Senior Database Administrator

Company Overview

BMO is an organization driven by a shared

Purpose:

Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on members of its team, to create lasting, positive change for its customers, its communities, and its people. By working together, innovating, and pushing boundaries, BMO transforms lives and businesses, and powers economic growth around the world.

As a contract worker on the BMO team, you are valued, respected, and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. BMO strives to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and BMO's customers.

Job Description

BMO is currently sourcing for a Oracle DBA position on a 10 - month contract.

This role allows the candidate(s) to work in an established institution and with multiple groups within BMO, which will allow candidate(s) to build effective skills and confidence. The individual is exposed to other lines of business, as there are lots of opportunities for learning, growth, and development. BMO is a good company with great culture and a global presence!

Here are some of the key requirements and responsibilities included in this role:

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (but are not limited to):

• Performs data analysis and maintenance activities to proactively address the Banks needs for the identification, classification, modeling, storing, and accessing of information

• Understands data in terms of its business and technical lifecycle (Create, Release, Update, and Delete), technical underpinnings of database theories (e.g. structured, unstructured), and various data modelling concepts in both the logical and physical domains. Assists in creation, implementation/installation, configuration, change, and support of data models, databases, data marts, data warehouses

• Administers and documents data backup and recovery plans, capacity plans and security plans. Assists in planning and participates in tests for new products and data technology releases to ensure features and functions are acceptable and integrated across systems software and platforms

• Proactively investigates/troubleshoots database, technical and systems problems and directs/assures corrective action

• Identifies and recommends process or system changes to avoid issues/problems. 24/7 duty may be required

• Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business

• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making

• Leads/conducts detailed data design-reviews and provides feedback in a constructive manner

• Performs complex technical, analytical, and professional services involving program/member services, evaluation, database-driven Web sites, office operations

• Designs and implements methods to store, organize, and present data as well as automating data operations

• Interacts with key stakeholders to define, analyze, and deliver requirements that reflect the needs of both the business and end-customers

• Decomposes business requirements and translates them into detailed data design specifications

• Designs and implements maintenance/backup plans to keep databases in optimal conditions to minimize potential customer data errors and loss

• Designs and implements security measures for databases

• Builds data solutions that utilize the enterprise monitoring/logging, and require minimal to zero maintenance, or programmer, DBA, or Operations intervention to perform standard business maintenance/configuration

• Identifies opportunities to strengthen the capability of the technology organization at BMO, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks across technology

• Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning

• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus

• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support

• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules

• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations

• Broader work or accountabilities…