C004820 Database Administrator (PaaS) (NS) - TUE 26 May

Deadline Date: Tuesday 26 May 2026

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: 29 June 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties & Role:  

• 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;
• Defining DB backup strategies and ensuring a valid and maintained recovery plan is in place;
• Defining and implementing an upgrade strategy to keep the DB environment current;
• Management/Upgrade/Patching of BI stack, composed of Oracle Analytics, Weblogic, Apache, Tomcat, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Oracle Analytics Server (OAS).
• Selecting and implementing appropriate DB infrastructure configurations in support of business/technology architectures;
• Performs routine installation, re-configuration, backups of database and related products on on-premises and cloud environments.
• Develops and configures tools to enable automation of database administration tasks.
• Defining and implementing an upgrade strategy to keep the DB platforms up to date;
• Keeping up to date Software Lifecycle (roadmap) management of database products ;
• Monitors performance statistics and create reports.

Skill, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• Strong knowledge the DBMS technologies (Oracle, MySQL Server and PostgreSQL) and sound experience on at least two;
• Good understanding of MySQL High Availability/Disaster Recovery solutions (MySQL InnoDB Cluster, MySQL InnoDB Replicaset, MySQL InnoDB ClusterSet, MySQL Replication)
• Good understanding of ORDS, Apache HTTP and Tomcat administration
• Current and in-depth knowledge and practical working experience of latest version of the operating systems (Linux/ UNIX and MS Windows Server );
• A good understanding of more advanced architectures on High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, like server clustering and virtual infrastructures;