Junior Database Administrator

Who we are:

Our bench is in the back of a strip-mall storefront, where we image laptops and swap failed drives. Started by a former school district network admin in 2011, the business has grown almost entirely through referrals. Our dress code is a company polo and clean jeans.

About the role:

Our team is growing and we are hiring a Junior Database Administrator. DBA role covering on-premises and cloud databases, including a planned move to Amazon RDS. The company is based in Lille, France. Our team works from several countries. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

In your first few months you will:

• Support audits with evidence for encryption, access reviews and backup retention.
• Migrate databases to Amazon RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL.
• Tune queries, indexes and statistics using execution plans and Query Store.
• Document configurations, runbooks and disaster recovery procedures.
• Set up and maintain Always On availability groups, Data Guard or streaming replication.
• Manage backups and run regular restore tests against RPO and RTO targets.
• Upgrade major database versions with minimal downtime.

What you bring:

• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery setups.
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts.

Pluses:

• Microsoft DP-300 or Oracle OCP certification.
• Terraform for database infrastructure.
• Database DevOps with Flyway, Liquibase or Redgate tools.

What you get:

• Paid time off.
• Annual rate review.
• Flexible hours.
• Long-term engagement.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Ouest Computer Services SAS.