Senior Database Administrator

Satellit operates a large portfolio of parking facilities across multiple European markets and handles a very high annual customer volume. The organisation is shifting to a more digitally driven operating model and requires a senior database administrator to take responsibility for the current database estate, keep systems performant, secure and resilient, and drive the migration of databases from on-premises data centres to Microsoft Azure.

Who are you?

Skills & Competences:

• Motivation and positive mindset
• Ability to work independently
• Quick learning and strong organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Customer-centric approach
• Teamwork
• Willingness to ask difficult questions
• Professionalism
• Transparency and solution orientation

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least seven years of hands‑on database administration experience in production, with Microsoft SQL Server as a primary focus.
• Proven ability to design and operate high‑availability and disaster‑recovery solutions such as Always On availability groups and failover clustering.
• Strong T‑SQL skills, with experience in query performance tuning and execution‑plan analysis.
• Practical experience deploying and managing databases on Microsoft Azure (Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance or SQL Server on Azure VMs).
• Experience migrating databases from on‑premises infrastructure to Azure is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL administration is an advantage.
• Ability to automate operational tasks using PowerShell or Python; exposure to infrastructure‑as‑code or CI/CD for database changes is beneficial.
• Track record of leading database projects such as version upgrades, consolidation initiatives or security hardening efforts.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience; vendor or industry certifications (for example Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate or ITIL) are a plus.
• Fluent written and spoken English, plus proficiency in either French or Dutch.

What will you do?

• Deploy, configure, upgrade, administer and monitor database platforms (primarily Microsoft SQL Server, with some PostgreSQL), both on‑premises and in Azure.
• Define, enforce and document configuration, security and data‑integrity standards and ensure operational procedures remain current.
• Architect, implement and operate backup, restore and high‑availability / disaster‑recovery strategies, and lead periodic DR validation exercises.
• Plan and execute migration activities to Azure database offerings (Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance or SQL Server on Azure VMs) in collaboration with the internal cloud team.
• Implement security controls such as least‑privilege access, encryption in transit and at rest, auditing and patch‑management processes.
• Respond to and resolve database incidents and service requests, minimising downtime and acting as the escalation point for complex issues.
• Perform root‑cause investigations into database faults and put in place fixes to avoid repeat occurrences.
• Review and advise on database schema and design changes with application and development teams.
• Continuously monitor workload behaviour, tune performance, and forecast capacity and cost to support future growth.