Oracle Expert Engineer

About the role

ING is looking for an Oracle Expert Engineer to join the Oracle Expert Team within its Cross Product Services unit. The team designs, implements, manages, optimizes and supports Oracle-based systems so that databases and applications remain reliable, secure and aligned with business goals. You will work closely with internationally diverse squads in ING's Agile organization.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment and guide the design and implementation of database configurations.
• Support automation initiatives with modern scripting and programming, and manage and expand reliable database solutions.
• Ensure the security and performance of critical banking systems and advise squads on resource usage, lifecycle management and capacity planning.
• Help squads with performance optimization and SQL tuning, and identify and mitigate risks to reduce incidents and outages.
• Organize knowledge-sharing sessions, conduct reliability interviews with Asset Owners, establish best practices and coordinate strategic projects with other IT teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• At least 8 years of experience in complex IT environments with extensive knowledge of Oracle database architecture, performance tuning and data management (OCP/OCM certification or equivalent).
• Experience with Oracle Exadata and Multitenant architecture, and with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills.

Required skills

• PL/SQL
• ELK Stack, Grafana and Prometheus for monitoring and alerting
• Ansible, Korn/Bash shell and Python for scripting and automation
• Git, Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines for continuous delivery

What we offer

• 25-28 vacation days depending on contract, pension scheme, 13th-month salary and 8% holiday payment.
• Hybrid working.
• Personal growth and an informal working environment with innovative colleagues.