Senior Database Administrator

LMW, on behalf of its client, a leading international technology and digital transformation consulting company, is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join a high-impact project within the banking sector. This is an exciting opportunity to work on mission-critical systems, ensuring the performance, security, and availability of enterprise databases in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

This role is fully on-site and offers the opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams delivering innovative solutions for one of the country's leading financial institutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments.
• Monitor database performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement performance tuning strategies.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Manage database security, user access, and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade database platforms.
• Support application deployments and collaborate with development and infrastructure teams.
• Perform capacity planning and proactively identify opportunities for system improvements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and database standards.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and production support activities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience administering relational database management systems such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar platforms.
• Hands-on experience with database backup, recovery, replication, high availability, and performance tuning.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and database architecture principles.
• Experience with database monitoring and automation tools.
• Understanding of security best practices and access management.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.
• Relevant database certifications are considered an advantage.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on a strategic, enterprise-scale banking project.
• Exposure to modern technologies and complex, mission-critical environments.
• Collaborative and professional working environment.
• Long-term project with opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Competitive compensation package.