# 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.

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