About ION
We are a Software Product Company with a global footprint in the FinTech sector. With more than 10,000 professionals across 40+ offices worldwide, we provide solutions combining trading and workflow automation, market data, and advanced business intelligence.
Role Overview
The DBA Administrator is a high‑profile technical operations role within the Managed Services and Cloud Operations organization of a major software company.
As part of the Cloud Ops Team, you will be responsible for the availability, performance, security, and scalability of mission‑critical database systems hosted in third‑party data centers and cloud environments. You will work closely with cloud operations, development teams, and customers, supporting production systems in a 24/7 operational model with a strong focus on reliability and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
Support production database systems within managed service and cloud environments
Perform day‑to‑day DBA operations, including backups, recovery, maintenance plans, user management, and capacity monitoring
Monitor and tune database performance using optimization techniques and tools (e.g. AWR, queries, workload analysis)
Enforce database security and access controls across all environments
Collaborate with development and application support teams on design, optimization, and issue resolution
Contribute to infrastructure capacity planning, configuration management, and database recommendations
Support high‑availability, clustering, load‑balancing, and shared‑storage configurations
Manage system resources (CPU, memory, I/O) to ensure performance and stability
Follow incident, problem, change, and service management processes
Produce utilization, headroom, and performance reports
Work with Project Managers to identify risks, issues, and mitigation plans
Evaluate software, licensing, and new platform solutions
Your skills, experience, and qualifications
2+ years of experience administering SQL Server in production environments
Strong knowledge of SQL Server High Availability (HA)
Certified SQL Server DBA (or equivalent experience)
Experience with Oracle environments, including single‑node clusters with ASM
Hands‑on experience with AWS / EC2 or cloud‑hosted database platforms
Strong Linux / Unix operational skills
Experience with Bash / Ksh scripting for automation and troubleshooting
Working knowledge of PL/SQL and/or T‑SQL for database task automation
Comfortable working in 24/7 operational teams with escalation and on‑call responsibilities
Strong communication skills and customer‑focused mindset
Reliable, professional, and motivated to grow within cloud and managed services operations
Fluency in English (minimum B2)
Pursuant to Italian Law (L.68/99), candidates registered on the disability list will be given priority. Only candidates meeting the selection criteria will be contacted. Please apply only if you currently hold full legal right to work in Italy.
