Database Administration

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The Role
Your role
We are looking for a Database Consultant to join our Database Consulting team and participate in a large-scale enterprise database assessment, optimization, and modernization project.
The client operates approximately 1,700 relational databases distributed across multiple environments and platforms.
Most of the estate is deployed on-premises, although some databases are also hosted in the cloud.
The technology landscape is heterogeneous and primarily consists of: Oracle Microsoft SQL Server PostgreSQL MySQL IBM Db2.
The selected candidate will combine strong DBA expertise with analytical and consulting skills, contributing both to the overall assessment of the database estate and to the definition and execution of improvement and remediation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Participate in the technical assessment of an estate of approximately 1,700 databases.
Perform discovery, inventory, and characterization of the various database platforms.
Analyze database versions, configurations, lifecycle status, and operational health.
Identify risks and improvement opportunities related to:
Performance
Capacity and growth
Availability
Backup and recovery
High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Security
Monitoring
Versions and obsolescence
Configuration and adherence to best practices
Analyze large volumes of data and identify patterns and trends.
Define technical recommendations and action plans.
Classify and prioritize databases based on risk, criticality, and remediation requirements.
Participate in remediation, modernization, and rationalization initiatives.
Perform advanced database administration and troubleshooting activities.
Participate in upgrades, migrations, consolidations, and cross-platform database movements.
Analyze complex performance and availability issues.
Design and develop scripts to automate discovery, assessment, and administration processes.
Contribute to the definition of standards and best practices.
Prepare technical reports and executive presentations.
Collaborate with infrastructure, application, cloud, and operations teams.
Provide guidance and technical mentoring to junior team members.
Technologies
Oracle Database
Microsoft SQL Server
PostgreSQL
MySQL
IBM Db2
DBA Skills
Database administration
Performance tuning and troubleshooting
Backup and recovery
High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Monitoring
Capacity planning and growth analysis
Security
Patching and upgrades
Migrations and consolidations
Configuration analysis
Database lifecycle management
Assessment and Consulting
Assessment and Consulting
Database discovery
Database assessment
Health checks
Analysis of large database inventories
Risk identification and classification
Recommendation development
Platform rationalization and consolidation
Database modernization
Roadmap development
Automation Experience
SQL / T-SQL / PL/SQL depending on the platform.
PowerShell, Bash, and/or Python.
Cloud Experience
Microsoft Azure
AWS
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Who You Are
Experience +3 years of experience as a DBA, Database Consultant, or in a similar role.
Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.
Experience managing and supporting large database estates.
Hands?on experience with at least one of the listed database technologies, together with knowledge of other relational database platforms.
Previous experience in database assessment, transformation, or modernization projects will be highly valued.
Skills and Competencies
Strong analytical skills.
Problem?solving ability.
Results?oriented mindset.
Ability to work independently.
Strong communication skills.
Customer?focused approach.
Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
Ability to mentor and transfer knowledge to less experienced team members.
Being You
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