Database Administration & Operations Lead

Qualysoft

Budapest Remote permanent

Posted: February 11, 2026

Job Description

Founded in 1999 in Vienna, the Qualysoft Group is a manufacturer-independent IT consulting and services company, which successfully provides support for its international customers with the aim of boosting their competitiveness and economic efficiency through innovative IT solutions.

Its focus is on financial services providers, telecommunications companies, the automotive industry and energy service providers. Over 400 employees in 6 subsidiaries work together to ensure state of the art solutions for our clients.

We are looking for new colleagues in Qualysoft teams for diverse projects providing continuous learning opportunities. Our common goal is to provide honesty, development and a stable background while getting to know the latest technologies. We are waiting for your application for the position below!

About the Role:
• We are looking for an experienced Database Administration & Operations Lead to oversee the deployment, optimisation, security, and reliability of enterprise database platforms. This role is responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, data integrity, and regulatory compliance across relational and NoSQL environments supporting mission-critical business applications
• The position combines deep technical expertise with operational leadership, automation, and continuous improvement responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the deployment, configuration, management, and optimisation of enterprise database platforms (MS SQL, MySQL, Progress, MongoDB, Oracle, DB2)
• Own backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies; validate and execute DR testing procedures
• Perform advanced performance tuning (execution plans, indexing, wait events, resource bottlenecks, AWR/ASH analysis)
• Manage database high availability solutions including clustering, replication, AlwaysOn, Data Guard, and log shipping
• Drive version upgrades, patching, vulnerability remediation, and full database lifecycle management
• Ensure data integrity, encryption (TLS, TDE), secure connectivity, and regulatory compliance
• Lead incident response and deep troubleshooting of outages and performance degradations
• Oversee database capacity planning, utilisation reviews, and growth forecasting
• Support audit, compliance, and license reviews; remediate findings
• Lead database migration and consolidation initiatives (on-premises to cloud or cross-platform)
• Support business continuity planning and DR execution
• Oversee secure decommissioning and data sanitisation processes
• Maintain architecture documentation, operational procedures, and support models
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to L2 Database Analysts, including On-Call rota coordination
• Manage vendor escalations and third-party support engagement

Required Skills & Experience:
• Expert-level administration experience across MS SQL, MySQL, Progress, MongoDB, Oracle, and DB2
• Strong performance tuning and engine diagnostics expertise
• Deep understanding of HA/DR architectures and recovery strategies
• Experience with encryption, certificates, secure drivers, and endpoint hardening
• Capacity planning and database growth modelling experience
• Knowledge of backup technologies and cross-site failover design
• Understanding of data security, auditing, masking, and privilege management
• Experience with cloud-managed database services (Azure, AWS, GCP equivalents)
• Monitoring and observability expertise for database telemetry and alerting
• Familiarity with license compliance and vendor entitlement management
• Migration planning and platform consolidation expertise
• Scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash) for automation
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder communication skills

Why we think you will love working here:

With us you count as a person, our doors are always open.
We live the Qualysoft Team Spirit and stand for transparency!

Fresh wind and new ideas are welcome, because standstill is a foreign word at Qualysoft.

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