Database Administrator (DBA)
Position Summary
Italia Gas e Luce is seeking a highly skilled Database Administrator with extensive experience managing enterprise-level databases. This role is critical to ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of our data infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of collaborating across IT and business teams to support mission‑critical applications.
Key Responsibilities
Database Management

Install, configure, and upgrade database systems (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
Monitor performance and optimize queries, indexes, and configurations.
Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to prevent data loss and ensure business continuity.

Security & Compliance

Manage user roles, permissions, and access controls.
Ensure compliance with industry standards and data protection regulations, specifically GDPR.
Conduct regular audits and vulnerability assessments to safeguard sensitive information.

Performance & Reliability

Perform capacity planning and forecast future database needs.
Maintain high availability through clustering, replication, and failover solutions.
Perform routine maintenance tasks, diagnose and resolve database errors in real-time to ensure continuous operation.

Collaboration & Support

Collaborate with developers and analysts to optimize database schema design and queries.
Provide technical support for application teams and end-users.
Document processes, policies, and procedures for database operations.

Innovation & Automation

Automate routine tasks such as monitoring, backups, and deployments.
Stay current with emerging database technologies and recommend improvements.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (Master’s preferred).
5+ years of professional experience as a Database Administrator.
Expertise in RDBMS platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
Proficiency in scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
Experience with cloud-based databases (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Google Cloud SQL).
Strong knowledge of database architecture, replication, clustering, high availability, data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL (extract, transform, load) processes.
Excellent analytical, complex problem-solving, and communication skills to interact with technical and non-technical colleagues.
Knowledge of operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and UNIX
Experience with DevOps practices and CI / CD pipelines.
Knowledge of data warehousing and BI tools.
Understanding of data governance and lifecycle management.
Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities

This opportinuty is open to both candidates looking for an employee contract and those available for a temporary freelance / outcoursing collaboration.
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