Middle Oracle & Postgres Database Administrator

Location: Porto, Porto District, pt

Company Description

Devexperts works with respected financial institutions, delivering products and tailor-made solutions for retail and brokerage houses, exchanges, and buy-side firms. The company focuses on trading platforms and brokerage automation, complex software development projects, market data products, and IT consulting services.

Job Description

We expect the Database Administrator to: 

• Manage, monitor, and optimise Oracle and Postgres database systems, ensuring high performance, availability, and security,
• Design and implement Oracle and Postgres database structures based on business requirements,
• Identify and resolve performance issues, optimise queries, and proactively monitor database performance,
• Develop and implement backup and recovery strategies to ensure data protection and disaster recovery capabilities,
• Implement and maintain database security measures to safeguard sensitive data,
• Investigate and resolve database-related issues, provide technical support to users, and collaborate with developers and other IT staff,
• Create and maintain comprehensive database documentation, including configurations, processes, and procedures,
• Plan and execute database upgrades and apply patches to ensure the latest features, security enhancements, and bug fixes.

Qualifications

Must-have skills: 

• At least 4 years of IT experience and least 2 years in a similar role,
• Installation and administration of Oracle Database 19c and Postgres 13 and forward,
• High availability environments (Failover or RAC),
• Disaster Recovery Environments (Data Guard),
• Backup and restore using RMAN,
• Hands-on experience with table spaces, indexes, partitions, and query performance tuning,
• Creation, migration, maintenance and administration of Oracle and PostgreSQL databases in different environments (Production, Pre-Production),
• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager,
• Docker Management,
• Experience with Liquidbase,
• Experience in tasks automation,
• Advanced knowledge of information technology necessary for performing work duties (including database skills at the administrator level, having domain of Unix and Windows environments at the user level, networking knowledge).

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with Foglight,
• Experience with Ansible (AWX),
• Knowledge of Java programming language,
• Experience with trading/exchange/risk management software usage,
• Experience with Atlassian software (JIRA, Confluence, FishEye, etc.).

Additional Information

Care for the employees is one of Devexperts core values. For the suggested position, we offer a benefits package that will guarantee the comfort of our new teammate.

Work Regime Flexibility benefits: 

• Possibility of hybrid work mode,
• Flexible working hours.
  

Health and recreation benefits: 

• Fully paid additional wellness days (3 unwell days per year),
• Medical insurance for the employees and children,
• Reimbursement of fitness / Urban Sports Club Membership,
• Meal allowance (Coverflex Card),
• Flexpay system (Coverflex).
  

Facility benefits: 

• Modern office with new equipment,
• PlayStation, table football, and musical instruments in the office,
• Parking spaces,
• Free drinks and snacks.
  

Community benefits: 

• Teambuilding activities,
• Corporate parties,
• Football Club,
• Music club,
• Speakers club,
• Free admission to corporate external events,
• Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs,
• Personal branding development support.
  

Professional training benefits: 

• Local language courses for foreign employees,
• Unlimited access to self-learning platforms,
• Certification opportunities,
• Mentorship Program.
  

Social benefits: 

• Parental bonus,
• Pension plan (Coverflex),
• Referral bonus,
• Blood donation paid leave.