Database administrator for NATO with security clearance

Braine-l'Alleud - Belgium

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organization

This role offers a defining opportunity to lead the evolution of critical data infrastructure. As a forward-thinking Database Administrator you will be at the forefront of a strategic transition moving from on-premises systems to a modern cloud-native architecture. You will serve as both guardian and innovator of essential data assets ensuring their integrity performance and security.

Responsibilities:

Cloud Migration & Architecture: Lead and execute the migration of database systems from on-premises to cloud environments (primarily Azure) ensuring data integrity security and optimal performance. Design and maintain advanced cloud database architectures.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery (HA/DR): Design implement and manage sophisticated HA/DR solutions including clustering replication and failover strategies to ensure business continuity for mission-critical systems.
Automation Engineering: Develop configure and maintain automation tools and scripts (using Ansible PowerShell) to standardize and streamline database provisioning deployment patching and administrative tasks. Integrate database management into CI/CD pipelines.
Performance & Lifecycle Management: Perform routine installation configuration and upgrades of database software across on-prem and cloud environments. Proactively monitor tune and manage the full software lifecycle of database products.
Reporting & Intelligence: Develop dynamic dashboards and reports (using Power BI SSRS Grafana) to provide actionable insights into database health performance capacity and compliance.
Multi-Platform Expertise: Maintain and support core Microsoft SQL Server environments while applying foundational knowledge to other RDBMS platforms like Oracle PostgreSQL and MySQL as required.
Backup & Security: Implement and validate robust backup recovery and security strategies in alignment with industry best practices for both cloud and on-premises deployments.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

Extensive Expertise: Proven extensive experience as a Database Administrator or Engineer with deep hands-on proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server in both on-premises and cloud (Azure) environments.
Cloud Database Mastery: Demonstrable proficiency with cloud-native database solutions specifically Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance Elastic Pools) including deployment scaling and management automation.
Migration & Automation: Proven track record in planning and executing database migrations from on-premises to the cloud. Strong scripting and automation skills in PowerShell and experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Ansible.
High-Availability Architectures: A strong understanding and practical experience with advanced High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions such as Failover Clustering Always On Availability Groups and log shipping.
Reporting Tools: Hands-on experience with at least two reporting/BI technologies such as Microsoft Power BI SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) or Grafana.
Desirable Experience and Education:
- Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for ETL processes.
- Professional certification (e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate AWS Certified Database Specialty).
- Practical experience with other database technologies (Oracle MySQL PostgreSQL).
- Knowledge of virtualization platforms (e.g. VMware) and containerization (Docker Kubernetes).
- Experience working within an Agile/DevOps framework.

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Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organizationThis role offers a defining opportunity to lead the evolution of critical data infrastructure. As a forward-thinking Database Administrator you will be at the forefront of a strategic transition moving from on-premises sy...

Responsibilities:

Cloud Migration & Architecture: Lead and execute the migration of database systems from on-premises to cloud environments (primarily Azure) ensuring data integrity security and optimal performance. Design and maintain advanced cloud database architectures.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery (HA/DR): Design implement and manage sophisticated HA/DR solutions including clustering replication and failover strategies to ensure business continuity for mission-critical systems.
Automation Engineering: Develop configure and maintain automation tools and scripts (using Ansible PowerShell) to standardize and streamline database provisioning deployment patching and administrative tasks. Integrate database management into CI/CD pipelines.
Performance & Lifecycle Management: Perform routine installation configuration and upgrades of database software across on-prem and cloud environments. Proactively monitor tune and manage the full software lifecycle of database products.
Reporting & Intelligence: Develop dynamic dashboards and reports (using Power BI SSRS Grafana) to provide actionable insights into database health performance capacity and compliance.
Multi-Platform Expertise: Maintain and support core Microsoft SQL Server environments while applying foundational knowledge to other RDBMS platforms like Oracle PostgreSQL and MySQL as required.
Backup & Security: Implement and validate robust backup recovery and security strategies in alignment with industry best practices for both cloud and on-premises deployments.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

Extensive Expertise: Proven extensive experience as a Database Administrator or Engineer with deep hands-on proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server in both on-premises and cloud (Azure) environments.
Cloud Database Mastery: Demonstrable proficiency with cloud-native database solutions specifically Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance Elastic Pools) including deployment scaling and management automation.
Migration & Automation: Proven track record in planning and executing database migrations from on-premises to the cloud. Strong scripting and automation skills in PowerShell and experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Ansible.
High-Availability Architectures: A strong understanding and practical experience with advanced High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions such as Failover Clustering Always On Availability Groups and log shipping.
Reporting Tools: Hands-on experience with at least two reporting/BI technologies such as Microsoft Power BI SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) or Grafana.
Desirable Experience and Education:
- Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for ETL processes.
- Professional certification (e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate AWS Certified Database Specialty).
- Practical experience with other database technologies (Oracle MySQL PostgreSQL).
- Knowledge of virtualization platforms (e.g. VMware) and containerization (Docker Kubernetes).
- Experience working within an Agile/DevOps framework.