Senior Database administrator, DBA

About the company:

ELITS is a culture-driven, independent IT company founded in 2006, with a major focus on the operation of IT environments. ELITS provides a global delivery model, with 24-7 commitments of managed services, packaged IT services and consulting. Through good industry knowledge, innovation, commitment and responsiveness, ELITS provides operations and monitoring around the clock – throughout the year – around the world. The company has 92 employees and is present in 11 locations in Europe, North America and Asia. At ELITS we pride ourselves on our ability to communicate IT in a natural and straightforward way – IT humanized. Communication is a very important part of the work since we work closely with our customers. As a consultant at ELITS you will become a part of a great team who always responds to the customer with humility, and at the same time is very proud of what we deliver.

About the position:

ELITS is now searching to fill a permanent position for a Database administrator in Karlskrona. As a Database Administrator you will be responsible for the operation, function, development and quality of the DBA service that ELITS operates. The tasks are divided to both individual and work in projects.

Your main working areas will be:

- DB environment monitoring: backup verification, performance monitoring, availability monitoring, proactive fixes as required
- DB creation/archiving/removal upon request
- Production of monthly statistics: usage, capacity, availability, failures, corrections plan for next month
- DB restore upon request
- Propose DB design for migration projects / requests for new environment
- Evaluate updates/upgrades of the technologies, recommend and plan upgrades

To be a successful long-term employee here at ELITS, we encourage you to read and feel at home with our values and vision. These can be found on ELITS.se.

Qualifications:

You are expected to have three years working experience as a database administrator, preferably in large enterprise organizations. You have experience working with incidents, problems, IT orders, requests, changes and releases and are excellent in English. Experience of ITIL is an advantage.

Desired experiences:

- Experience working with Oracle
- Experience working with Apache Cassandra is an advantage
- Experience working with MySQL is an advantage
- Experience working with Linux and UNIX is an advantage
- Installation, configuration and trouble shooting skills
- Experience working with incidents, problems, IT orders, requests, change-processes
- Experience working in large enterprise organizations is an advantage

Qualities:

- Communicative and a positive attitude towards customers and colleagues
- Organized and strive for results and quality
- Ability to coordinate and handle more than one task at the same time
- Being proactive

It is important that you can handle critical server solutions, and at the same time have a professional attitude, be able to organize your tasks and handle stressful situations. As an operation technician you should have a great interest in technology, be motivated by complex assignments, have the ability to visualize the customer needs and strong trouble shooting skills.

How to apply:

You apply through this database.

If you have any questions regarding the position please contact simon.davoudian@elits.com