Dev Ops Engineer - Data Engineering & Analysis

Senior Database Engineer at Rabobank

Rabobank is looking for a senior Database Engineer with proven experience in working in complex environments, who is primarily responsible for delivering Database Services to multiple internal stakeholders. Our Database Services focus on both on-premises and cloud platforms and include operational responsibility for databases of business-critical applications.

Your Role

As a senior Database Engineer, you are part of Squad FCTB (Fast and Close To Brilliant), delivering Database Services. This squad is part of Area DMT (Data Modernization and Transformation) within tribe DAPT (Data and Analytics Products and Transformation). You will provide technical expertise for Oracle and cloud database systems and solutions. By doing so, you identify solutions and improve the quality of service while providing support to application teams using these databases.

You will participate in the development and maintenance of strategic, architectural, and tactical plans for the database and data warehouse environments; be conversant with, and cognizant of, the future direction of systems, how that direction impacts the company, and how future and current database systems can be exploited for the company’s benefit. We work according to Agile principles. As part of the FCTB team, you will work in 2-week sprints, facilitated by a scrum master. Delivering 24/7 support is part of the job.

Top Responsibilities

Tech4D&A Within the CITO division Engineering & Data Tech, the domain Tech4D&A is the main driver behind the data-driven objectives and enabler of the most strategic objectives of Rabobank. The objectives of Tech4D&A include:

• Delivery of platforms and standardized services, these have a Rabobank-wide impact.
• Set up of sustainable and standardized data and analytics products.
• Maintenance of data warehousing and database environments for corporate purposes.
• Setting standards, way of working, and other deliverables for building the data-driven together with the tribe DAPT.

About Rabobank

‘Creating a better world together’, this characterizes the Rabobank. Rabobank makes a difference for its more than 7 million customers in 40 countries by stimulating innovations in financial services so that all its customers can arrange their financial affairs optimally at any time. But that is certainly not the only thing. Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission. Together with customers, members, and partners, Rabobank is committed to a stronger living environment and to the major social challenges of today. This is based on the principle that more can be achieved together than alone. This mission can only be fulfilled because Rabobank is a powerful bank that works efficiently.

In addition, Rabobank is actively involved in many social initiatives. Part of the profit is invested in society. Further afield, by ensuring that farmers receive a fair price for their products. And close by, by making neighborhoods better together throughout the Netherlands. For example, about 1250 organizations in sports and culture that are a second home for many people are supported.

You and Your Talent

The senior Database Engineer we are looking for is a technical expert and a people-oriented collaborator. You are customer-oriented and are responsible for providing overarching database expertise and support for the application teams in our domain. The ideal candidate would have the following skills and expertise (but if you are getting close to this, we want to get to know you as well):

• Over 10 years of hands-on experience in mission-critical, high-available, and large complex environments.
• T-shaped professional who combines the database specializations with the capability of supporting the team in other areas (automation, development, testing).
• Affinity and experience in design, collecting requirements, and formulating solutions.
• Experience in managing production environments on Oracle 19c databases.
• Experienced on AWS and/or Azure with PostgreSQL, MS SQL, NoSQL databases.
• Experience with the concept “infrastructure as code”. It is the basis of our cloud offerings.
• Experience working with CI/CD tooling and automation (Git, Azure DevOps, Splunk, Ansible).
• Experience working with data warehouses and high-volume OLTP.
• Expertise in performance tuning of databases and queries.
• Managing high availability environments and testing.
• Proficient in scripting and comfortable with scripting languages like PL/SQL, Bash, Python, YAML.
• HBO / WO level of thinking and acting.

Additional Competencies

As an experienced senior Database Engineer, you know how varied and challenging this role can be. That is why we value the following competencies:

• You take ownership.
• You have consultancy skills.
• You have strong interpersonal, communication, and writing skills.
• You are eager to learn and show a steep learning curve.

If you have any questions about working at Rabobank and the process, feel free to reach out via email.