size (SMB) companies across various sectors. Our mission is simple: to help organizations deliver seamless IT projects by bridging the skills gap and providing expert IT professionals.
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- 7030 Woodbine Ave, suite 500, Markham, Ontario L3R 6G2, CA
- Business categories
- Information Technology
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- Yoush Consulting
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- Application Development
- Data Services
- Business Intelligence
- Quality Assurance
- IT Staffing
- IT Staff Augmentation
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Welcome to Yoush Consulting: Your Trusted IT Project Management and Staff Augmentation Partner. With over two decades of industry experience, we have been successfully serving the needs of Small and Mid-Size (SMB) companies across various sectors. Our mission is simple: to help organizations deliver seamless IT projects by bridging the skills gap and providing expert IT professionals.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | IT Services and IT Consulting |
| Company size | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Markham, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2001 |
| Specialties | Application DevelopmentData ServicesBusiness IntelligenceQuality AssuranceIT StaffingIT Staff AugmentationBig Data ArchitectData AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceProject Management |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 61 |
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4318 - Database Administrator - Senior - 1 Year Contract - Hybrid Work - Toronto
We are seeking the services of four (4) Senior Database Administrator.
Essential technologies experience:
The Data Management Office (DMO) is seeking to hire two (2) Mainframe Database Administrator to deliver:
· Support on preparation, installation, configuration and user test of mainframe z/OS, IMS and DB2 version upgrade
· Participate in the review of project and maintenance release artefacts - Use Case, System Requirement Specification, etc.
· Prepare and implement database changes according to design;
· Promote database changes through Development, Integration Testing, QA, UAT, Production environments
· Prepare, install, configure Operating Systems, databases and database patches;
· Maintain, administrate, tune performance of databases, e.g., IMS, DB2, Oracle, Microsoft Azure SQL database and Synapse database;
· Provide database space calculations for the supported database environments;
· Perform reference data administration as required;
· Plan and co-ordinate implementation with developers, ITS, UNIX and .NET application support and other Data Management staff
· Design and write data loading and/or conversion scripts/stored procedures
· Maintain and enhance Mainframe to Oracle data replication utilizing Tibco IMS Data Replicator, Oracle stored procedures and GoldenGate
· Build and test database backup/recovery scripts
· Build and test database automation scripts
· Deliver detailed system design documents and any other supporting documentation conforming to Ministry standards
· Document and resolve any database problems/issues
· Provide effective knowledge transfer to Ministry staff at all stages of this assignment
Skills
Database Administration 50%
· Expert Database administration experience, e.g., IMS, DB2, Oracle, Microsoft Azure SQL database and Synapse database
· Experience with Microsoft Azure technologies, including storage account, file share, Azure key vault, Azure portal, Azure monitoring tools
Systems Development 30%
· Extensive experience with large-scale database systems development, capacity planning, configuration, maintenance, performance tuning
· Experience with database development, e.g., stored procedure, PL/I, Cobol, Assembler
Data Replication 20%
· Experience with GoldenGate & IMS/DB2 to Oracle replication
Requirements
Technical Skills
· Expert Database administration experience, e.g., IMS, DB2, Oracle, Microsoft Azure SQL database and Synapse database
· Extensive experience with large-scale database systems development, capacity planning, configuration, maintenance, performance tuning
· Experience with database development, e.g., stored procedure, PL/I, Cobol, Assembler
· Experience with Microsoft Azure technologies, including storage account, file share, Azure key vault, Azure portal, Azure monitoring tools
· Experience with IMS/DB2 to Oracle replication
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