Senior Database Administrator (Oracle)

Who we are

Gildan is a leading apparel manufacturing company, with a strong portfolio of brands, including Gildan®, American Apparel®, Comfort Colors®, GOLDTOE®, Peds®, and under the Under Armour® brand through a sock licensing agreement. With close to four decades of developing global manufacturing expertise, Gildan is one of the world’s most efficient, ethical, and sustainable apparel manufacturers. Founded in Canada, Gildan operates out of roughly 30 locations worldwide and sells its products in 60+ markets globally. Together with its 50,000+ employees, Gildan operates with a proven commitment to industry-leading Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices throughout its supply chain in accordance with its comprehensive ESG program embedded in the Company's long-term business strategy. More about the company at gildancorp.com.

The opportunity

Reporting directly to the IT Infrastructure Manager, the Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA) plays a critical, senior-level role in owning, architecting, and optimizing the continuous availability, performance, and security of Gildan’s global database ecosystem. In this role, you will serve as the technical authority across a complex multi-platform environment spanning Oracle, SQL Server, and cutting-edge cloud solutions.

As part of a business that operates around the clock, this position requires commitment to a rotational on-call schedule including scheduled evenings and weekends to ensure seamless operational coverage, support international sites, and execute critical updates outside of standard business hours.

The role

• Database Administration & Lifecycle Leadership: Architect, configure, and lead the lifecycle strategy (upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning) for global enterprise Oracle, SQL Server, and Cloud environments (Azure/Snowflake) while establishing and enforcing organizational deployment standards.
• Advanced Performance Engineering: Serve as the tier-3 escalation authority to diagnose and resolve complex, systemic database system bottlenecks through advanced index, memory, CPU, and space analysis.
• Architectural Advisor & Development Collaboration: Consult directly with BI and development teams as a data architecture expert to guide optimal database design, review complex SQL scripts, and optimize mission-critical stored procedures.
• Change Governance: Act as a key stakeholder in the change management process, ensuring all high-risk environment modifications are rigorously validated to guarantee zero downtime or impact on integrated global systems and clients.
• Enterprise Security & Compliance Ownership: Govern and enforce robust physical and network database security policies, oversee identity management, and take full accountability for SOX security compliance documentation and audit readiness.
• Business Continuity Strategy: Own, test, and continuously optimize the comprehensive enterprise Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan to guarantee maximum business resilience, minimizing RTO and RPO metrics.
• Documentation & Asset Governance: Oversee the integrity of accurate database architecture documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and long-term software license/asset inventories.
• Senior Service Delivery : Provide high-tier, consultative technical support to internal business units, ensuring prompt resolution of critical database issues and strategic enhancement requests.
• Innovation & Strategic Research : Drive technology modernization by conducting research and solution comparisons to provide data-driven, architectural recommendations for new technology acquisitions and cloud infrastructure enhancements.
• Operational Communication Leadership: Oversighting and ensuring effective, proactive communication of critical planned and unplanned system changes to global users and executive stakeholders.

The requirement

Knowledge & Professional

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience) from any reputed public or private university.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in production database administration within a complex, multi-platform enterprise environment, including at least 3+ years functioning in a senior or lead capacity.

Attributes

• Database Mastery: Subject matter expertise and hands-on mastery of both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server administration, high-availability architecture, and advanced performance tuning.
• Cloud Solutions: Proven experience migrating workloads to or managing enterprise Cloud DB platforms, with direct hands-on experience in Azure and/or Snowflake solutions being highly advantageous.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical changes to both technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Compliance & Security: Prior experience working within a regulated environment (such as SOX compliance) and managing strict database security protocols.
• Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives with Infrastructure, Business Intelligence (BI), and Development teams across international sites.
• Operational Flexibility: Flexibility and willingness to participate in a rotational, on-call framework to support a 24/7 global manufacturing operation.

What's in it for you?

• Join a publicly traded company dual-listed on NYSE and TSX with great potential
• Be part of a workplace where meaningful connections and teamwork are celebrated
• From local to international, be ready to work alongside a diverse group of colleagues
• Benefit from mentorship and continuous development opportunities
• Take advantage of our attractive benefits packages

You don't meet all criteria outlined above? Include your transferrable skills and unique experience in your application!

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Come as you are:

Join a company that recognizes the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion to create a successful and collaborative work environment. As an equal-opportunity employer, we value and embrace all the characteristics that make you uniquely you and seek to provide everyone with an equal chance to succeed. Because equity and inclusion matter at Gildan.