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By joining our technology team, you’ll work on business-critical systems that power large-scale utility operations, contribute to high-impact projects, and collaborate with global teams across cloud and hybrid environments.What is the role about?\nAs a Senior Database Administrator, you will be responsible for highly available, mission-critical database environments and ensure their availability, performance, security, resilience and recoverability.You will:\nAdminister and supportOracle 19c databases, including RAC and Data Guard.\nManage PostgreSQL databases across on-premise and cloud environments.\nAdminister and support ClickHouse database environments.\nSupport business-critical 24/7/365 production operations within defined SLAs.\nPerform database performance tuning, SQL optimization and capacity planning.\nImplement proactive database monitoring and health checks.\nPlan and execute database migrations, upgrades and patching.\nMaintain backup, restore and recovery strategies.\nSupport High Availability and Disaster Recovery environments.\nDeploy and support database workloads on Kubernetes.\nTroubleshoot database, Linux, storage, connectivity and performance issues.\nDevelop scripts and automation for recurring DBA activities.\nPerform deep root-cause analysis for database-related incidents.\nSupport critical production incidents and customer escalations.\nMaintain DBA procedures, runbooks and technical documentation.\nWork closely with System Engineering, Support and Development teams.\nWe are always looking for support in the following areas:\nYour work will contribute directly to:Production database availability\nDatabase reliability and resilience\nPerformance and scalability\nFaster incident resolution\nSLA fulfilment\nBackup and recovery readiness\nHA/DR readiness\nProactive monitoring\nAutomation and operational efficiency\nContinuous improvement of database operations\nYour Mission & Impact\nYour mission is to ensure that our database platforms remain stable, performant, secure, scalable and recoverable.You will take ownership of complex database issues from investigation through recovery and root-cause analysis while proactively identifying risks before they affect production systems or customers\nYour Role at a Glance\nWe are looking for a Senior Database Administrator with strong expertise in Oracle, PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, backed by solid Linux, Kubernetes and cloud knowledge.You will manage and support highly available, mission-critical production database environments across on-premises, cloud and hybrid platforms.\nThe role requires strong hands-on technical capability, independent troubleshooting, production ownership and the ability to support critical database incidents within strict SLAs.\nMust-haves (to thrive in this role)\nStrong hands-on experience with Oracle 19c, including:Oracle RAC\nData Guard\nDatabase administration\nPerformance tuning\nSQL optimization\nExecution analysis\nBackup and recovery\nCapacity management\nPatching\nUpgrades\nMigration\nSecurity\nHigh Availability\nDisaster Recovery\nPostgreSQL AdministrationStrong production PostgreSQL administration, including:\nInstallation and configuration\nDatabase administration\nBackup and restore\nReplication\nPITR\nRecovery\nPerformance analysis\nQuery troubleshooting\nMigration\nUpgrades\nCapacity management\nSecurity\nHigh Availability\nClickHouse AdministrationHands-on ClickHouse administration and operational support, including:\nInstallation and configuration\nCluster operations\nQuery troubleshooting\nPerformance monitoring and tuning\nStorage and capacity management\nBackup and recovery\nReplication\nHigh Availability\nPerformance & Capacity ManagementMonitor, analyse and optimize database performance, including:\nSQL/query optimization\nExecution analysis\nDatabase performance tuning\nCPU and memory utilization\nStorage utilization\nCapacity planning\nConnection/session analysis\nBottleneck identification\nStorage growth\nDatabase scalability\nProactively identify capacity and performance risks before they become production incidents.Monitoring & Observability\nImplement, maintain and continuously improve database monitoring and observability.\nExperience with MONIT, Grafana, Prometheus or equivalent tools is expected.