Database Operations Specialist

The client is a global technology company that touches nearly every aspect of travel. Their innovative software enables more than a billion people around the world to plan, book and experience their travel at a time and price that is right for them. By delivering the technology behind travel, the client is working magic behind the scenes every day to make the world a better place, one journey at a time.

Team located in Krakow is responsible for acquisition and exposure of DB content for all core products: availability, shopping, booking, and fulfillment of flight connections and tickets.

• Onboarding of Supplier DBA Advanced Support team (Final Support Tier)
• Environment access for Ops/ Advanced Support team verified & IAM roles defined
• Understanding of ticket assignment Process and Lifecycle
• Identify current toolset configuration and CI's
• Gather and Validate reporting requirements
• Incident, Problem and Change Management Process study
• Perform DBA roles and responsibilities
• Track and manage complete ticket management life cycle using ITSM tools (SNOW)
• Create documentation and update knowledge repository for known issues.
• Analyze and Diagnose OEM reports and identify the challenges with the system stability.

• MUST BE STRONG IN ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

• Proficient in day to day DB maintenance activities.

• Installation of Oracle Software and Databases.
• Good understanding of Oracle Grid, Clusterware and ASM.
• Upgrading and Patching Oracle software and databases. Apply PSU and one offs on RAC databases.
• Deployment of disaster recovery plans using Data Guard(Logical/Physical).
• Setup replication using Golden Gate.
• Data movement using expdb/impdp
• Backup and recovery
• Experience in DB migrations to cloud or on prem data centers.
• Good understanding of ITSM concepts.
• Ability to technically lead projects and proven experience in doing complex and critical database migrations/upgrades
• Work independently and as well working extremely well with other teams and the customer on a daily basis
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Lead DB migration projects from on prem to cloud or other on prem data center.
• Excellent analysis, debugging and troubleshooting skills, and persistence in problem solving.
• Expert in identifying root cause of the performance issues and providing resolution across all area of database and infrastructure.
• Ability to engage in technical problem solving across multiple technologies.
• Ability to work with business, architecture, development and technical teams to manage and provide regular solutions for infrastructure stability.

MUST BE STRONG IN ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN ORACLE 19C AND UNDERSTANDING OF COUCHBASE (DISTRIBUTED MULTI-MODEL NOSQL DOCUMENT ORIENTED DATABASE

• 10+ years of experience with 24x7 Production and development databases.
• BS/BA or MS/MA in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related disciplines preferred, or equivalent years of experience
• Database admin at mission critical web-service company with high availability.
• Min 8 yrs experience in Oracle with expertise in Oracle RAC Databases.
• 6-8 yrs experience of Golden Gate and Data Guard(logical/Physical).
• 5 yrs Experience in DB migration to cloud or on prem data centers.
• 3-5 yrs experience in Cloud database technologies(AWS, Oracle, Google)

• Other RDBMS technologies Couchbase, MySQL, MS Sql, Informix preferred.
• Good to have cloud certification (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• DBA certification required

• Competitive salary
• Luxoft Training Center
• Access to e-learning Library
• Individual development plans
• Long-term cooperation with possibility to gain experience in different projects and technologies
• A significant number of professional communities (Agile Community, Tech Community, Business Analysis Community, etc.)

• Group Life Insurance
• Private healthcare insurance – LuxMed. Unlimited access to specialist consultations with Dental Care included
• Medical costs reimbursement for employees (up to certain amount per quarter)
• Travel Insurance
• Benefit Program - Cafeteria and Multisport Card

• Various communities (sport, recreation activities, trips, board games, cultural and educational activities)
• Discounts program for employees – BeLux (banking offer, car leasing offer and cafeteria program discount)
• Convenient locations in a modern offices with game rooms
• Multinational projects for clients all over the world