Senior Oracle Automation Platform Engineer

Avaloq

Bioggio

Hybrid

CHF 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Avaloq invites a Senior Database Platform Engineer to join our team in Switzerland. You will transform Oracle database operations into a fully automated, secure, and scalable platform within an agile delivery team.

The role focuses on automation across the database lifecycle and implementing auditable, resilient services. Responsibilities include building automated workflows, GitOps configuration management, DR automation, and maintaining immutable OS/Oracle Home images.

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 installation, patching, upgrades, Oracle Home and parameter management, Data Guard, RMAN, backup and recovery, TDE, cloning, refreshes, and performance troubleshooting.
Proven experience in automation using Ansible, Terraform or OpenTofu, Git, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting in Python and Shell. You have successfully replaced manual operational processes with code.
Solid understanding of public cloud platforms, preferably OCI, as well as Linux, storage, networking, secrets management, and container technologies such as Kubernetes.
Experience working in regulated and security-conscious environments with strong knowledge of auditability, segregation of duties, vulnerability management, and patch management. Experience within financial services is considered an advantage.
Strong engineering mindset focused on automation, infrastructure as code, reliability, and continuous improvement.
Effective communication skills in English and the ability to collaborate within international, agile, and distributed teams. German and/or Italian are considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Automate the complete Oracle database lifecycle with Terraform, Ansible, and scripting.
Develop automation that provisions databases to Avaloq standards and post-clone config.
Deliver and operate automated workflows for day-to-day database operations.
Manage database configuration and parameters through GitOps with full auditability.
Build backup, recovery, and DR automation including Data Guard Broker switchovers.
Maintain OS and Oracle Home images to reduce configuration drift.
Automate large-scale database refreshes across ACP and non-ACP environments.
Manage database security including TDE, secrets management, and privileged access controls.
Contribute code, peer reviews, CI/CD, and collaborate with Cloud Architects, Platform Engineers, Service Operations, Software Architects, and operational DBAs.