Global Financial Firm located in Montreal, QC has an immediate contract for an experienced Oracle DBA

12 month Contract

Hybrid- Onsite

The principle objective of this assignment is to provide Oracle/MSSQL/Sybase Database Administration in fast-paced financial environment.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide 24/7/365 primary systems dba support of all Oracle rac & standalone databases and related systems on Linux, Solaris x64, and AIX
Provide 24/7/365 primary dba support of all Microsoft SQL Server clustered and non clustered databases.
Provide 24/7/365 primary dba support of all Sybase Server clustered and non clustered databases
Provide 24/7/365 primary application dba support of specific global database applications, performing application releases, app/data patching.
Supporting the business on-call after business hours and weekends on a rotation basis for Oracle/SQL/Sybase
Lead database development, tuning and optimization expertise to application development and support teams on an ah-hoc or continual basis.
Contribute towards Architecture, Engineering of Db solutions. Develop, Document and Deploy Standards and Procedures to comply with Audit, Configuration, Industry and Security baselines.
Proactively monitor all database systems utilizing vendor supplied and standard tools.
Maintain complete inventory, config and documentation of deployed systems.
Engineer high availability Database Systems based on Oracle and SQL Server.
Remediate database security baselines, policies, standard procedures and best practices.
Work within the project management framework defined for IT Production North America.
Cross train members of the Database team in all responsibilities and maintain a daily and weekly rotation schedule for these.
Liaise with application and business clients to gather requirements, design and deploy standard systems which clearly differentiate between production, development, UAT, and DR.
Identify operational and infrastructure risks within the environment and work with the application development team and business to make corrections and mitigate risks.
Ensure that all systems are backed up and monitored according to the business requirements and notify the data owners when there are failures.
Ensure optimal resilience of deployed systems and meet all disaster recovery and compliance requirements dictated by the business.
Liaise with UNIX/Storage/Network Engineers in troubleshooting issues.
Maintain top-notch technical skills and business knowledge through proactive self-learning in addition to any formal instructor-led training provided
Interface with external vendors in troubleshooting complex, cross-platform issues.
· Provide comprehensive cross-training for engineers and support personnel on front-line database client troubleshooting and support

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Expert knowledge of Oracle, Sql, and Sybase database concepts, development and administration with Five years+ as Oracle/Sql DBA in a production environment.
Oracle, Sql and Sybase Development and/or Application DBA experience, strong Sql, T-Sql, RDMS knowledge. Well – rounded system dba and application dba skills a must.
Expertise in Oracle ASM, RAC, CRS, RMAN, Dataguard, and replication administration and troubleshooting
Expertise in SQL cluster, mirroring administration and troubleshooting
Good knowledge in Sybase ASE, IQ and replication
· Must have extensive and proven troubleshooting, recovery, db and app optimization & administration experience in large and mission critical enterprise environments (50+ managed servers).
· Strong Unix, Windows experience (sysadmin/power-user level reqd.), Programming & Shell scripting skills, Perl.Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related area preferred
Seven years+ Oracle experience a must
Five years+ Sql experience a must
Five years+ Sybase experience a must
· Financial Industry experience a must
· Ability to interface with users at all levels of the organization and good end-user support skills.
· Must be well-organized, responsible, work effectively as a technical lead in a project management framework, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to multitask in a dynamic trading environment.
· Ability to perform 7 x 24 hour support on a rotation basis and wear a pager and/or blackberry device.
· Proficient in English