Deadline Date: Friday 19 December 2025 Requirement: Database Administrator Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BELGIUM Full Time On-Site: Yes Time On-Site: 100% Not to Exceed Rate: 95 EUR Total Scope of the request (hours): 836 Required Start Date: 9 February 2026 End Contract Date: 31 December 2026 Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET Duties & Role: 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 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. Requirements Skill, Knowledge & Experience: The candidate must have a currently active 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