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Symbiotic Digital is hiring a Senior Database Developer on a 3-month contract in Toronto, Ontario. The role supports design, development and sustainment of large-scale health information systems, with hybrid work requiring 5 days onsite as project needs dictate.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop, test and maintain application code and enhancements
  • Conduct technical analysis and prepare programming specifications
  • Perform performance testing and application tuning
  • Support incident management and production sustainment
  • Improve data quality and integrity across enterprise systems

Requirements summary:

  • 10+ years with Oracle 12c, PL/SQL and data modeling
  • 10+ years with ETL, data warehousing and SQL optimization
  • Experience with HL7 and FHIR healthcare integration
  • Public-sector healthcare IT experience
  • Agile, SDLC and CI/DevOps practices
  • Strong leadership and stakeholder communication skills

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2026-11-12
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SenioritySenior
DepartmentSoftware development
Experience10+ years
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingOffice, Client sites
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
Encouraged to applyIndigenous peoples

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Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. What We Do: We provide access to the IT Experts and Recruitment Solutions needed to help customers achieve their "Digital Transformation' goals." We serve customers in two ways, we provide: 1) Digital Experts: Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results o Symbiotic Digital utilizes a business system that enables us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging Business and IT problems. We provide the ‘Bright Minds’ that produce ‘Proven Results.’ o We are an extension of our client’s IT & Business contractor capability providing our services as needed as a preferred Vendor or Vendor of Record. 2) Recruitment: Find The Right People You Need o Symbiotic Digital uses proven recruitment processes to help companies find the key staff required to grow their businesses. Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. Proven Experts equals Guaranteed Results. Project success is critical; Our sharp, qualified, experienced and able Expert consultants save our Customers money, time, and contribute to a peak performing project team. We are a 100% Indigenous owned and operated business.

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Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. What We Do: We provide access to the IT Experts and Recruitment Solutions needed to help customers achieve their "Digital Transformation' goals." We serve customers in two ways, we provide: 1) Digital Experts: Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results o Symbiotic Digital…

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IndustryStaffing and Recruiting
Company size2-10 employees
HeadquartersOakville, Ontario
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded1998
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Job description

Position: Senior Database Developer

Location: Toronto, ON

Job ID#: RQ11901

Duration: 3 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Database Developer to support the design, development, enhancement, and sustainment of large-scale health information systems and associated applications. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise across application development, database technologies, systems integration, data management, and ongoing production support within a complex enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, test, and debug application enhancements and supporting tools.
  • Conduct technical analysis and prepare detailed programming specifications.
  • Design, develop, generate, and maintain application code and unit tests.
  • Translate technical specifications into fully functional and tested applications.
  • Conduct proof-of-concept activities, performance testing, and application tuning.
  • Provide expertise across computing platforms, operating systems, databases, communication protocols, middleware, and gateways.
  • Perform impact analysis, effort estimation, solution design, and development related to application upgrades and new business requirements.
  • Support incident management, application sustainment, performance optimization, and technical documentation.
  • Collaborate with Quality Assurance teams to support testing and integration activities.
  • Maintain development environments and support Continuous Integration (CI) practices.
  • Improve data quality, integrity, and accuracy across enterprise systems.
  • Support the availability and reliability of critical public-facing applications.

Required Qualifications

Public Sector and Healthcare Experience

  • Experience working with federal, provincial, or broader public-sector healthcare organizations.
  • Knowledge of large-scale public-sector healthcare IT initiatives.
  • Experience integrating clinical information systems, including client and provider registries.
  • Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks, documentation standards, and governance processes.
  • Familiarity with Project Management Institute (PMI) methodologies and practices.
  • Experience working within structured project delivery and systems development methodologies.

Technical Skills

Minimum 10 years of experience with:

  • Oracle 12c database design and development for OLTP and OLAP applications.
  • PL/SQL development including stored procedures, packages, functions, triggers, ref cursors, dynamic SQL, and database utilities.
  • Database architecture, data modeling, normalization, and denormalization techniques.
  • Advanced SQL development and query optimization.
  • Data warehouse design and development.
  • Database performance tuning and automation.
  • Unix/Linux shell scripting.
  • ETL development and data integration tools.
  • Reporting and dashboard development tools.
  • Java development.
  • JSON, XML, APIs, and RESTful web services.
  • HL7 and FHIR healthcare integration standards.
  • Healthcare data and immunization-related systems.

Core Skills and Experience

Minimum 10 years of experience with:

  • Translating business requirements into technical solution designs.
  • Designing and developing large-scale, mission-critical applications.
  • Web-based applications, microservices architecture, mobile applications, and commercial off-the-shelf solutions.
  • Technical leadership and solution recommendation activities.
  • Cross-browser and multi-platform application development.
  • User Interface (UI) design principles and implementation.
  • Technical analysis, coding, testing, and application support.
  • System design documentation and technical specifications.
  • Technical evaluations, gap analysis, and integration assessments.
  • Healthcare and clinical systems development.
  • Web performance optimization.
  • Multiple computing platforms, operating systems, databases, and middleware technologies.
  • Production support, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
  • Accessibility standards including WCAG and related compliance requirements.
  • Agile software development methodologies.
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Continuous Integration (CI) and DevOps practices.
  • Modern application security, privacy, usability, and design principles.

General Skills

  • Strong leadership and people management capabilities.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
  • Proven troubleshooting and critical-thinking abilities.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
  • Excellent customer service and consulting skills.
  • Highly organized with strong multitasking capabilities.
  • Detail-oriented, adaptable, and collaborative team player.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.

Work Arrangement

  • Toronto, Ontario
  • Hybrid role with onsite presence required (5 days onsite as required by project needs)

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.)

We serve customers in two ways, we provide:

  1. Digital Experts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
  2. Recruitment: Find The Right People You Need

Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100% Indigenous owned company.

Learn more online at https://www.symbioticgroup.com/home-sd/.

Please submit your most recent resume to: [email protected]

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