Deadline Date:  Wednesday 12 March 2025
 
Requirement Title: Database Administrator
 
Location:  Braine-l'Alleud, BELGIUM
 
Full time on-site: Yes 
 
Not to Exceed: 67 Euro  
 
Total Scope of the request (hours): 418
 
Required Start Date: 27-APR-2025
 
Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
 
Specific Working Conditions:   Up to 100 days TDY in Belgium per year
 
Duties and Role:
Monitoring the performance of assigned systems and the definition and implementation of adequate measures ensuring an optimal performance and high availability of the DB services;

• Defining DB backup strategies and ensuring a valid and maintained recovery plan is in place;
• Defining and implementing an upgrade strategy to keep the DB environment current;
• Management/Upgrade/Patching of BI stack, composed of Oracle Analytics, Weblogic, Apache, Tomcat, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Oracle Analytics Server (OAS).
• Selecting and implementing appropriate DB infrastructure configurations in support of business/technology architectures;
• Performs routine installation, re-configuration, backups of database and related products on on-premises and cloud environments.
• Develops and configures tools to enable automation of database administration tasks.
• Defining and implementing an upgrade strategy to keep the DB platforms up to date;
• Keeping up to date Software Lifecycle (roadmap) management of database products ;
• Monitors performance statistics and create reports.
• Within the Platform as A Service (PAAS) Service Area of NISC, the incumbent is responsible for the installation, 24/7 operation, monitoring, maintenance, and system administration of all assigned systems related to provide the Database platforms services

Requirement:
NATO Secret security clearance:

• Strong knowledge the DBMS technologies (Oracle, MySQL Server and PostgreSQL) and sound experience on at least two;
• Good understanding of MySQL High Availability/Disaster Recovery solutions (MySQL InnoDB Cluster, MySQL InnoDB Replicaset, MySQL InnoDB ClusterSet, MySQL Replication)
• Good understanding of Oracle Analytics with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Oracle Analytics Server (OAS)
• Good understanding of ORDS, Apache HTTP and Tomcat administration
• Current and in-depth knowledge and practical working experience of latest version of the operating systems (Linux/ UNIX and MS Windows Server );
• A good understanding of more advanced architectures on High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, like server clustering and virtual infrastructures.