\nMonitor:\nDatabase availability\nDatabase health\nPerformance\nCapacity\nStorage\nConnections and sessions\nReplication\nBackup status\nHA/DR status\nLogs\nAlerts\nBackup, Recovery & Disaster RecoveryDesign, maintain and support reliable database backup and recovery capabilities, including:\nBackup strategies\nRestore procedures\nPITR\nReplication\nRecovery procedures\nRecovery validation\nDisaster Recovery\nFailover/failback\nRecovery testing\nProduction recovery\nLinux AdministrationStrong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including:\nProcesses and services\nCPU and memory\nDisk and storage\nFile systems\nPermissions\nNetworking\nLogs\nSecurity\nPerformance troubleshooting\nThe DBA should be able to determine whether a database issue originates from the database itself or from the underlying operating system, storage, infrastructure or network.Kubernetes\nExperience supporting databases in production Kubernetes environments, including:\nPods\nServices\nNetworking\nStorage\nPersistent volumes\nConfiguration\nMonitoring\nLogs\nDatabase workload troubleshooting\nAbility to deploy and support database workloads on Kubernetes.Cloud & Infrastructure\nExperience with:\nOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)\nAWS and/or Azure\nCloud database services\nRDS/PaaS database services\nCloud networking\nStorage\nSecurity\nAccess control\nHA and multi-AZ concepts\nBackup and recovery\nHybrid environments\nScripting & AutomationExperience with Shell/Bash, Python or equivalent scripting technologies.\nUse automation to improve:\nDatabase health checks\nMonitoring\nBackup validation\nCapacity checks\nDiagnostics\nLog collection\nReporting\nRepetitive DBA activities\nOperational efficiency\nDatabase Security & Reliability\nSupport and maintain:\nDatabase access controls\nUsers and roles\nPermissions\nSecurity patches\nDatabase hardening\nLinux security\nOperational security controls\nDatabase reliability standards\nIncident Management & Root-Cause Analysis\nIndependently handle complex and critical database incidents.\nResponsibilities include:\nIncident investigation\nDatabase troubleshooting\nService recovery\nRoot-cause analysis\nCorrective actions\nPreventive actions\nTechnical escalation\nPost-incident review\nDocumentation of findings and solutions\nThe objective is not only to restore the database service but also to identify the underlying root cause and prevent recurrence.SLA & Production Support\nOperate within SLA-driven production environments.\nYou will:\nPrioritize incidents according to severity and customer impact.\nSupport critical production incidents.\nIdentify potential SLA risks early.\nEscalate when specialist or additional technical support is required.\nMaintain clear technical documentation and ticket updates.\nDrive database issues through sustainable resolution.\nExperience with structured ITSM/ticketing tools, preferably Jira / Jira Service Management, is an advantage.Documentation & Knowledge Management\nCreate, maintain and continuously improve:\nDBA procedures\nSOPs\nRunbooks\nTroubleshooting guides\nBackup/recovery procedures\nMonitoring procedures\nKnown-error documentation\nKnowledge-base articles\nCross-Skilling - ZONOS Knowledge\nThe primary responsibility of this role remains Database Administration.\nAs part of the Support cross-skilling approach, the DBA will progressively acquire operational knowledge of the ZONOS platform to better understand how databases interact with the wider application environment.\nThis includes basic operational understanding of:\nZONOS architecture and components\nApplication/database dependencies\nApplication health\nApplication logs\nLinux/Kubernetes dependencies\nDatabase/application connectivity\nMonitoring\nStandard documented ZONOS troubleshooting procedures\nThis knowledge enables the DBA to contribute more effectively to L3 incident investigation and work closely with the E2E Support team.\nThe DBA remains the database specialist. Complex ZONOS application troubleshooting, architecture, product defects and code-level investigation remain with the respective E2E/System Engineering/Development specialists.\nPrevious ZONOS knowledge is not required at recruitment and will be developed through structured knowledge transfer and practical experience.\n24/7 Production OperationsWillingness and capability to participate in 24/7/365 production Support operations according to the defined shift/on-call model.\nThis may include scheduled:\nDay/night coverage\nWeekend coverage\nPublic-holiday coverage\nCritical incident support\nStructured technical handover is required to ensure service continuity.Required Skills & Qualifications\nMinimum 5 years of relevant DBA experience, including at least 3 years supporting business-critical production database environments.\nStrong Oracle 19c administration.\nStrong Oracle RAC and Data Guard expertise.\nStrong Oracle performance tuning and SQL optimization.\nStrong PostgreSQL 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