Database Platform Expert

Sanofi; España; On-site; EUR 44,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefit programs

Job summary

Sanofi seeks a Database Platform Expert to architect and manage diverse database platforms, focusing on Oracle, PostgreSQL, and cloud databases. You will drive reliability, scalability, and performance while adopting best practices and emerging tech. You will communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You will contribute to security, scaling, automation, monitoring, and knowledge sharing across the team in a highly visible role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
• Oracle certification mandatory; PostgreSQL and cloud DB certs preferred.
• DevOps certs in Terraform/Ansible; GitHub experience preferable.
• 7+ years of database administration with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and cloud DBs.
• 2+ years hands-on with AWS/Azure cloud DB services.

Responsibilities

• Security and Compliance: implement robust security measures and access controls.
• Scalability and Availability: design for replication, clustering, and high availability.
• Automation and DevOps: automate provisioning, configuration, and maintenance; embrace IaC and containers.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting: implement monitoring, alerts, and incident response.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: maintain DB configurations and best practices; mentor juniors.
• Stay Current: track trends and recommend new tools/tech

Skills

Database design

Performance tuning

Security

SQL

Python

PowerShell

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in CS/IT

Oracle certification mandatory

PostgreSQL certification preferred

DevOps cert: Terraform/Ansible

GitHub experience

7+ years database administration

2+ years cloud DB services (AWS/Azure)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Location

Barcelona

About the Team

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We're also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Our mission is to enable Sanofi's Digital Transformation through becoming an AI-first organization. We are a globally distributed team, comprising skilled architects and database experts located in Europe (France and Germany), India (Hyderabad), and the United States (Boston and New Jersey). Our team manages and oversees more than 10,000 database instances across four major technologies at Sanofi.

#LI-Hybrid #BarcelonaHub #SanofiHubs Pursue progress, discover extraordinaryBetter is out there.Better medications, better outcomes, better science.But progress doesn't happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen.So, let's be those people.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Role Summary

As a Database Platform Expert, you will be responsible for architecting database solutions across diverse platforms, utilizing a range of technologies — primarily Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Cloud databases. This is an individual contributor role focused on the planning, design, implementation, and management of complex database platforms. You will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our database infrastructure while staying at the forefront of industry best practices and emerging technologies. This role is highly visible. You will be a key contributor to how we modernize our platforms and change how we think about the solutions we apply. To be successful, you must have a deep understanding of various database technology capabilities and enterprise data and application patterns and principles. You must be comfortable driving technical ideas and communicating with both technical and non-technical individuals across the organization.

Main Responsibilities

• Security and Compliance
  • Implement robust security measures and access controls to safeguard sensitive data.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
  • Actively participate in security audits and assessments.
• Scalability and Availability
  • Design and implement strategies for database scalability, replication, and clustering to support growing data volumes and high availability requirements.
  • Develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Automation and DevOps
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate database provisioning, configuration, and maintenance tasks.
  • Promote the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and containerization technologies for database deployments.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting
  • Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and address database issues.
  • Lead troubleshooting efforts during incidents to minimize downtime and data loss.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing
  • Maintain detailed documentation of database configurations, procedures, and best practices.
  • Share knowledge and provide mentorship to junior team members.
• Stay Current
  • Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging database technologies, and best practices.
  • Evaluate and recommend new tools or technologies that can enhance the database platform's capabilities.

About You

• Education / Work Experience
  • Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Extensive Certification in Oracle is mandatory; certification on other database technologies is preferred (e.G., PostgreSQL and cloud-based databases).
  • Certification in DevOps coding: Terraform, Ansible, and experience with GitHub is preferable.
  • 7+ years of extensive experience in database administration, with expertise in multiple database technologies (e.G., Oracle, PostgreSQL, and cloud-based databases).
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-based database services (e.G., AWS, Azure Oracle/PostgreSQL databases).

Required Skills

• Proficiency in database design, performance tuning, and security.
• Strong scripting and automation coding skills (e.G., SQL, Python, PowerShell).
• Significant experience with DevOps practices and tools (e.G., Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with change control, incident/problem management, CMDB configuration, validation and qualification process (GxP), troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

Minimum Preferred

• Strong regulatory experience (GxP, Sarbanes-Oxley, French Data Protection Act (FDPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)).
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, engaging peers and other departments to accomplish assigned goals and effectively manage projects in a cross-functional environment.

Languages

Fluency in English is mandatory.

Benefits

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.

Salary

The salary range for this position is :43,600.00- 65,400.00. Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. xqysrnh

Summary

Location: Barcelona
Type: Full time