Responsibilities:
YOU will be involved in the following tasks:
- Responsible for delivery of services for databases and SAP eco-system applications
- Leading a team consisting of internal resources and managed services
- Responsible for the daily operation and performance of Server instances in both on-prem and Cloud environments
- Delivery of projects and support of Application Lifecycle Management activities.
- Experience leading DB Teams on a global scale.
- Experience working with 3rd party vendors.
- Installation and configuration of database server instances, according to company standards and best practices
- Troubleshoot database server service outages as they occur, including after-hours and weekends
- Monitor database servers for required maintenance, including database backup and disaster recovery, database version lifecycles and patching
- Review and execute database change scripts provided by third party vendors and application development teams, providing guidance and modifications as needed
- Follow standard ITIL and DevOps processes for Incident and Change Management
- Review and maintain proper database security, applying least privilege model
- Monitor and troubleshoot database performance utilizing best practices for optimizing hardware, O/S and instance configuration, and database architecture design
- Create and maintain database inventory information
Qualifications:
What YOU will bring to the team:
- Candidate must possess strong technical skills and experience with Server (8-10 years' experience)
- Experience with License Management
- Experience working on DBs based on Hypervisor such as Azure environment
- Capability to work with project managers and service delivery owners, and development teams to help design and document support processes.
- Candidate must be able to communicate effectively, while working in a team environment.
- Excellent written, verbal and communication skills are required.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook are part of this requirement.
- Candidate must understand ITIL and DevOps change management processes.
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- Desirable Skills:
- Experience with Service Now
- Experience with DB as a service
- Experience with Oracle RDBMS (preferably versions 11 - 19c)
- Ability to travel 10%
- Candidate must have technical experience with PowerShell or similar scripting language for automating database maintenance activities.
- Microsoft Azure experience, certification preferred.