Previously submitted candidates were found non compliant for the following reasons: Lacks database administrator experience; No database administrator expertise, Database Service costing calculations, Outsourcing strategies and SLAs
Deadline Date: Tuesday 4 February 2025
Requirement: Database Administrator (PaaS)
Location: Braine L'Alleud, BE
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 418
Required Start Date: 17 March 2025
End Contract Date: 31 December 2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties and Role:
* Defining and implementing documentation for the database strategies to keep the DB platforms inventory and best practices set in place;
* Supporting Database Service costing calculations, Outsourcing strategies and Service Level Agreements;
* Gather information from subject-matter experts and develop, organize and write procedure RDBMS related manuals
* Assist Subject Matter Experts in creating first drafts from process maps, outlines, and direct observation
* Develop comprehensive documentation that meets the organizational standards
* Create new or revise existing content with a high degree of quality
* Act as subject matter expert in document creation, format and alteration
* Performs routine installation, re-configuration, backups of database and related products on on-premises and cloud environments.
* Monitoring the performance of assigned systems and the definition and implementation of adequate measures ensuring an optimal performance and high availability of the DB services;
* Implementing/configuring and managing database platforms on top of containerized platform technologies
Requirements
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
* The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
* Proven working experience in Database Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) and Standard Operation Instructions (SOI) for a general audience
* Knowledge of the Database technologies (MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL);
* A good understanding of more advanced architectures on High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, like server clustering and virtual infrastructures;
* Good understanding for running/configuring Database Technologies on Containerized Platform Technologies (Kubernetes, Docker)