Senior Database Administrator

Canadian Tire Corporation • Toronto, ON

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Database Administrator will be responsible for administering and supporting production, non-production, and DR databases, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and meeting business SLAs. This role involves proactive monitoring, performance tuning, security implementation, and cloud database solutions design, particularly in Azure. The position also requires collaboration with various teams, acting as an escalation point, and maintaining documentation. The company is Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”), a large and trusted Canadian company with diverse retail operations, financial services, and e-commerce capabilities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in one or more RDBMS platforms: Oracle / SQL Server / PostgreSQL / MySQL (or equivalent)
• Deep understanding of: High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• Deep understanding of: Backup and recovery strategies
• Deep understanding of: Performance tuning and capacity planning
• Experience supporting mission‑critical production systems with 24x7 availability.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure).
• Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.).
• Solid understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem Management).

Nice To Haves

• Experience in SRE or DevOps‑aligned environments
• Cloud certifications (Azure database or architecture certifications)
• Experience with Kubernetes‑native databases.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support production, non‑production, and DR databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Azure SQL, etc.).
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and restore strategies meet business SLAs/RTO/RPO.
• Proactively monitor database health, capacity, and performance to prevent incidents.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for database‑related incidents and drive permanent fixes.
• Tune SQL queries, indexing strategies, memory, and storage for optimal performance.
• Analyze workload patterns and recommend architectural improvements.
• Support database scalability for increasing transaction volumes and data growth.
• Drive database automation for provisioning, patching, monitoring, backups, and schema deployments.
• Implement and enforce database security controls, including encryption, access management, auditing, and vulnerability remediation.
• Ensure compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Cyber Security teams on risk remediation and audits.
• Design and support cloud database solutions (Azure), including migration from on‑prem systems.
• Evaluate and implement PaaS vs IaaS database strategies.
• Support modernization initiatives such as database consolidation and cloud optimization.
• Act as L3/L4 escalation for complex database issues.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Vendor DBAs and support teams.
• Review and approve database designs, changes, and release artifacts.
• Maintain up‑to‑date documentation for database architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Assist with new DBMS technology evaluations and implementations.
• Define and enforce database engineering standards and patterns.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive benefits
• Retirement programs
• Performance incentives
• Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well-being
• Career growth opportunities
• Product discounts
• Store discounts
• Supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
• Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
• Retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
• Enhanced flex benefits program
• Mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families
• Total well-being
• Mental health tools and resources for all employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed