Endeavour Recruitment is looking for an experienced Database Administrator, to join a large client in the financial sector, based in Belgium on an English speaking site, for an exciting 1 year contract.
The successful DBA will be able to work independently and show initiative.
As a Database Administrator, you will be a member of the team in charge of the Oracle DB Server infrastructure.
Your responsibilities will include:
•Providing technical support for the database environment, including support of the production but also supporting the development and enhancement of applications
•Helping to achieve a state-of-the-art environment that meets current and future business objectives, highest reliability and performance possible
•Software installation procedure + configuration of the servers
•Release management
•Upgrade/migrations of databases
•Day-to-day administration of the infrastructure
•Disaster recovery plans
•Defining standards and guidelines
•Security of DB servers
•Replication of data
•Performance tuning
•Research & Development : Assessment and implementation of new technologies and providing IT with a long-term perspective on the relationship of database technology to the business opportunities.
•Providing and designing tools to assist in the management of the databases.
•Participate in the watch duty role (24/24 on call for a total of about 7/10 days/month)
Your skills / experience
•5+ years’ experience with Oracle DB (as from version 11g and above) and MS SQL Server (as from version 2008R2 and above)
•Strong operational focus including security, patch revision control, performance management and tuning, high availability and licensing
•Experience with Oracle Management Server (installation, configuration & usage)
•Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
•Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
•OPERATING SYSTEMS: Red Hat Linux, AIX, Windows
•Good written and oral communication skills
Please get in touch for further details on this excellent contract opportunity.