IT MindFinders is conducting a search for a Manager responsible to lead a team of approximately 12 Data Base Administrators.

This role is suitable to someone that began their career as an Oracle DBA and today manages a team of DBA specialists in multiple offices.

Reporting to the IT Director, the successful candidate will be a seasoned professional and possess a number of years hands-on working experience as an Oracle Data Base Administrator.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop, maintain and continue to enhance a team of high quality resources, providing coaching, support, necessary ongoing training and performance reviews

• Maintain professional and effective client relationships

• Communicate effectively to people at all levels of the organization

• Lead and support a team of up to 12 Oracle DBAs  with one remote team lead responsible for database analysis and design, data migration, transformation, backup & recovery, performance and tuning through the full cycle of development

• Managing deadlines while balancing a number of priorities

Must Have Skills & Qualifications 

• Post secondary education (University or College) and/or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum 6 years of database administration including at least 2 years with Oracle 9i and 10g

• Previous experience with an Enterprise level organization with multiple locations.

• Previous people management experience as a Team Lead and/or Project Manager

• Comfortable interacting with different departments throughout the organization

• Comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic environment

• Broad knowledge of relational database management systems and ability to work with a variety of database schemas

• Hands on experience with PL/SQL and RMAN, previous experience with SQL Server 2000 is preferred

• Experience in physical and logical modeling of database applications

• Strong knowledge of data access methods, database admin tools, utilities, data replication, and reporting and analysis tools

• Direct responsibility for system level database tuning, performance management and capacity planning

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

• willingness to travel occasionally outside of Canada

Response Information

Please respond with an attached resume in MS WORD FORMAT including a skills matrix to:

janis@itmindfinders.com