Database Administrator
Key Skills
Job Description
The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating, installing and managing our databases. You Job description Database administration in Virtualized environments: database administration in virtual environments, e.g. VMWare, and virtual machine administration of operating systems underlying the DBMSs, including Linux RedHat, CentOS. Database administration in Containerized environments: database administration in containerized environments including Kubernetes Security management: Enforce data security and data protection policies by managing security and database access, identifying and auditing user access of sensitive databases in compliance with procedures and regulations. Incident management: follow structured processes for rapidly detecting, diagnosing, and resolving service disruptions to restore availability and ensure data integrity. Manage incidents using ITSM tools, e.g. ServiceNow Change and Release management: follow controlled processes for planning and validation for deploying releases of new database systems or changes to existing database into (pre-)production environments, minimizing downtime and preventing data loss. Health monitoring: defining, gathering, managing metrics for monitoring databases, operating systems and servers to ensure systems remain healthy; checking error logs, system events, database events, disk space and storage events use monitoring tools including SCOM to identify, prevent and resolve issues. Database maintenance: installing, configuring, scheduling, monitoring Database Jobs for Backups, Integrity checks, Index maintenance, Update Statistics, etc. Backup and recovery: define, create, schedule database backup plans and strategy, ensure restorability, integrate Database-level backups with Operating System-level backup systems like NetBackup, manage Data Retention. Performance monitoring, tuning, and optimization: define and gather critical performance metrics for DBMSs and OSs to ensure fast database performance using tools like SolarWinds DPA; assess data access patterns and query plans for improving performance by tuning and optimizing database queries. Business Continuity: ensure to meet SLAs by configuring High Availability & Disaster Recovery, defining, implementing, configuring, monitoring technologies including Galera, MaxScale, and Data Replication. DevOps: define, create, implement DevOps pipelines for deploying database changes into production using Puppet, AzureDevops, FlyWay. Automation: define, implement, schedule, monitor scripts for automation of repetitive, recurring tasks using Bash, Puppet, Python, Powershell, etc. Data modelling: design, reverse engineer, document conceptual and physical database models and define and update standard operating procedures. REQUIREMENTS: Mininum 11 years of IT experience A minimum of 6 years of experience in Database Administration of mission critical production databases with sensitive data in high-security environments A minimum of 5 years of experience in Database Administration with the following tools and technologies: MariaDB (or MySQL) A minimum of 5 years of experience with the following technologies: PostgreSQL A minimum of 2 years experience in Database Administration with Kubernetes Above mentioned experiences must be in environments: On-premise, air-gapped Knowledge of methodologies for: Conceptual data modelling Physical data modelling Data model normalization Entity-Attribute-Relationship design Knowledge of ITIL processes for systematic management of complex IT environments Deadline 16/10/26 Delivery mode : Proximity (The Hague) Only Eu Citizens
Core Responsibilities
Administer and secure mission-critical databases across virtualized, containerized, and on-premises air-gapped environments, including monitoring, maintenance, incident response, backups, and performance optimization. Manage database releases, business continuity, automation, DevOps deployment pipelines, and data models and procedures.
Requirements
Requires at least 11 years of IT experience, including 6 years administering sensitive, mission-critical production databases in high-security environments. Candidates must have at least 5 years of MariaDB or MySQL experience, 5 years of PostgreSQL experience, and 2 years of Kubernetes database administration experience, along with data modeling and ITIL knowledge.
About Almaviva Group
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Almaviva is a leading Italian Information & Communication Technology group, with over 40 years of experience driving digital transformation for businesses and government agencies. As of 2025, the company employs more than 40,000 people across Italy and worldwide, with pro forma revenues €1.8 billion. The Group operates through a global network of more than 65 companies and 80 locations in Italy and abroad, with a solid presence in several countries, including the United States, Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic), Belgium, Spain, Germany, Finland, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Tunisia. By combining proprietary platforms with cutting-edge technologies — such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Cloud, and Cybersecurity — the Group leads the end-to-end evolution of processes and systems across strategic market sectors: public administration, transportation, healthcare, finance, defense and security, environment, and water management. The Group operates also in Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Central African Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland and Tanzania.