Exadata Architect – Hybrid (Amsterdam)

Cognizant; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Udemy and Cognizant Academy access

Technology-driven environment

International work environment

Job summary

Cognizant, Amsterdam-based, is seeking an Oracle Exadata Architect to design, deploy, migrate, and govern large Exadata platforms with strong HA, security, and performance focus. You will collaborate across infrastructure, network, security, and applications to deliver end-to-end solutions for mission-critical environments.

You will lead deployment, modernization, and capacity planning while guiding teams through migrations from on-prem to ExaCC and implementing proactive monitoring with OEM/OCI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• 5+ years of Oracle Exadata administration/architecture experience.
• Hands-on experience with Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC).
• Expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, RMAN, and OEM.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Linux, OCI, and Exadata patching/upgrade activities.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement Oracle Exadata and Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) solutions for enterprise workloads.
• Lead Exadata/ExaCC deployment, onboarding, commissioning, and platform lifecycle management.
• Develop architecture, sizing, capacity planning, and infrastructure modernization strategies.
• Lead migration and consolidation initiatives from on-premises and legacy database platforms to ExaCC.
• Design and implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions using Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and Exadata best practices.
• Manage Exadata and ExaCC patching, upgrades, release updates (RU), and technology refresh activities.
• Perform performance assessment, capacity forecasting, workload balancing, and database optimization.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of critical Exadata infrastructure, storage, RAC, and database issues.
• Drive incident, problem, change, availability, and service continuity management for mission-critical platforms.
• Implement proactive monitoring, observability, logging, and operational dashboards using OEM and OCI services.
• Automate operational processes using Shell Scripting, Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Collaborate with Oracle Support, infrastructure, network, security, and application teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Establish operational standards, governance processes, and engineering best practices across Exadata environments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, solution reviews, and guidance to DBA and Cloud operations teams.
• Support customer engagements, architecture reviews, assessments, RFP responses, and transformation initiatives.

Skills

Oracle Exadata

Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC)

Oracle RAC

ASM

Data Guard

RMAN

OEM

Oracle Linux

OCI

Shell scripting

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Shell scripting

Python

Job description

Cognizant, Amsterdam-based, is seeking an Oracle Exadata Architect to design, deploy, migrate, and govern large Exadata platforms with strong HA, security, and performance focus. You will collaborate across infrastructure, network, security, and applications to deliver end-to-end solutions for mission-critical environments.

You will lead deployment, modernization, and capacity planning while guiding teams through migrations from on-prem to ExaCC and implementing proactive monitoring with OEM/OCI.