DATAGROUP

Database Administrator – Microsoft SQL

DATAGROUP

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Mainz • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

SQL

About the role

  • Gathering and analyzing technical customer requirements in existing or new environments
  • Installing, integrating and migrating large IT and database systems based on customer requirements
  • Operating, optimizing and further developing customer-side database solutions
  • Ensuring smooth operation including troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and backup and recovery
  • Operating the customer’s Windows Server environment as the underlying platform for the database
  • Example projects in this area may include: operating the SQL database infrastructure for a federal authority, designing and implementing a highly available database solution for an international logistics provider

Requirements

  • Successfully completed training in an IT-related field or a degree in computer science
  • Experience in planning and implementing projects in the database domain, primarily with Microsoft SQL environments
  • Deep knowledge of administering Microsoft SQL databases and cluster architectures
  • Practical experience working with adjacent Microsoft infrastructures, in particular administering large Windows Server environments supporting SQL
  • Ideally certified with vendor certifications in Microsoft databases
  • Ideally holder of a Federal Republic of Germany security clearance at level 2 (SÜ2)
Benefits
  • Work–life balance: flexible working hours and mobile work for optimal reconciliation of work and private life
  • Paid time off: 30 days of annual leave and additional days off on 24/12 and 31/12/2025
  • Competitive compensation: annual salary and bonus review, employer-funded company pension plan
  • Efficient collaboration: flat hierarchies with an informal, first-name culture and short decision-making paths
  • Latest hardware: MacBook or Windows laptop and an iPhone with dual SIM
  • Job security: permanent employment contract in a future-oriented IT company
  • Career & development: individual support through our career path model, curated training catalog and regular development meetings
  • Mobility: company car for private use — electric vehicle option available
  • Modern work environment: state-of-the-art offices with ergonomic equipment in a central location with direct connections to bus and rail
  • Parking: free parking spaces in the immediate vicinity
  • Bike leasing (JobRad): subsidy for the lease payments
  • Team & events: Mainz 05 stadium experience, summer party, bowling, online quiz & more

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Hard skills
database administrationMicrosoft SQLWindows Serverroot-cause analysisbackup and recoverydatabase migrationdatabase optimizationcluster architecturestroubleshootingtechnical requirements analysis
Certifications
Microsoft vendor certificationsFederal Republic of Germany security clearance level 2 (SÜ2)