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We are looking for a Lead Database Administrator to take end-to-end ownership of the database estate: someone who holds the full overview of every platform and instance we run, sets the standards the rest of the organization builds against, and makes sure those standards are actually being monitored and enforced in production - not just written down.\nThis is a senior, hands-on specialist role rather than a people-management position. You will not have direct reports, but you will be the technical authority the rest of CloudOps and application teams turn to on all things database - architecture, performance, security, and lifecycle.\nKey Responsibilities\nOwn the full database estate\nMaintain a complete, current overview of every database platform, instance, and environment across on-premises VMware and public cloud (AWS, Azure) - what exists, who owns it, how critical it is, and what state it's in.\n\nAct as the single point of accountability for the database domain: when a question about databases comes up anywhere in the organization, you're the person who either knows the answer or knows how to get it.\n\nOwn the roadmap for database platform lifecycle - versions, end-of-support tracking, upgrades, and decommissioning.\n\nSet and monitor standards\nDefine configuration, security, backup, and operational standards for supported databases and drive their adoption across teams.\n\nEstablish monitoring and compliance checks so deviations from standard are caught automatically rather than discovered during an incident or audit.\n\nOwn and continuously improve database-related runbooks, documentation, and governance artifacts.\n\nOperate and improve reliability\nDesign and validate high-availability and backup strategy; regularly test restore procedures.\n\nLead performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting for production database workloads.\n\nOwn patching and version-upgrade planning across the estate, balancing risk against staying within support.\n\nAutomate and modernize\nDrive automation of provisioning, monitoring, and routine maintenance tasks - moving the team away from manual, one-off work.\n\nEvaluate and introduce tooling that improves visibility, self-service, and consistency across the database estate.\n\nCollaborate and share knowledge\nWork directly with application and development teams on schema design, query performance, and data-related incident response.\n\nAct as a technical mentor to other engineers who touch databases day-to-day, without being their formal manager.\n\nRepresent the database domain in capacity planning, architecture reviews, and cross-team ceremonies.\n\nMust-Have\n5+ years of hands-on DBA experience, with demonstrated ownership of a database estate rather than isolated task work.\n\nStrong production experience with MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL.\n\nExperience with cloud-native/managed database services (Azure SQL, RDS, or equivalent).\n\nProven track record of defining and enforcing operational standards (backup, HA/DR, security, monitoring) across a multi-platform database environment.\n\nExperience with performance tuning, capacity planning, and incident/root-cause analysis at production scale.\n\nInfrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, Ansible) applied to database provisioning.\n\nComfortable operating in a mixed on-premises (VMware) and public cloud (AWS/Azure) environment.\n\nFluent English, spoken and written - this role works across Poland, Denmark, and India.\n\nNice to Have\nProduction experience with MySQL and/or MongoDB and/or DB2.\n\nExposure to compliance frameworks or regulated environments (GDPR, data sovereignty requirements).\n\nWhat Success Looks Like in the First 6 Months\nA documented, current inventory of the entire database estate with ownership and criticality mapped.\n\nPublished standards for at least the highest-risk platforms, with a monitoring mechanism showing where production deviates from them.\n\nAt least one meaningful automation win removing manual, repetitive DBA work.\n\nOur values:\nLead the Industry - We don't just serve our industries - we lead them. We bring deep expertise, set new standards, and help our customers stay ahead.\nMake it Happen - We take ownership, move fast, and deliver real impact. When we say we'll do something, it gets done - no excuses, no politics.\nStronger Together - We are a global team shaped by Scandinavian values. The best software - and the best teams - are built on trust, openness, and collaboration across borders.\nWe look forward to hearing from you!\nWe evaluate applications on an ongoing basis and hire when the right candidate is found. So please send your CV and application as soon as possible, using the apply button in the job ad. All inquiries are handled confidentially.\nAt EG, we build software that makes a difference.\nOur industry-specific software help people and businesses work smarter every day. From doctors spending more time with patients to builders running safer, more efficient projects.\nOur software is built by peers from the industry and backed by EG’s scale for stability, innovation, and security.\nIf you’re ambitious, curious, and take pride in ownership, you’ll thrive here. You’ll be trusted to grow your skills, shape meaningful solutions, and make an impact together with talented colleagues across borders.\nJoin us in creating software that works for people - not software that makes people work.\nVisit our career pages to meet some of your future colleagues, explore our culture, and watch our video \"We Make a Difference \".\nLearn more about EG here.\n#LI - Hybrid","description_format":"text","description_chars":5762,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Poland","iso":"PL","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["ERP & Business Management Software","Custom Software Development"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-16T08:24:14Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-16T22:18:46Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/eg-lead-database-administrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/eg-lead-database-administrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-16T22:18:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3883,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2165510},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2165510"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Feg-lead-database-administrator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Feg-lead-database-administrator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Feg-lead-database-administrator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/eg-lead-database-administrator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Feg-lead-database-administrator"}]}