Regional Database Administrator Offline

About the Role

We are looking for a Regional Database Administrator (DBA) to join our regional IT organization and take ownership of database operations across multiple sites in the region.

The role has a strong hands‑on focus on monitoring, maintaining, optimizing, and automating enterprise‑critical and local database platforms, with special emphasis on Jabil Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

You will work closely with Site IT, regional IT, application development teams and global stakeholders to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability of business‑critical databases.

What We Offer

• Transparent and competitive compensation structure, including performance-based bonus opportunities
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Regional role with high business impact
• Opportunity to work with modern cloud and on-premises technologies
• Direct influence and ownership of databases supporting critical business applications
• Collaborative, international IT environment
• Professional growth and learning opportunities
   

Key Responsibilities : 

Database Operations & Monitoring

• Monitor, maintain, and support Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and AWS Redshift environments (on-premises and cloud-hosted)
• Ensure database availability, performance, and reliability in line with SLA and performance requirements
• Maintenance & Automation
• Design, implement, and maintain database maintenance jobs (backup, restore, patching, indexing, housekeeping)
• Maintain data lifecycle processes and introduce data archiving and purging procedures
• Proactively identify opportunities for automation and standardization
• Improve operational efficiency through scripting and tooling
• Ensure database security compliance and lead database updates and migrations

Performance Optimization

• Analyze and optimize database performance, including:

  - Query tuning

  - Index strategies

  - Resource utilizationIdentify and resolve bottlenecks in high-load environments

• Support capacity planning and growth forecasting
• MES Database Focus
• Act as the database subject-matter expert for MES systems
• Ensure MES databases have the required resources, performance, and stability

Work closely with application and MES teams to:

• Optimize complex queries
• Support application changes
• Prevent production issues
• Review database changes

Governance & Best Practices

• Enforce database best practices for security, backup, recovery, and compliance
• Support audits and ensure adherence to corporate IT standards
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and knowledge sharing
• Project and Support Involvement
• Collaborate with product teams on database design throughout the SDLC process
• Maintain database projects in Git repositories
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for database projects

• Actively participate in Incident Management and Problem Management within IT SLA requirements

   

Required Qualifications : 

Technical Skills

• Strong experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments

• Proven hands-on expertise with:

  - Microsoft SQL Server

  - PostgreSQL

  - AWS Redshift

   

Solid understanding of:

• Building and optimizing SQL queries
• Database design
• High availability and disaster recovery concepts
• Performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Backup and recovery strategies
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

• Scripting experience (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, SQL, Python) is a plus

   

Professional Experience

• At least 3 years of experience supporting mission-critical production systems
• Background in manufacturing, MES, or industrial IT environments is a strong advantage
• Ability to work across multiple sites and cultures in a regional role

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Proactive, improvement-oriented approach
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a regional/global team

Nice to Have

Experience with:

• Always On, clustering, replication
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) or DevOps practices
• Monitoring tools and alerting platforms
• Familiarity with ITIL and incident, problem, and change management processes

If this opportunity sounds interesting or you have any questions about the role or process, feel free to reach out — we’re happy to share more details.

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