Senior Oracle Database Administrator (m/f/diverse)

The company

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so are we. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and we are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise.

As part of this strategy, Commerzbank continues the expansion of its Digital Technology Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. We need motivated people who will join us on this journey and we are looking for a Senior Oracle Database Administrator in our Data Center Base Infrastructure team.

As a Senior Oracle Database Administrator, you will be a part of a growing international team based in Sofia DTC Center mainly supporting Oracle database on Google cloud and on-premise Exadata engineered or other x86 systems. We are seeking candidates with wide range of expertise and skills in Oracle database field such as day-to-day administration, performance tuning, monitoring, Backup/restore, RAC, Dataguard HA and PLSQL programming know-how. You will be mentoring other database administrators sharing your expertise and work in a big database team. Overlapping skills with MS-SQL databases is an add on. You shall be ready to work in Shift support model to support US databases and perform On-Call support.

Your tasks:

• Supporting database administration, with a primary focus on Oracle databases running on Google Cloud, on-premises x86 Linux systems, and Exadata engineered systems;
• Performing database maintenance, housekeeping, and troubleshooting;
• Identifying and resolving database performance issues by tuning SQL queries, optimizing indexes, and implementing necessary database changes;
• Managing database-related incidents, problems, and changes in collaboration with other technical teams;
• Providing operational support, including capacity planning, system performance analysis, and resource-utilization monitoring;
• Developing and maintaining documentation for database-administration procedures, configurations, and troubleshooting steps;
• Installing, configuring, migrating, upgrading, and patching database systems throughout their lifecycle;
• Conducting continuous monitoring and proactively managing database systems to ensure high availability and performance;
• Supporting database backup and recovery activities and ensuring appropriate backup strategies and disaster-recovery plans are in place;
• Developing SQL/PLSQL database programs, including packages, procedures, and functions;
• Applying Unix, PHP, Python, and shell-scripting knowledge;
• Participating in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability and timely response to critical incidents;
• Implementing and maintaining Oracle Data Guard for disaster recovery and high availability;
• Ensuring compliance with data-protection regulations.

Your Profile:

• Having at least five years of experience in Oracle database administration, preferably within large enterprise environments;
• Demonstrating strong knowledge of Oracle database backup, recovery, monitoring, and high-availability solutions;
• Possessing hands-on experience with Oracle Data Guard and disaster-recovery procedures;
• Applying strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to diagnose database, SQL, and performance-related issues;
• Collaborating effectively with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and vendor support teams;
• Managing support tickets and escalating complex technical issues to Oracle or other vendors when required;
• Being willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and respond to critical production incidents;
• Communicating technical issues, risks, and solutions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders;

In return, we offer:

• Good work-life balance, including 25 days annual paid leave (increasing with 1 day per year up to 31 in total), flexible working hours, work from abroad and work-from-home opportunities;
• Luxury package of additional health and dental insurance;
• Food vouchers in the amount of EUR 80 monthly;
• 6 additional annual days off for exceptional circumstances;
• Employee assistance program for psychological, financial and legal consultations;
• Multisport card;
• Annual contribution of EUR 153.39 net per child for a summer camp/school/kindergarten for children up to age of 15;
• Possibilities for building career-advancing skills by covering training/certification courses and conferences based on individual learning and development needs, access to an online learning platform;
• Opportunities for long-term professional development in a stable, 150-year-old company while contributing to the vision of a new, just starting Digital Technology Center;
• Friendly and supportive multicultural environment, open to new opinions and ideas.

Commerzbank is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, or any other characteristics.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview.

Due to the high volume of applications, we contact only the candidates who best match the role requirements. If you do not hear from us within 14 days, please consider that we won’t proceed with your application at this stage.