Senior Database Administrator: Cloud Migration & HA Expert

Satellit SRL; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Satellit SRL in Belgium seeks a senior database administrator to own the database estate, ensure performance, security and availability, and lead migration to the cloud. You will deploy, monitor and maintain relational databases on-site and in cloud environments.

The role requires 7+ years in production databases, expertise in high-availability and disaster-recovery, and strong SQL and cloud deployment skills. Collaboration with cloud engineers and security-minded automation are essential.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum seven years of hands-on experience administering databases in production environments where availability and reliability are critical.
• Proven experience designing and operating high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions such as synchronous replication and failover clustering.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, including query tuning and execution-plan analysis.
• Practical experience deploying and managing database workloads in a public cloud environment, including managed database offerings and cloud-hosted virtual machines.
• Experience migrating databases from on-premises infrastructure to cloud platforms is highly desirable.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Independent work

Strong communicator

Cloud experience

SQL tuning

Disaster recovery

Team player

English fluent

French or Dutch

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Jobbeschreibung

Satellit SRL in Belgium seeks a senior database administrator to own the database estate, ensure performance, security and availability, and lead migration to the cloud. You will deploy, monitor and maintain relational databases on-site and in cloud environments.

The role requires 7+ years in production databases, expertise in high-availability and disaster-recovery, and strong SQL and cloud deployment skills. Collaboration with cloud engineers and security-minded automation are essential.