C004969 Database Administrator Platform (NS) THU 9 Jul

Deadline Date: Thursday 9 July 2026

Requirement: Database Administrator Platform

Location: Braine-lAlleud BE

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 418

Required Start Date: 10 August 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties & Role:

• Manage installation configuration upgrades and backups of database systems and related products both on-premises and in the cloud
• Design develop and maintain data collection transformation and integration processes across multiple on-premises and cloud RDBMS platforms
• Monitor database performance availability and capacity proactively identifying and resolving issues to ensure optimal service delivery.
• Develop and manage automation tools scripts and workflows for database administration monitoring maintenance and operational reporting.
• Produce dynamic reports and standardized templates to support database configuration management performance monitoring and lifecycle tracking;
• Support database migrations and modernization initiatives involving Azure and other cloud database services.
• Collaborate with application infrastructure and cloud engineering teams to ensure optimal database performance reliability and scalability.
• Establish and maintain data governance and quality standards within reporting and integration processes;
• Stay current with database technology roadmaps contributing to continuous improvement of lifecycle management security and data reliability.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation operational procedures architectural designs and support runbooks.

Skills Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• Expert-level knowledge and hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration development performance tuning troubleshooting and optimization.
• Strong experience designing implementing and supporting High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions including Always On Availability Groups Failover Clustering Replication Backup and Recovery strategies
• Experience managing databases across cloud platforms preferably Microsoft Azure (Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Virtual Machines)
• Experience on administering and supporting open-source database technologies including PostgreSQL MySQL/MariaDB.
• Experience with NoSQL database technologies preferably MongoDB
• Proficiency in database automation and scripting using PowerShell T-SQL and/or Python.
• Strong understanding of relational database design normalization indexing strategies query optimization and capacity planning
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) CI/CD pipelines and database deployment automation practices
• Skilled in containerized and virtualized environments.
• Strong understanding of database monitoring observability and performance management tools.
• Ensures data quality consistency and governance across integrated systems following organizational data standards and compliance requirements;
• Implements secure database management practices including access control encryption auditing and vulnerability management.
• Lead technical investigations root cause analysis and resolution of complex database incidents and problems.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority