Senior Oracle Automation Platform Engineer

Avaloq Group; Bioggio; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Avaloq is seeking a Senior Database Platform Engineer in Switzerland to transform Oracle database operations into a fully automated, secure, and scalable platform. You will work in an agile team to design and maintain automation across the database lifecycle, ensuring auditable and reliable services.

You will implement automated workflows for provisioning, backups, DR testing, and platform standardization using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting, while collaborating with Cloud Architects,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA or Database Engineer in a production, mission-critical environment.
• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable field.
• Strong hands-on Oracle expertise, including Data Guard, RMAN, backup and recovery, TDE, cloning, refreshes, and performance troubleshooting.
• Automation experience using Ansible, Terraform or OpenTofu, Git, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting in Python and Shell.
• Solid understanding of OCI and Linux, storage, networking, and container technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Experience in regulated environments with auditability, vulnerability and patch management in financial services is advantageous.
• English communication; German and/or Italian are assets.

Responsibilities

• Automate the complete Oracle database lifecycle including provisioning, cloning, refresh, reconfiguration, backup, restore, and decommissioning using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting.
• Develop automation to provision databases to Avaloq standards and perform post-clone configuration without manual intervention.
• Deliver and operate automated workflows for day-to-day database operations, including restart, resize, housekeeping, parameter changes, and incident recovery actions.
• Manage database configuration and parameters through GitOps with full version control, traceability, and auditability.
• Build and enhance backup, recovery and DR automation including Data Guard Broker switchovers and DR testing.
• Maintain immutable infrastructure through OS and Oracle Home images to reduce drift and maintenance.
• Automate large-scale database refreshes across ACP and non-ACP environments and support development, testing, and support teams.
• Oversee TDE key lifecycle, secrets management, and privileged access controls for encryption at rest.
• Contribute code, participate in peer reviews, run CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with Cloud Architects, Platform Engineers, Service Operations, Software Architects, and operational DBAs.

Skills

Oracle DBA

Automation

CI/CD

Python

Shell

Git

GitOps

Terraform

Ansible

OpenTofu

Kubernetes

Education

University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OpenTofu

Git

Job description

Avaloq is seeking a Senior Database Platform Engineer in Switzerland to transform Oracle database operations into a fully automated, secure, and scalable platform. You will work in an agile team to design and maintain automation across the database lifecycle, ensuring auditable and reliable services.

You will implement automated workflows for provisioning, backups, DR testing, and platform standardization using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting, while collaborating with Cloud Architects,