Senior Expert Database Engineer

Essential functions

1. Responsible for the planning, initiation and implementation of projects for the consolidation, optimization and redesign of the existing hardware and software architectures and evaluation and introduction of new database technologies / features
2. Coordinates and manages ext. service providers proffesionally and works in teams with internal customers & external suppliers
3. Optmising processes in and outside of IT
4. Supports project managers and architects in planning and implementation with his specialist knowledge with regard to a smooth transfer of operations. Makes operational decisions for the databases with regard to their operational optimization and availability
5. Optimises the End to End chain regarding Automation of DB deployments, incl. tool verification in the meaning of CI/CD
6. Reviews new/needed standard DB functions and features and start them up into production / operation
7. Analyse new DB types and their commitment in the public cloud (e.g. AWS)
8. Engineers database solutions for local and global DBA parties (monitoring, masking and automation tools and features)
9. Is responsible for the technical guidance of co-wokers and supporting of less experienced colleagues
10. Interface to developers, application teams, production, management
11. Reports to Head of Department level and in in project steering boards
12. Presentation of contents to the Upper Mgmt, All-Hands etc.
13. Supports the project manager in T as part of the requirements analysis, during the implementation phase as well as during the IT production launch
14. Advises and supports departments in projects
15. Coordinates with the suppliers or manufacturers on his DB technologies and controls them accordingly.
16. Internal CI/CD teams and groups

Required key skills

1. Fluent in spoken and written English
2. Experience in intercultural communication
3. Knowledge of IT architectures as well as IT service management processes (ITIL) and business processes (PPM, internal order and communication processes, etc.)
4. Knowledge of dealing with complex technical issues and for solving problems as well as preparing information that is appropriate for the addressee
5. Independent customer and service-oriented way of working, diplomatic skills, high stress resistance and above-average commitment, paired with pronounced communicative and rhetorical skills as well as determination and responsibility
6. Experience in negotiations and in dealing with customers and suppliers

Qualifications

1. Completed technical or industrial engineering degree or longitme experience in the field of IT infrastructure and data center, IT operation, IT engineering.
2. Several years of professional experience in IT, preferably in IT consulting, IT architecture environment, database solution engineering
3. Several years of project experience (e.g. conception of standardized DB environments, migration projects, introduction of new software, etc.)
4. Several years of experience in the cooperation and controling of external business and solution partners
5. Good knowledge of the technologies and products used in large, heterogeneous IT infrastructures and the services they provide
6. Comprehensive process and IT-TK know-how
7. Good knowledge in server and client hardware, operating systems, databases and standard applications (ERP, CRM, billing)
8. Pronounced analytical, solution-oriented and entrepreneurial thinking and acting as well as technical know-how in the field of application
9. Good ITIL knowledge
10. Good technical knowledge of the following products in large heterogeneous IT infrastructures (Oracle databases, Informix, MS SQL, MySQL, Teradata)
11. Certifications for various database technologies (e.g. Oracle Certified Professional)