Orrville, OH, USA
7 days ago
Lead Engineer, IS Database Services

Your Opportunity as the Lead Engineer, IS Database Services

You will be responsible for supporting our organization’s ongoing transition to, and future support of, the next generation ERP/Finance platform in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).  During that transition, supporting our existing on-prem enterprise Oracle EBS application/database stack will also be part of this role.  You will engineer and architect highly available and scalable database solutions to maximize business competitiveness.  You will also work collaboratively with team members to ensure overall database health (On-prem and Cloud) and compliance across our enterprise database footprint.

Location: Orrville, OH (Close proximity to Cleveland/Akron)

Work Arrangements: Hybrid ~30% in office presence  

In this role you will:

ERP/Finance Platform Support

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) support for EPM, ERP, and IAM

Migration support from on-prem Oracle EBS to OCI EPM/ERP

Oracle Applications DBA for Financials (GL, Fixed Assets, AR, AP) and EAM, including performance management, debugging and diagnostics, workflows, and concurrent manager administration

Database Engineering & Support

Architect public/private/hybrid cloud/on-prem database solutions to meet business needs, following industry and company best practices

Lead evaluation and proof of concept (POC) initiatives for new technologies and platforms

Leverage “infrastructure as code” principles and automation of tasks for consistency, efficiency, and supportability and lead team towards best practices

Collaborate with team members on administration tasks such as backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, installation, configuration, monitoring, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and effective incident resolution

Create and maintain technical documentation and procedures following department standards

Provide 24x7 production database support on a rotating basis

Build team capabilities through mentoring, training, and shared learning resources

Ensure technology stack and processes are optimized for availability and performance

Assist team members with physical database design, advanced tuning, automation, and other advanced concepts

Under minimal guidance, lead projects and resource management, while supporting Infrastructure solutions that meet business needs 

Security, standards, continuity, and audit controls

Ensure database security frameworks are aligned with IS Corporate Security program/policies

Document database design and operational standards

Execute and enforce security/auditing policies and controls

Promote awareness of security best practices

Ensure data integrity and recoverability

Ensure business continuity through disaster recovery testing and documentation

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

6+ years of Oracle data technologies experience

3+ years of EBS Applications DBA

3+ years of Oracle Cloud experience, including EPM/ERP/IAM

1+ year of Cloud Database technologies experience with knowledge of at least one major database cloud provider (Azure, AWS, Oracle)

Experience with automation, scripting and orchestration tools and advanced tuning methods

Oracle database tuning and execution plan management

Knowledge of Cloud Active Directory authentication

Experience managing multi-tiered enterprise application architectures

Understanding of Intranet and Extranet Architecture and F5/Load Balancing concepts

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Capability to solve unique and complex problems through critical thinking

Strong mentoring and coaching ability

Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

Ability to build/maintain strong relationships and effectively partner with peers

Understands and adapts to new or changing situations, requirements, or priorities

Customer service mindset

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

APEX administration & support experience

Vertex experience

WebLogic and Apache administration experience

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