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Today, we are a proud member of the Shell Group, and a Canadian energy company with a strong track record of operational and environmental performance.\nIn alignment with our values, we are proud to produce Canadian energy safely and efficiently. Producing low-cost, reliable energy strengthens our resilience in the evolving global energy system, and enables ARC to create value for our people, shareholders, stakeholders and communities.\nFollowing our guiding principles has shaped the company we are today and will underpin our success in the future. Through innovation, teamwork and a commitment to operational excellence, our diverse team of people drive our company’s success. From the office to the field, our team of talented professionals work hard each day to safely execute our business and create positive and lasting impacts for our stakeholders.\nTHE OPPORTUNITY:\nWe are currently seeking a skilled Data Platform Administrator (DBA) to join our Data Analytics team for a 12-month term to play a key role in supporting our enterprise data environment. This position is primarily focused on the administration, performance, security, and reliability of our relational databases across both on-premises and cloud environments. You will be responsible for ensuring our database platforms remain highly available, secure, and optimized while supporting business-critical applications.\nIn addition to core DBA responsibilities, you will contribute to our modern cloud data platform by supporting data replication, platform automation, and data integration into Databricks. Working closely with infrastructure, application, and analytics teams, you will help deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient data solutions while driving continuous improvements through automation and best practices.\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nDatabase Administration\nProvide administration, support, and optimization of enterprise relational database platforms (on-premises and cloud), including:\nAdminister, monitor, and maintain relational database environments to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance\nPerform database performance tuning, optimization, and capacity planning\nAutomate routine database maintenance tasks, including backups, refreshes, patching, and health checks\nConfigure and support replication, disaster recovery, and high availability solutions\nTroubleshoot issues across the database, operating system, storage, and network layers \nAdminister database monitoring and alerting tools (SolarWinds, custom monitoring, etc.)\nAutomate 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efficiency\nCollaboration & Stakeholder Support \nProvide support for data-related technical issues and infrastructure requirements \nCollaborate with data engineers, data scientists, analysts, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to understand operational and data requirements\nParticipate in production support, incident response, and root cause analysis\nContinuous Improvement & Documentation \nMonitor platform health and recommend improvements to database and platform performance, reliability, and scalability\nIdentify opportunities to automate manual operational processes\nDocument database environments, platform configurations, operational procedures, data flows, and system architecture to support knowledge sharing and operational continuity\nSecondary Responsibilities:\nData Engineering Support \nSupport the Data Engineering team in building and maintaining data integration solutions as business priorities require, including: \nAssist with developing and automating ETL workflows to ingest structured and unstructured data from APIs, databases, and third-party systems \nSupport data transformation, cleansing, and loading into cloud-based data lakes and warehouses (Databricks, Azure)\nMonitor and troubleshoot data pipelines, assisting with performance optimization, scalability, and cost efficiency\nContribute to automation initiatives that improve data engineering processes and operational support\nWHAT YOU WILL BRING TO ARC:\nA bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience \nA minimum of 3 years of experience administering Oracle, Postgres, and SQL Server databases in both Windows and Unix/AIX environments \nProficiency in SQL, procedural database development (e.g., PL/SQL), Unix scripting \nA strong understanding of cloud data infrastructure \nStrong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively across technical and business teams\nA commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced and dynamic environment \nBeneficial, but not required: Proficiency in Python \nExperience in data engineering and platform development \nHands-on experience with Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps for infrastructure management and workflow automation \nHands-on experience with Databricks for pipeline development and orchestration \n\nREWARDING OPPORTUNITY:\nAn opportunity to be part of delivering responsible energy by developing and growing your career with us\nWorking collaboratively with, and learning from some of the most talented and experienced people in our industry\nA culture of caring and high performance\nFocus on health and well-being\nAn environment where all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, feel a sense of belonging, and can contribute fully to the organization’s success\nMeaningful work that makes a difference in the Canadian energy industry\nWe are pleased to share that Shell’s acquisition of ARC Resources Ltd. has now officially closed. This marks an important milestone for both organizations and the beginning of a new chapter together.\nARC Resources Ltd. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell and will continue to operate largely as a standalone business for a period of time before fully integrating.\nWe thank you for your interest in ARC, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. 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