Specialist – Database Administrator, ICT Operations Unit (AD6)

at  Europol

ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

This selection procedure is intended to establish a reserve list of successful candidates. It is envisaged to start using the reserve list in Q2/Q3 of 2025.

DURATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR EQUIVALENCY

More than 6 months and up to 1 year 3 years
More than 1 year and up to 2 years 2 years

More than 2 years 1 year

• In addition to the above at least 3 years of total professional work experience gained after the award of the diploma.

PURPOSE OF THE POST:

The post holder is responsible performing Database Administration activities to ensure that database systems are functioning in a reliable manner, providing reliable, efficient and secure access to mission critical and sensitive data on a 24x7 basis.

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

The successful candidate will have to carry out the following main duties:

• Plan and perform the installation of new database servers and implementation of new databases in the production and other environments;
• Perform regular database administration, configuration and maintenance activities for database systems including backup and recovery, security patching, incident resolution, change and release management;
• Ensure Business Continuity of critical systems by installing, configuring and maintaining database solutions for High Availability and Disaster Recovery;
• Perform in-depth technical analysis of performance issues and implement database tuning and performance optimization;
• Collaborate with Application Operations, Infrastructure Operations, Software Development, Third-party Vendors and other teams to perform application deployments;
• Collaborate with other teams for 2nd level escalation and application-level troubleshooting and problem resolution;
• Contribute to design, development and implementation of procedures and scripts for Automated Deployment following the agile DevOps approach;
• Design, implement and maintain operational procedures, produce accurate technical documentation as required;
• Perform any other tasks in the area of competence as assigned by the line management.