Oracle DevOps Engineer

You may not have heard of us, but you’ll know our brands! AS Watson is the world's largest international health and beauty retailer, with over 16,000 stores in 27 markets. Each year, over 5.3 billion customers and members shop with our well-known retail brands, both online and offline, including Kruidvat, Trekpleister, ICI Paris XL, Superdrug, The Perfume Shop, Marionnaud, Watson’s and many more.
As an Oracle DevOps Engineer, your work will at Group IT in the HR/Supporting team (part of European Corporate Systems). You will play a crucial role in ensuring that the software supports users and their processes rather than the other way around. Your goal is to develop software that makes end-users happy and satisfied. By using your software, manual work is being phased out, and integrations with other systems work smoothly. You will be responsible for creating efficient and effective solutions that improve the overall user experience.A typical day in this role includes:

• Discuss with your colleagues a technical issue at the coffee machine
• Prepare user stories for refinement in the afternoon
• Develop a new feature for our HR planning system and peer review development from others
• Have a stand-up via Teams with the other developers of the HR/Supporting team in Surinam
• Attend a refinement session to estimate new user stories for next sprint
• Pick up some 2nd line support tickets escalated by the HR Functional Management team

What will you get in return?

• A job at a successful international company, that is constantly evolving. You’ll never be bored!
• An informal no-nonsense atmosphere in which open communication, short lines and a healthy dose of humor is very important
• Competitive salary and benefits like travel allowance and a discount in your health insurance
• 30 days holiday with an option to buy More
• Excellent refer-a-friend scheme with up to € 2.000,- up for grabs!
• A fantastic learning and development offering to explore
• Discounts for you and your family from some of our much-loved retailers in the Netherlands, including Kruidvat, Trekpleister and ICI Paris XL
• Lots of opportunities to get involved in wellbeing initiatives to support your physical and mental health
• …plus much More!

This is you

This role would be a good fit for you if:

• You have experience in analyzing and designing new business requirements on applications and integrations with HR-systems like Workforce Management, Cornerstone, and AFAS or you are eager to learn everything about it
• You should be able to develop change requests using tools like Oracle PL/SQL, APEX, Kafka, Redwood RunMyJobs, and others
• You should also be able to document your solutions in Atlassian Confluence and monitor system stability in collaboration with offshore support teams like our Operations Control Center and software suppliers
• You like to support your fellow international team members (Surinam) in system architecture, testing, and rolling out new system capabilities,
• and if you interested to work together with external software vendors on connecting our applications with their systems

What you'll need:

• You hold a Bachelor degree in IT or a related field
• You are familiar with software development in Oracle PL/SQL and Oracle APEX
• You have experience in scheduling tools
• You have knowledge in performance tuning
• Experience with Kafka and/or other integration platforms is a big plus
• You're fluent in both Dutch and English

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