Database and Middleware Administrator

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Description

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The position is located in the Technology Management Services (TMS) Branch within the Information and Technology Management Department (INFOTEC). INFOTEC provides modern, secure, and reliable IT infrastructure, technologies, applications and services to enable the ILO to effectively use technology to perform its mission. 

The position will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting a range of databases and middleware platforms. This will encompass technical and functional aspects, high availability, performance and manageability. 

The position will report to the Head of Infrastructure Services within TMS.

Specific Duties:

• Monitor, maintain, tune, and ensure highest possible uptime for development and production database and middleware services. 
• Assist functional analysts and developers with the design and implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite components, customizations, and interfaces. 
• Coordinate activities with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) managed service provider, including incident resolutions, patches analysis and deployment, code migrations and system upgrades. 
• Ensure data interfaces are functional and operating as per specifications. Develop and update interface scripts as required by external systems. 
• Manage the lifecycle of non-production environments to support development and testing activities. 
• Ensure database and middleware platforms are operated in a secure way, that most recent security patches are deployed, and that identified vulnerabilities are addressed promptly.
• Configure and monitor backups of databases and middleware platforms, ensure backups are operational, perform restore and failover tests on a regular basis. 
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and fix incidents related to database, middleware, ERP and data interfaces. 
• Produce and maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date documentation that includes system design, configuration and operational procedures.
• Keep abreast of good practices, new trends and latest technology evolutions. Evaluate relevance for the ILO and propose adoption plans.  
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Required qualifications:

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in computer science, electronics or other related field. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in one of the aforementioned fields or other relevant field with an additional two years of relevant experience, in addition to the experience stated below, will be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.  Professional certifications with the technologies involved would be an asset.

Experience:

• At least five years of professional experience as a system and application DBA, which should include at least three years of experience maintaining and supporting and Enterprise Resource Planning system based on Oracle E-Business Suite; and two years designing, implementing and supporting Oracle Databases in a production environment.  Experience with Oracle Middleware such as Oracle WebLogic will be considered an advantage.

Languages:

• Excellent command of one working knowledge of the Organization (English, French, Spanish), and a working knowledge of a second working language of the Organization. One of these must be English. 

Source: https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Geneva-Database-and-Middleware-Administrator-1200/991123501/

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