Senior DBA: Enterprise DBs in Kubernetes & Security

almavivadebelgique; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

almavivadebelgique is seeking a senior Database Administrator to manage mission-critical production databases in on-premise, air-gapped environments. The role requires expertise in MariaDB/MySQL and PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and ITIL-aligned processes, with focus on security, backups, and performance.

The position involves virtualization and containerized environments, incident response, and implementing HA/DR strategies to meet strict SLAs, based in The Hague area.

Qualifications

• 11+ years in IT
• 6+ years DBA of mission-critical production DBs with sensitive data
• 5+ years with MariaDB/MySQL
• 5+ years with PostgreSQL
• 2+ years Kubernetes experience
• Experience in on-premise/air-gapped environments
• Knowledge of conceptual/physical data modelling and ER design
• Familiar with ITIL processes

Responsibilities

• Database administration in virtualized environments (VMWare) and OS management under DBMSs (Linux RedHat/CentOS)
• Database administration in containerized environments (Kubernetes)
• Enforce security and data access controls in compliance with procedures
• Incident management and rapid restoration of services using ITSM tooling
• Change and release management to minimize downtime
• Health monitoring and proactive issue resolution using monitoring tools
• Backup, recovery, and data retention planning
• Performance monitoring, tuning, and optimization of DBMS and OS
• Business continuity through HA/DR (Galera, MaxScale, Data Replication)
• DevOps pipelines for DB changes (Puppet, AzureDevOps, FlyWay)
• Automation scripts for repetitive tasks using Bash, Python, PowerShell
• Data modelling design and documentation

Skills

DB Admin

Kubernetes

ITIL

Data Modelling

Tools

MariaDB/MySQL

PostgreSQL

Linux (RHEL/CentOS)

SCOM

Job description

almavivadebelgique is seeking a senior Database Administrator to manage mission-critical production databases in on-premise, air-gapped environments. The role requires expertise in MariaDB/MySQL and PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and ITIL-aligned processes, with focus on security, backups, and performance.

The position involves virtualization and containerized environments, incident response, and implementing HA/DR strategies to meet strict SLAs, based in The Hague area.