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Apex Systems

Sr. DBA

Mississauga, ON, Canada

Pay: $60 to $75 USD / hour
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Oct 22, 2026
Experience: Typically requires 10+ years of SQL Server administration experience in large enterprise environments, including 5+ years supporting Azure database services and cloud platforms.
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 22, 2026

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Job#: 3042613

Job Description:

We seek an experienced and highly skilled Senior Database Administrator to be part of the Database Engineering team and lead the architecture, administration, and operational support of Microsoft SQL Server platforms across McKesson's enterprise environment.

As a Senior Database Administrator, you will provide technical leadership for enterprise database services spanning both Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, security, and compliance for critical business applications.

Position Description

In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise SQL Server platforms across Azure, GCP and hybrid environments, driving modernization, automation, and reliability engineering initiatives.

Builds and maintains enterprise database platforms, ensuring stability, scalability, and consistency across environments.
Engineers repeatable database deployment patterns to standardize and accelerate rollout of new database instances.
Creates self-service database provisioning capabilities, enabling teams to request and deploy database resources on demand.
Develop standards, best practices, and governance for database infrastructure, operations, security, and automation.
Drive database modernization initiatives including migration from on-premises SQL Server to Azure SQL managed services.
Administer and support Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, and SQL Server on-premises and hybrid deployments.
Ensure database availability, performance, integrity, and recoverability.
Manage upgrades, patching, maintenance, and capacity planning activities.
Implement and support SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, backup/recovery, geo-replication, and disaster recovery solutions.
Define and validate recovery plans and recovery objectives (RTO/RPO).
Lead failover testing and disaster recovery exercises.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize database performance, including root cause analysis and performance tuning.
Establish reliability metrics, SLAs, SLIs, and operational standards, and implement observability solutions for proactive issue detection.
Implement enterprise security controls including encryption, RBAC, auditing, vulnerability management, and privileged access controls.
Ensure compliance with SOX, HIPAA, security policies, and regulatory requirements, and partner with security teams to remediate risks.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation using PowerShell, Terraform, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines.
Automate database provisioning, configuration management, patching, monitoring, and operational workflows in support of Database DevOps.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to database engineers and administrators.
Partner with Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Application Development, and Architecture teams, and participate in major incident response and problem management.

Minimum Requirements

Typically requires 10+ years of SQL Server administration experience in large enterprise environments, including 5+ years supporting Azure database services and cloud platforms.

Critical Skills

Deep expertise with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Azure Virtual Machines, and Backup and Recovery technologies.
Experience with performance tuning and troubleshooting mission-critical databases.
Oracle operational support, including day-to-day administration and monitoring of Oracle database environments.
Oracle patch coordination, planning and applying patches with minimal disruption to production systems.
Oracle backup/recovery, ensuring reliable backups and successful recovery in the event of data loss.
Oracle performance troubleshooting, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to maintain optimal database performance.
Working with application teams to align database changes with application requirements and release schedules.
Expertise in database security, compliance, and operational governance.
Experience with PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, and automation frameworks.
Strong understanding of SRE practices, Agile methodologies, and operational excellence frameworks.

Additional Requirements

Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate certification preferred
Experience supporting healthcare, regulated, or highly compliant environments.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.

© 2026 Everforth, Inc. All rights reserved.

Everforth Apex Systems is part of the Commercial Segment of Everforth, Inc.

NYSE: EFOR

4400 Cox Road

Suite 200

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.

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Responsibilities

The Senior Database Administrator will lead the architecture, administration, and operational support of Microsoft SQL Server platforms across enterprise environments. This role involves driving modernization, automation, and reliability engineering initiatives while ensuring high availability and security for critical business applications.

Requirements

Candidates must have 10+ years of SQL Server administration experience in large enterprise environments, including 5+ years supporting Azure database services. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is required.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Database administration
Performance tuning
Disaster recovery
PowerShell
Terraform
Ansible
GitHub
CI/CD pipelines
Oracle database administration
Infrastructure as Code
Database security
Reliability engineering
Cloud migration

Benefits

Training programs
Certification preparation
Certification discounts
Technical and leadership courses
Professional development resources

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Keywords

Microsoft SQL Server
Azure
GCP
PaaS
IaaS
Database Administration
SQL Server Always On
Performance Tuning
Oracle
PowerShell
Terraform
Ansible
GitHub
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
SRE
Agile
SOX
HIPAA
Database DevOps
Cloud Engineering
Disaster Recovery
Automation
Governance
Security
Compliance
Capacity Planning
Observability
RBAC
Migration

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