SQL Server DBA | Database Admin - Leuven

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Leuven, Belgium

3 months ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

Dutch

Job source

careerjet.be

Tech stack

Agile Methodology JIRA Microsoft Azure Databases Monitoring of Systems PostgreSQL Microsoft SQL Server SQL Azure Windows Servers MySQL Performance Tuning Windows PowerShell

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Runbook SQL Stored Procedures SQL Databases SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Integration Services Transact-SQL Grafana Information Technology Terraform Dynatrace

Job description

A well-established Belgian financial services organisation based in Leuven is looking for an experienced SQL Server DBA to join their infrastructure team on a freelance basis. The position has opened due to an internal team change and represents a genuine operational need - not a pipeline exercise., * Own the full SQL Server infrastructure - installation, configuration, management, security and lifecycle

Monitor the environment daily, proactively detecting and resolving issues before they impact business continuity
Analyse complex incidents and lead Root Cause Analysis
Design and implement structural improvements to performance, stability and security
Manage upgrades, migrations and decommissions across SQL systems
Serve as the technical escalation point for colleagues on database incidents
Maintain and improve the team’s knowledge base - runbooks, documentation and training materials

Must haves

Hands-on SQL Server DBA experience (2019/2022/2025)
T-SQL: queries, stored procedures, DDL
Performance tuning at infrastructure level
Always On Availability Groups in production
SQL Server Replication
Windows Server environment knowledge
ITIL process awareness: incident, problem, change management
Dutch working language (daily team communication)

Nice to haves

PostgreSQL or MySQL experience
Azure SQL / Azure cloud exposure
SSIS / SSRS
PowerShell scripting or Terraform
Monitoring tools: Grafana, SentryOne, Dynatrace
Agile/SAFe experience (Jira, sprints)

Requirements

You’ll be joining a mature, collaborative IT infrastructure team of around 15-20 people, working alongside highly experienced database professionals. The environment is primarily on-premises Microsoft SQL Server, with a roadmap toward Azure SQL in the coming years., You’ll be working in a multi-cluster infrastructure team with deep collective expertise. The team has a fixed collaboration day on Wednesday. Strong medior profiles are welcome - years of experience matter less than the depth and relevance of your SQL Server skillset.