Senior InterSystems IRIS DBA — Hybrid/Remote (Brussels)

HumanInTech; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HumanInTech is seeking a Senior InterSystems IRIS-focused Database Engineer to design, manage and optimise a critical IRIS environment within a Belgian public-sector transformation project. You will work in a hybrid setting, collaborating with internal and external colleagues to ensure stable, secure information systems.

The role supports backend development in Python, with potential to work across microservices architectures.

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of InterSystems IRIS (or Caché/Ensemble)
• Operational database management experience: journaling, mirroring, ECP, sharding, fail-over configurations
• Expert-level Python, SQL and NoSQL
• Expert-level Linux server management and script automation
• Experience designing databases for microservices or event-driven architectures
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Ansible deployments
• Strong documentation, autonomy, and initiative
• Excellent written and spoken English, Dutch and French

Responsibilities

• Design, manage and optimise a critical InterSystems IRIS database environment
• Perform daily health checks, monitoring, patch management, journaling, WIJ configuration, mirror sets and fail-over testing
• Model data and integrate: designing globals and SQL tables, configuring business services and BPL
• Analyse performance and scalability: index analysis, query tuning, parallel SQL, ECP cache servers and shard clusters
• Document and test database solutions tailored to application needs
• Automate deployments with GitLab CI/CD and Ansible
• Support backend development in Python and other DBMS when needed

Skills

InterSystems IRIS

Python

SQL

NoSQL

Linux administration

GitLab CI/CD

Ansible

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

GitLab

Ansible

Job description

HumanInTech is seeking a Senior InterSystems IRIS-focused Database Engineer to design, manage and optimise a critical IRIS environment within a Belgian public-sector transformation project. You will work in a hybrid setting, collaborating with internal and external colleagues to ensure stable, secure information systems.

The role supports backend development in Python, with potential to work across microservices architectures.