JOIN OUR TEAM

At Levi Nine we are passionate about what we do. We love our work and together in a team we are smarter and stronger. We work in a dynamic and challenging environment with talented and forward-thinking people who are part of creative and innovative teams. We are looking for skilled team players who make change happen. Are you one of these players?

OUR PARTNER:

Our partner, ABN AMRO Clearing, is a global leader in the domain of clearing, offering access to a wide range of listed instruments on markets across the globe.

IT is at the heart of their organization with more than 30 different product teams and 10 different platform teams that are trying to build the best products & services for their customers.

Their presence in important financial centers like Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo Hong Kong, London, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt and Iasi, allows them to effectively serve clients worldwide and maintain close proximity to their diverse customer base.

THE ROLE INVOLVES:

You’ll be working within our partner’s DB Services team, which support the bank’s clearing systems.

The role is responsible for Database management of the Clearing applications utilizing Oracle, PostgreSQL and/or MS-SQL technologies including performing administration, configuration, installation, maintenance, tuning, and support of the database environments.

This position will be within a team of existing DBAs that cover Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQL Server.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the Clearing database environment.
• Manage non-production, production, and disaster recovery database environments.
• Works closely with support team colleagues to ensure that the associated hardware resources for the database environment are configured for optimum performance and availability.
• Proactively monitors database environment to ensure minimum downtime.
• Provides regular trend analysis to track database performance and throughput, for capacity planning purposes.
• Responsible for enhancements, maintenance, and upgrades to the database environment.
• Works with business, architecture, development, and technical colleagues to manage and implement changes.

TECHNICAL PLAYGROUND:

• 6+ years of experience in PostgreSQL Database Administration, with at least 4 in installing PostgreSQL (Automation)
• PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Experience
• Good understanding of cluster file systems (GPFS/NFS)
• Experience working with RHEL Clusters, in the context of PostgreSQL Databases
• Experience working with PostgreSQL Data Wrappers (preferred, not required)
• Good understanding of network firewalls / protocols / interfaces
• Basic understanding of Linux/ Bash file commands/ scripting

NICE TO HAVE: 

• Experience in Exadata and ODA machine administration
• Experience in Oracle OEM administration, patching, upgrades, architecture
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles
• A demonstrated record of achievement in large technical (migration) projects
• Ability to keep up with software and cloud development trends and innovation
• Understanding of financial services and risk management in general
• University degree in Computer Science/Engineering

SOFT SKILLS:

• Fluent English, with good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong engineering instinct (do the right thing), a deep understanding of computer science
• Strong interpersonal and assertive communication skills, great team member
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Desire to continuously learn and improve in a complex, rapidly evolving environment