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Form of workAt Bunnings, you’ll make a positive difference to our business and beyond.
Bunnings is the leading retailer of home improvement and lifestyle products in Australia and New Zealand and a major supplier to project builders, commercial tradespeople and the housing industry. Operating from a network of stores, trade centres, frame and truss sites, and online, Bunnings caters for consumer and commercial customers.
By joining our passionate and diverse team, you will have the opportunity to grow, develop, have fun and make a positive difference – to our customers and the communities where we live and work.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Oracle Database engineer to join our growing Bunnings Technology team.
About the role: As a Senior Database Engineer, you will play a critical role within delivery teams to build, design, optimize, govern, and monitor internal and external database stores.
You will be responsible for the administration of databases, including performance monitoring, troubleshooting, availability, and optimisation within a Hybrid cloud environment.
The role provides an opportunity to be highly involved in our database administration evolution into DevOps' ways of working, with opportunities to work on a number of technology platforms.
Working within and supporting delivery teams, you will contribute to achieving Bunnings' strategic business objectives through managing and balancing both a short-term delivery focus as well as achieving longer-term objectives.
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will be a detail oriented, outcome driven problem solver who is well versed with working within agile environments. As a passionate technologist you are all about knowledge sharing and upskilling and possess excellent collaboration and communication skills. Further requirements include:
- Strong interest in learning and upskilling with newer and evolving technologies
- Strong technical skills, qualifications, and knowledge in database/data warehouse design and performance
- Experienced in Governance of data management, ensuring auditing, monitoring, security, and privacy of data
- Experience supporting delivery and ongoing operational management of database assets
- 7+ years Extensive experience in supporting medium to large scale Oracle Databases
- Strong experience in Oracle Database Administration (19c & upward) - management, backup, monitoring, tuning
- Patch Management Coordination / Vendor interaction experience
- Experience with middleware technologies
- Knowledge of ITIL methodologies
Additional Skills (highly regarded):
- UNIX and Operating Systems batch/shell scripting
- Experience with Exadata in OCI
- Experience working with Oracle / Azure Cloud - spinning up Oracle Databases/maintenance, etc
- Experience with other system & performance monitoring tool such as DynaTrace, Elastic
- Experience with Oracle Advanced Security Features
- Experience in automation within code deployment, monitoring, and other areas
This role will require weekend and after-hours callout work as required being part of the support roster for the team.
You’ll be part of a workplace where you’ll feel like you belong.
There’s so much on offer when you’re part of the team. Our flexible and informal work environment helps bring balance between work and home. Then there’s the fun stuff like team discount at Bunnings and other Wesfarmers brands, incentives, discounts from corporate partners (such as private health insurance) and cost price food and drinks at the Bunnings café. We also offer 12 weeks paid parental leave, regardless of gender, and you will have the opportunity to create a real difference in your community and environment. Join us and experience Bunnings from the other side of the counter.
Please note that if your application progresses to the reference check stage, you may be required to submit a police check. If your search returns a criminal record, Bunnings will assess whether the record impacts your ability to perform the key requirements of the role.
