Senior Database Engineer (Oracle/PostgreSQL), 80–100 %

Two.jobs GmbH; Luzern; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

41-hour week

Home office up to some days

Pension fund

Job summary

CONCORDIA in Lucerne seeks a Senior Database Engineer (Oracle/PostgreSQL) to drive stable operation and ongoing development of our database platform. You will co-own migrations from Oracle to PostgreSQL and scale the data warehouse in Azure, while contributing to automation, monitoring, and reliability improvements.

Join a team of DBAs and Linux Engineers with regular vendor events and opportunities for growth. Fluency in German and strong English documentation are expected.

Qualifications

• Several years of operation and engineering of Oracle or PostgreSQL databases.
• Interest in modern platforms and cloud technologies.
• Experience in automation (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible) and improving processes.
• Structured, self-driven work style with high quality standards.
• German language skills and confident technical English documentation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure stable operation and engineering of Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
• Migrate Oracle databases to PostgreSQL and expand platforms in Azure Cloud.
• Support automation, scripting, monitoring, and logging.
• Develop infrastructure as code and reproducible deployments with tooling like Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD.

Skills

Database engineering

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Automation

Python

Bash

German language

English understanding

Education

IT education or comparable experience

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD

Azure

Job description

Senior Database Engineer (Oracle/PostgreSQL), 80-100 %

Become part of an experienced team that designs and operates a modern, scalable database and infrastructure platform together. With us, you take on responsibility, shape architectural decisions, and contribute your own ideas.

This is what you can expect

You are jointly responsible with the team for the stable operation, engineering, and further development of our Oracle and PostgreSQL database platform both in daily business and in projects and releases.

You work on the further development of our database and data warehouse platforms, on the migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL, and on the expansion of our database platforms in the Azure Cloud.

You support the team in automation, performance analysis, scripting, monitoring, and logging.

Infrastructure as Code is an integral part of our working method: You actively develop our automation and infrastructure standards. Together, we advance topics such as declarative infrastructure, versioned changes, and reproducible deployments - with tools like Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.

You support the further development of our data warehouse with GoldenGate and DataHub and contribute to further automating manual processes.

Exchange and development are important to us: You have regular opportunities to attend user groups and vendor events.

You can expect a strong team: 3 other DBAs and 8 Linux Engineers work together with close technical exchange and short decision-making paths.

We speak Swiss German & German and are in the office in Lucerne at least 3 days a week.

You work in a self-organized environment with a lot of creative freedom, flexibility, personal responsibility, and trust.

This is what you bring

Several years of experience in the operation and engineering of Oracle or PostgreSQL databases.

Enthusiasm for modern platform and cloud technologies.

Experience in automation (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible) and a passion for sustainably improving things.

A structured, self-responsible working style, quick comprehension, and a high quality standard.

Analytical thinking, conceptual strength, and a solution-oriented approach.

IT education or comparable professional experience.

Very good German skills (company language) as well as the ability to understand English documentation confidently.

Nice to have / Your development potential

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and declarative systems.
• Automation with Ansible Automation Platform, GitHub Actions, or Chef.
• Infrastructure provisioning with Terraform (On-Prem & Azure).

That's why CONCORDIA

As an expert in health, CONCORDIA is committed to a work environment where employees feel comfortable and can realize themselves. It is characterized by varied tasks, diverse teams, and a family-like atmosphere. In addition, we motivate our employees to develop further and advance. People who enjoy their work and want to progress professionally will find what they are looking for with us: jobs that are 100% healthy.

Your benefits

Working hours

You have a 41-hour week and can work part-time or flexibly. For selected activities, you can regularly work from home.

Family-friendly

Full salary during 14 weeks of maternity leave. Additional contributions to child and education allowances. Up to 90% coverage of costs for external childcare.

Training and further education

CONCORDIA supports internal and external training. We accompany you individually in your career planning.

Pension fund

We offer you an extremely attractive, secure pension fund with above-average employer contributions and generous benefits.

Appreciation

In the CONCORDIA family, you experience appreciation and team spirit.

Insurances

CONCORDIA covers the salary deductions for income loss insurances (sickness and accident) and insures you generously.

Awarded by the employees

In 2016 and 2018, CONCORDIA excelled at the Swiss Employer Award with outstanding results. In 2020, we even took first place in the category for large companies with more than 1000 employees, and in 2022 we were awarded second place. Even in 2025, we can rightly say that we are among the very best employers in Switzerland.

Your next step

Do you have further questions about this position? Jan Madera, Team Leader System Engineering, phone [phone], is happy to assist you. Christoph looks forward to your application.

Do you have further questions about this position?

Jan Madera, Team Leader System Engineering, phone [phone], is happy to assist you.

Christoph looks forward to your application.

Christoph von Moos

HR Consultant