Database Administrator

Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) is a leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers for over 50 years. Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability and industry-leading customer service, Telesat has grown to be one of the largest and most successful global satellite operators.

Telesat Lightspeed, our revolutionary Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, scheduled to begin service in 2027, will revolutionize global broadband connectivity for enterprise users by delivering a combination of high capacity, security, resiliency and affordability with ultra-low latency and fiber-like speeds. Telesat is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices and facilities around the world.

The company’s state-of-the-art fleet consists of 15 GEO satellites, the Canadian payload on ViaSat-1 and one LEO 3 demonstration satellite. For more information, follow Telesat on X and LinkedIn or visit

Reporting to the Manager of Platform Engineering, the candidate will work as an integral part of the Platform Engineering team to provide supporting capabilities as well as design and deployment of various Cloud-based and on-premise databases.

Additional duties may include:

•Assist with the building and operation of Cloud-based infrastructure for various projects.

•Design, build, document and optimize database schemas.

•Monitor database performance, availability and security, and audit existing designs.

•Support database operations across Telesat including connectivity, integration, design and maintenance activities.

Candidates must live in the Ottawa-Gatineau area or be willing to relocate to Ottawa-Gatineau. Relocation assistance will be provided to those who qualify.

Candidates must be willing to be onsite three (3) days per week.

• Develop and implement data administration policy, standards and models.
• Research and document data requirements, data collection and administration policy, data access rules and security.
• Develop policies and procedures for network and/or Internet database access and usage and for the backup and recovery of data.
• Conduct research and provide advice to other information systems professionals regarding the collection, availability, security and suitability of data.
• Write scripts related to stored procedures and triggers.
• May lead and coordinate teams of data administrators in the development and implementation of data policies, standards and models.

• The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP).
• Bachelor's degree in technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 2 years of relevant industry experience with the deployment, management and automation of Cloud-based resources.
• At least 3 years experience in the operation of databases and related environments.
• Proven experience in the design, build and operations of both relational and NoSQL database infrastructure (e.g. MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, CosmosDB, DynamoDB)
• Experience in the administration of computer systems such as systems administrator in an operations role.
• Strong understanding and hands on experience in operations and management of public cloud-computing environments (e.g. GCP, AWS and Azure).
• Understanding of DevOps concepts.
• Familiarity with SRE concepts would be an asset.
• Understanding of microservices and containerization and container orchestration (Kubernetes) would be an asset.
• Certifications in Azure and/or AWS, GCP would be an asset.

• In this role, the incumbent will have some influence on the use and standardization of database environments.
• The incumbent will rely on their experience to make decisions on the operations, customization and tuning of environments and services.

• Generally comfortable working conditions with lifting and onsite installations.
• Moderate visual concentration in use of video display terminal.

The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP). Canadian government security clearance may also be required.

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