Database Administration & Operations is responsible for the deployment, management, optimisation, and protection of enterprise database platforms. The area ensures high availability, integrity, performance, and security of structured and unstructured data supporting critical business applications. It spans relational (SQL) and NoSQL platforms, addressing challenges such as version upgrades, patch management, capacity planning, data lifecycle management, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and security standards. The function also maintains robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery capabilities, while continuously improving database reliability, automation, and operational maturity.
People who is willing / capable mentoring junior colleagues, and having experience in big cloud migration project is a plus.
Database Administration & Operations is responsible for the deployment, management, optimisation, and protection of enterprise database platforms. The area ensures high availability, integrity, performance, and security of structured and unstructured data supporting critical business applications. It spans relational (SQL) and NoSQL platforms, addressing challenges such as version upgrades, patch management, capacity planning, data lifecycle management, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and security standards. The function also maintains robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery capabilities, while continuously improving database reliability, automation, and operational maturity.
People who is willing / capable mentoring junior colleagues, and having experience in big cloud migration project is a plus.
,[Lead the management, deployment, configuration, and optimisation of enterprise database instances (DB technologies used: MS SQL, MySQL, Progress, MongoDB, Oracle, DB2)., Perform advanced database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures; ensure validated DR (BackUp Restore) plans., Conduct performance tuning: execution plans, indexing strategy, query analysis, wait events, resource bottlenecks., Stay Up to Date with database high availability solutions (clustering, replication, log shipping, AlwaysOn, Data Guard) although these are rarely used if at all in the moment., Drive version upgrades, patching, vulnerability remediation, and database platform lifecycle management., Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance across all database environments., Oversee encryption (TLS, TDE), secure driver configurations, and secure connectivity., Lead incident response and deep troubleshooting of database service outages and performance degradations., Collaborate with application, infrastructure, storage, and cloud teams to ensure seamless data availability., Maintain documentation of database architectures, operational procedures, and support models., Conduct regular database capacity, utilisation, and health reviews; propose optimisation initiatives., Support and remediate findings from audits, compliance checks, and license reviews., Participate in governance, reporting, service reviews, and operational improvement initiatives., Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to L2 Database Analysts. Organize an On-Call rota for this area., Manage vendor escalations and coordinate with third‑party support., Lead database migration and consolidation activities (on‑prem → cloud or cross-platform)., Support business continuity planning, DR test (BackUp Restoration) execution, and post-test reporting., Oversee secure decommissioning of end-of-life database hardware and data sanitisation processes. Requirements: Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, PostrgeSQL, DB2 Additionally: Sport subscription, Private healthcare, Small teams, International projects.