C004969 Database Administrator Platform (NS) - THU 9 Jul

# C004969 Database Administrator Platform (NS) - THU 9 Jul > EMW, Inc. · Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium · Contract · Posted 2026-06-29 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** AAS ## Description **Deadline Date:** Thursday 9 July 2026 **Requirement:** Database Administrator Platform **Location:** Braine-l'Alleud, BE **Full Time On-Site:** Yes **Time On-Site:** 100% **Total Scope of the request (hours):** 418 **Required Start Date:** 10 August 2026 **End Contract Date:** 31 December 2026 **Required Security Clearance:** NATO SECRET **Duties & Role:**   - Manage installation, configuration, upgrades, and backups of database systems and related products both on-premises and in the cloud - Design, develop, and maintain data collection, transformation, and integration processes across multiple on-premises and cloud RDBMS platforms - Monitor database performance, availability, and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving issues to ensure optimal service delivery. - Develop and manage automation tools, scripts, and workflows for database administration, monitoring, maintenance, and operational reporting. - Produce dynamic reports and standardized templates to support database configuration management, performance monitoring, and lifecycle tracking; - Support database migrations and modernization initiatives involving Azure and other cloud database services. - Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and cloud engineering teams to ensure optimal database performance, reliability, and scalability. - Establish and maintain data governance and quality standards within reporting and integration processes; - Stay current with database technology roadmaps, contributing to continuous improvement of lifecycle management, security, and data reliability. - Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, architectural designs, and support runbooks. ## Requirements **Skills, Knowledge & Experience:** - The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance - Expert-level knowledge and hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration, development, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization. - Strong experience designing, implementing, and supporting High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Replication, Backup and Recovery strategies - Experience managing databases across cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure (Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Virtual Machines) - Experience on administering and supporting open-source database technologies including PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB. - Experience with NoSQL database technologies, preferably MongoDB - Proficiency in database automation and scripting using PowerShell, T-SQL, and/or Python. - Strong understanding of relational database design, normalization, indexing strategies, query optimization, and capacity planning - Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and database deployment automation practices - Skilled in containerized and virtualized environments. - Strong understanding of database monitoring, observability, and performance management tools. - Ensures data quality, consistency, and governance across integrated systems, following organizational data standards and compliance requirements; - Implements secure database management practices, including access control, encryption, auditing, and vulnerability management. - Lead technical investigations, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex database incidents and problems. ## Apply [Apply at EMW, Inc.](https://apply.workable.com/emw/j/100AF8AC11/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)