Oracle Database Administrator

Freelance role - 2 days per week required in the Belgian La Hulpe office - until 31/12/2026 with extension possibilities

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise around Oracle database related topics, to ensure consistency with accepted industry standards and effective approaches.
• Optimize application SQL queries to extract and manipulate data efficiently.
• Perform database performance tuning and optimization to ensure efficient query execution and data retrieval in a distributed architecture.
• Ensure data integrity and security by implementing accurate data validation and access controls.
• Implement changes in Production (requires physical presence in the office at least 2 days/week).
• Collaborate with database administrators to supervise and maintain the health and performance of Oracle databases.
• Collaborate with business analysts and software engineers to analyse user requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Analyse and understand impact of Oracle database patches and upgrades on the projects databases and act as Oracle domain expert.
• Stay up to date with the latest Oracle technologies, tools, and trends to suggest improvements and drive innovation in database development.

5-6 years of relevant professional experience in:

• Oracle partitioning
• Oracle security (data vault/data encryption)
• Oracle performance tuning
• SQL & Database Architecture & Design

Additional experience required in:

• Docker/Kubernetes
• Elasticsearch
• familiarity with java development
• ability to work with java developers
• GIT
• Agile environment