Job Description

Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organization?

NATO is seeking a highly skilled Database Platform Administrator to manage, secure, and modernize the Alliance's critical data infrastructure. This role is responsible for the full lifecycle management of enterprise database systems operating across hybrid environments, including on-premises data centers and Microsoft Azure cloud platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Manage installation, configuration, upgrades, and backups of database systems and related products both on-premises and in the cloud

• Design, develop, and maintain data collection, transformation, and integration processes across multiple on-premises and cloud RDBMS platforms

• Monitor database performance, availability, and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving issues to ensure optimal service delivery.

• Develop and manage automation tools, scripts, and workflows for database administration, monitoring, maintenance, and operational reporting.

• Produce dynamic reports and standardized templates to support database configuration management, performance monitoring, and lifecycle tracking;

• Support database migrations and modernization initiatives involving Azure and other cloud database services.

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and cloud engineering teams to ensure optimal database performance, reliability, and scalability.

• Establish and maintain data governance and quality standards within reporting and integration processes;

• Stay current with database technology roadmaps, contributing to continuous improvement of lifecycle management, security, and data reliability.

• Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, architectural designs, and support runbooks.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Expert-level knowledge and hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration, development, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization.

• Strong experience designing, implementing, and supporting High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions including:
  • Always On Availability Groups
  • Failover Clustering
  • Replication
  • Backup and Recovery strategies

• Experience managing databases across cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure (Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Virtual Machines)

• Experience on administering and supporting open-source database technologies including PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB.

• Experience with NoSQL database technologies, preferably MongoDB

• Proficiency in database automation and scripting using PowerShell, T-SQL, and/or Python.

• Strong understanding of relational database design, normalization, indexing strategies, query optimization, and capacityplanning

• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and database deployment automation practices

• Skilled in containerized and virtualized environments.

• Strong understanding of database monitoring, observability, and performance management tools.

• Ensures data quality, consistency, and governance across integrated systems, following organizational data standards and compliance requirements;

• Implements secure database management practices, including access control, encryption, auditing, and vulnerability management.

• Lead technical investigations, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex database incidents and problems.

If you've read the description and feel this role is a great match, we'd love to hear from you! Click "Apply for this job" to be directed to a brief questionnaire. It should only take a few moments to complete, and we'll be in touch promptly if your experience aligns with our needs.