Senior Database Engineer

Senior Database Engineer

Our client is a major Swiss infrastructure and services organization operating critical large-scale systems that require very high availability strong security standards and continuous technical excellence. To strengthen its IT operations team we are looking for a Senior Database Engineer.

This position requires German fluency.

Your responsibilities

• You are responsible for the design engineering and operation of central data platforms such as MS SQL Server MariaDB and Oracle including monitoring
  
• You specify system architectures and software solutions and define the technical resources required for them
  
• You lead projects and ongoing developments including technical lifecycle initiatives ensuring successful delivery in terms of quality time and budget
  
• You advise and support internal stakeholders on technical questions related to the organizations services particularly on architecture security performance and operational matters
  
• With your open honest and empathetic approach you contribute to the development of the team
  
• As part of the team you take part in on-call duty for the platforms and together with external operating partners ensure quality security and availability

Requirements

• A degree (university of applied sciences or higher) in computer science systems engineering or an equivalent qualification
  
• Solid expertise in building operating and developing highly available MS SQL configurations (AlwaysOn) with experience in performance tuning security upgrades and disaster recovery
  
• Scripting experience with T-SQL and PowerShell; experience with MySQL/MariaDB/Oracle is an advantage
  
• Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instances
  
• Openness to also supporting integration topics (streaming with Kafka / IBM webMethods ESB)
  
• Fluent in German