senior database administrator

LMW, on behalf of its client, a leading international technology and digital transformation consulting company, is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join a high-impact project within the banking sector. This is an exciting opportunity to work on mission-critical systems, ensuring the performance, security, and availability of enterprise databases in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

This role is fully on-site and offers the opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams delivering innovative solutions for one of the country's leading financial institutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments.

• Monitor database performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement performance tuning strategies.

• Ensure high availability, reliability, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.

• Manage database security, user access, and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.

• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade database platforms.

• Support application deployments and collaborate with development and infrastructure teams.

• Perform capacity planning and proactively identify opportunities for system improvements.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and database standards.

• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and production support activities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.

• Strong experience administering relational database management systems such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar platforms.

• Hands-on experience with database backup, recovery, replication, high availability, and performance tuning.

• Strong knowledge of SQL and database architecture principles.

• Experience with database monitoring and automation tools.

• Understanding of security best practices and access management.

• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.

• Relevant database certifications are considered an advantage.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on a strategic, enterprise-scale banking project.

• Exposure to modern technologies and complex, mission-critical environments.

• Collaborative and professional working environment.

• Long-term project with opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Competitive compensation package.