Satellit - Senior Database Administrator

ictjob.be; Brussel; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Satellit is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the current database estate, ensure performance, security and availability, and lead migrations from on-premises to public cloud. You will deploy and manage relational databases on-site and in the cloud, enforce security standards and data integrity, and drive disaster recovery exercises.

You will work closely with development and cloud engineering teams to optimize schemas, monitor resources, and forecast capacity while minimizing

Qualifications

• Experience administering relational databases (Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
• Proven ability to design, implement and enforce security and data integrity.
• Experience with backup, DR and high availability strategies.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, upgrade, monitor and maintain databases on-site and in the cloud.
• Define and document configuration, security and data‑integrity standards.
• Design, implement and operate backup, restore and HA arrangements; coordinate DR exercises.
• Plan and execute migration of workloads to a public cloud using managed services or VMs.
• Enforce least-privilege access, encryption and patch management.
• Act as primary responder for database incidents and requests.

Skills

Database administration

Security best practices

Disaster recovery planning

Performance tuning

Cloud migration

Tools

Azure Cloud Platform

SQL Server

Postgresql

SQL

Job description

Senior Database Administrator

Satellit operates a substantial portfolio of mobility assets across multiple European markets and is accelerating its shift toward digital services to improve the customer experience. To support this journey we are hiring a senior database administrator to take responsibility for the current database estate, maintain performance, security and availability, and lead the migration from on-premises data centres to a public cloud environment.

What will you do?

• Deploy, configure, upgrade, administer, monitor and maintain the organisation's relational databases both on-site and in the cloud.
• Define, enforce and document configuration, security and data‑integrity standards for databases and related objects; keep operational procedures and technical documentation current.
• Design, implement and operate backup, restore and high‑availability arrangements, and coordinate regular disaster‑recovery exercises.
• Assess, plan and execute migration of database workloads to a public cloud platform using managed database services, managed instances or database servers on cloud virtual machines, collaborating with cloud engineers.
• Enforce security best practices including least‑privilege access, encryption of data at rest and in transit, auditing and patch management.
• Act as a primary responder and escalation point for database incidents and service requests, aiming to minimise downtime and service impact.
• Carry out root‑cause investigations for database issues and implement corrective measures to prevent recurrence.
• Review and advise on database schemas and design changes with development teams to ensure scalability, maintainability and security.
• Continuously monitor performance and resource usage, perform query and index optimisation, and forecast capacity and cost implications.

Technologies (mandatory)

• Azure Cloud Platform
• SQL
• Security
• SQL Server
• Postgresql