1. NATURE OF THE TASKS
• Database installation, configuration and administration
• Database performance tuning and optimization
• Database monitoring and troubleshooting
• High Availability design, installation, configuration and administration
• Administration of security, access control, permissions, encryption
• Develop scripts for automated database deployments and DevOps
• Deploy database and application releases, changes, hotfixes
• Application installation, configuration and management
• Monitoring of application usage and performance
• Write database documentation, application operating procedures, disaster recovery plans
• Perform database and application incident management
• Coordination of database and application support
• Perform activities related to Infrastructure, Virtualization, Failover Clustering and Storage
• Available for Production-related activities outside office hours
2. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
• Good knowledge of DBMS administration
• Good knowledge of SQL programming language
• Experience with managing databases at enterprise level
• Experience with High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• Knowledge of server operating systems (e.g. Windows, Unix, Linux) and virtualisation
• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication
• Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in teams
• Able to cope with the fast changing technologies