Oracle Data Platform Engineer: Scale & Automation

Bloomberg L.P.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg L.P. in Dublin is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to own and evolve the Oracle-based data platform for DL+ workloads within the Engineering and CTO area.

You will drive availability, performance, capacity, and automation across on‑prem and hybrid environments, while also contributing to PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch or Solr platforms. The role emphasizes platform engineering, self‑service tooling, and end-to-end lifecycle management, with a focus on reliability, security, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on Oracle production experience in critical environments.
• Oracle architecture and lifecycle knowledge: HA, backup/recovery, patching, upgrades, capacity.
• Production experience with PostgreSQL or Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Solr.
• Strong Linux (RHEL) fundamentals for storage, networking, I/O.
• Python or Bash with automation using Ansible/Terraform.
• Git-based change control, CI/CD, monitoring and ops documentation.
• Reliability and customer mindset: incident response and RCAs.

Responsibilities

• Own the Oracle platform lifecycle across on‑prem and hybrid environments.
• Diagnose and resolve database performance issues across the stack.
• Build resilience: backup, restore, replication, HA, DR capabilities.
• Automate provisioning, access, maintenance, validation and recovery.
• Support PostgreSQL/Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Solr platforms alongside Oracle.
• Lead migrations, upgrades, schema moves, data movement with rollback plans.
• Instrument service with dashboards, alerts, baselines and SLOs.
• Lead incidents and root-cause analyses with cross‑team collaboration.

Skills

Oracle databases

Linux (RHEL)

Python/Bash scripting

Git-based change control

CI/CD tooling

Incident response & RCA

Reliability mindset

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Git

CI/CD platforms

Job description

Bloomberg L.P. in Dublin is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to own and evolve the Oracle-based data platform for DL+ workloads within the Engineering and CTO area.

You will drive availability, performance, capacity, and automation across on‑prem and hybrid environments, while also contributing to PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch or Solr platforms. The role emphasizes platform engineering, self‑service tooling, and end-to-end lifecycle management, with a focus on reliability, security, and