Database Administrator

Role Overview

This position is responsible for managing, securing, and enhancing the organization's database environments while delivering dependable regional IT support across multiple locations. The role ensures databases are highly available, performant, maintain data integrity, and secure access to vital business systems and applications, aligned with business continuity and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up, configure, monitor, maintain, and fine-tune enterprise databases to guarantee optimal availability, reliability, and performance.
• Conduct performance tuning, query optimization, index management, and capacity planning to uphold peak database efficiency.
• Oversee backup, restoration, replication, and disaster recovery processes to secure data durability and business continuity.
• Enforce database security policies including access control, user management, encryption, and audit trails to safeguard sensitive information.
• Support clustering, failover mechanisms, replication, and disaster recovery solutions reducing downtime and data loss.
• Provide technical IT support across regional sites covering infrastructure, endpoints, applications, and user-related issues.
• Assist with critical applications and databases, notably SAP S/4HANA and other enterprise software platforms.
• Support server administration, storage, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure related to database operations.
• Continuously monitor database health, manage incidents promptly, and undertake root cause analysis to prevent repetitive problems.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field is required.
• Mandatory accredited certifications such as Microsoft Certified Database Administrator, Azure Administrator, Microsoft Certified Windows Server, or other pertinent technical qualifications.
• Proven experience between 2 to 5 years in database administration and enterprise IT support environments.