Previously proposed candidates were not compliant for the following reasons:
* The candidate has basic administration however NCIA NISC PaaS Database Service has complex database environments like Always On, Failover Cluster and Oracle RAC.
* The candidate provided generic answers to technical questions without providing real-life examples according to his experiences.
* The candidate is not suitable for Core Oracle Database Administration roles.
* The candidate has expertise for Oracle DB technologies but not for others stated in the SoW.
Deadline Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Requirement: Database Administrator
Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BE
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 418
Required Start Date: 3 November 2025
End Contract Date: 31 December 2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
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.
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 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;