Senior DBA / Database Administrator - MS SQL + Oracle

Position: Senior DBA / Database Administrator - MS SQL + Oracle

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands

Job Type: Permanent

Job Purpose and primary objectives:

To manage multiple database environments and support with Technical Application Management within the customer landscape’s hybrid environment (on-prem + Cloud).

Key responsibilities:

• Database management based on several technologies, ensuring availability and good performance (both proactively and preventively),
• Support basic operations by managing services, databases and applications, including deployment of updates and patches
• Handle daily IT operations; support with priority tickets, follow-up on service requests and preparation of changes.
• Perform updates, where necessary in consultation with the supplier of the application and/or underlying platform.
• Coordinate with other technical teams for the support needed to execute the day-to-day or project related tasks.
• Ensure Point in time recovery for the databases and applications.
• Increase efficiency and effectiveness by standardizing and automating IT Services related to Technical Application Management.
• Keeping relevant documentation up to date for knowledge retention, faster resolution of service interruption and compliance & audit readiness e.g.SOPs.
• Trend analysis of usage, performance and implications for the Services.
• Provide operational insights and evidence-based recommendations for the continuous improvement, lifecycle, security, resilience,
• performance and maintainability of the database environments, in collaboration with the responsible architects, technical leads and service owners.

Mandatory Skills/Knowledge:

* Hands-on administration and troubleshooting of production

* Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle (version 19c and above) environments.

* Backup, restore, point-in-time recovery and periodic validation of recovery procedures.

* Database security controls, including RBAC, encryption, auditing and remediation of security findings.

* Monitoring, performance tuning, capacity management and root-cause analysis.

* Controlled patching, upgrades and lifecycle management.

* T-SQL and practical automation/scripting experience.

* Maintaining SOPs, recovery documentation and audit evidence.

*Effective coordination with application,infrastructure, security and supplier teams.