Position title : Database Platform Lead — Database Site Reliability Engineering (Oracle & MSSQL)
Experience: 15+ years hands-on database engineering at enterprise scale
Essential Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 18+ years in information technology, including 15+ years hands-on with enterprise database platforms in a large organisation — banking or financial services strongly preferred.
- Deep administration and architecture expertise across Oracle (RAC, Data Guard, OEM), MSSQL (Always On) and PostgreSQL; exposure to CockroachDB, Cassandra, Neptune or equivalents.
- Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud — AWS, Azure or GCP.
- Strong scripting and automation: Python, Ansible, SQL, Shell/Perl.
- Unix/Linux system administration, with a working understanding of underlying network and storage technologies; proficiency across Linux/Unix and Windows.
- IT security compliance experience, including implementation and use of security protocols (SSL, server certificates).
- DevOps and CI/CD pipeline experience using Jenkins or equivalent, with GitHub-based source control.
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform — writing, testing and deploying clean, reusable modules.
- Support services and change management via ServiceNow.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting capability; excellent written and verbal communication with internal customers and team members.
Desirable
- Certification in a public cloud platform and in database products.
- Prior experience leading a database modernisation programme toward a lakehouse or modern data platform target state.