Database Administrator

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS; Strasbourg; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote EU work

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS Group seeks a Database Administrator to join the Development team for a major client project. The role is remote within the EU, collaborating with the client IT team and ED’s experts.

The successful candidate will manage database installation, tuning, security, and high availability across Oracle, PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server environments while ensuring documentation and incident management are in place. English proficiency is required.

Qualifications

• University degree in IT with 10+ years of IT experience.
• Minimum 6 years in modelling tools (UML).
• Minimum 5 years of experience with RDBMS.
• Experience in database design and model (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MsSQL).
• Experience in Database Administration, Tuning, Management and Security.
• Excellent knowledge of application development environments.
• Experience in database backup and restore strategy using full database backup/restore and transaction log backup/restore.
• Experience in active/active and active/passive clustering.
• Experience with high-availability strategies (log shipping, DB mirroring, replication and SRDF) and Disaster Recovery tests.
• Experience in database monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, maintenance and auditing configuration.
• Understanding of Active Directory in the context of database security and Windows scripting preferred.
• Certification in Postgres will be an asset.
• Excellent command of the English language.

Responsibilities

• Database installation, configuration and administration.
• Database monitoring and tuning.
• Application installation, configuration and management.
• Provide technical support for the database environment including overseeing DBs; monitor usage and performance.
• Access management for databases.
• Database/application incident management.
• Coordination of database and application support.

Skills

Database administration

RDBMS

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MS SQL Server

DB tuning

High availability

Education

University degree in IT

Tools

UML

Job description

We currently have a vacancy for a Database Administrator in English, to offer his/her services as an expert remotely (within EU). In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client's IT team.

Tasks

• Database installation, configuration and administration;
• Database monitoring and tuning;
• Application installation, configuration and management;
• Responsible for providing technical support for the database environment including overseeing the development and organization of the databases; monitoring of application usage and performance;
• Access management;
• Database / application incident management;
• Coordination of database and application support

Requirements

• University degree in IT combined with relevant IT professional experience of at least 10 years;
• Minimum 6 years in modelling tools (e.g. UML);
• Minimum 5 years of experience with RDBMS;
• Experience in database design and model (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MsSQL);
• Experience in Database Administration, Tuning, Management and Security;
• Excellent knowledge of application development environments;
• Experience in database backup and restore strategy using full database backup/restore and transaction log backup/restore;
• Experience in active/active and active/passive clustering;
• Experience with high-availability strategies (includes log shipping, DB mirroring, replication and SRDF) and experience in Disaster Recovery tests;
• Experience in database monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, maintenance and auditing configuration;
• Good knowledge of the design and development of web and multi-tiers Internet applications;
• Experience in writing technical documentation;
• Understanding of Active Directory in the context of database security and windows scripting is preferred;
• Certification in Postgres will be an asset;
• Excellent command of the English language

Benefits

We offer a competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience. All applications will be treated as confidential.

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS (www.eurodyn.com) is a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operating internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). The company employs over 1000 engineers, IT experts and consultants (around 3% PhD, 36% MSc and 53% BSc or equivalent). We design and develop software applications using state-of-the-art technology. The group generates annual revenues in the range of EURO 40 million, with an EBITDA in the range of 20%. The value of our contract portfolio exceeds EURO 300 million. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, we are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS (ED) adheres to the General Data Protection Regulation principles by applying its Privacy Policy as published in www.eurodyn.com/privacy. By submitting an application to this position and by sharing your personal data with ED, you acknowledge and accept its Policy and authorize ED to process your personal data for the purposes of the company's recruitment opportunities, in line to the Policy.