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Senior Database Administrator

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Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Nov 10, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To enhance database operations, the full-time Senior Database Administrator will manage and optimize PostgreSQL and Oracle databases, ensuring high performance, availability, and security in both on-premises and cloud environments.

Key responsibilities
  • Administer, configure, upgrade, and maintain PostgreSQL and Oracle databases, including backup and recovery processes
  • Analyze and optimize database performance using execution plans, indexing, and wait-event analysis
  • Implement high-availability and replication solutions while managing monitoring, capacity, and database health reporting
Required qualifications
  • At least five years of experience as a Database Administrator with strong PostgreSQL and Oracle expertise
  • Proven experience with database upgrades, patching, backup and recovery, and performance analysis
  • Practical knowledge of high-availability and replication technologies such as Data Guard and Streaming Replication
  • Automation skills using Shell and Python, ideally including Ansible
  • Fluency in German and strong English skills; experience with Oracle AQ and PL/SQL is an advantage

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