About this role
Systems Analyst IIRequisition ID: 46366 OrganizationVancouver is consistently ranked as one of the world?s most liveable and environmentally sustainable cities. Recognized among BC?s Top Employers and Canada?s Greenest Employers, the City of Vancouver is seeking colleagues who can help advance our core commitments to exceptional public service, sustainability, equity, and an outstanding quality of life for all residents.With a strong commitment to being a City of Reconciliation, we invite you to join our dedicated team and become part of an innovative, inclusive, and engaging workplace. A career with the City of Vancouver and within the broader public service, offers meaningful work where you play a key role in ensuring equitable access to services, upholding ethical governance, and supporting the needs of citizens with integrity and dedication.Main Purpose and FunctionThe Database Administrator is responsible for managing & adminstrating the City's on-premise and cloud-based databases including: data security; data backups & recovery; performance tuning and configuration; supporting the development and implementation of the data architecture; evaluating and coordinating the implementation of data management and the data dictionary; participating in the development of data migration planning; providing advice on data design; security and data architecture including advice related to the use of DBMS (SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, DB2 and Oracle), .NET , Visual Basic and Java development environments; and use of existing software utilities.Specific Duties/Responsibilities Manages the City's databases and data, including backups & recovery, security, performance tuning and configuration; ensures availability, reliability, business continuity and operational support of on-premises and cloud-based database environments Performs Database administration, including monitoring, reporting, archiving, capacity planning, design, implementation, testing, maintenance, repair, and documentation Supports cloud adoption, database migration, modernization and integration initiatives, including platform upgrades, high availability, disaster recovery and operational readiness Develops data architecture and ensures development projects consistently use the architecture; provides advice related to data design, definition, modeling, security and integrations Develops data models and performs logical data modeling to support business requirements and related applications development projects; analyzes logical and conceptual models for their ability to meet business design and support business procedural changes Defines, maintains and governs enterprise metadata, data dictionaries and data definitions to support consistency, quality, stewardship and effective use of City data assets Liaises with enterprise architects, database analysts, application developers and third party vendors to ensure the data models are incorporated into and make use of the corporate data model; participates in the development of data migration planning; provides advice in bridging existing databases to the logical data architecture including advice related to the use of language and compilers in development environment, and use of existing software utilties and identifiers requirement for new utilities Coordinates captured information by ensuring all modeling information is stored properly and that it is readily retrievable. Recommends methods which facilitate the capture and retrieval of data models Evaluates database compliance, resiliency and operational risks and recommends improvements to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of City dataMaintains a good understanding of general business practices, functions and processes Other duties/responsibilities as assignedMinimum Position RequirementsEducation and Experience: Degree or diploma in Computer Science, with an emphasis on information systems manage