Job Opportunities in Poland

Driven by the passion to improve the quality of people’s lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as a market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation to reach more people, more effectively.
To deliver on our corporate purpose of making a wonderful sound part of everyone’s life, WS Audiology is looking for a System Engineer to manage SQL Server & Oracle Databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
As a new Senior DBA Specialist, you’ll join our international team responsible for enterprise solutions, and you’ll be reporting directly to Senior Manager, Infrastructure.
As you'll be responsible for the US timezone, you must work the afternoon shift starting from 3 pm CET.

What you will do

In this role, you’ll work closely with different teams on Support, Change requests, and administration to ensure the smooth running of systems. We want you to perform operational support for the ERP application portfolio and infrastructure.
On top of that, you’ll be responsible for:

• Incident and problem management

Respond promptly to incidents, investigate & provide a permanent solution.
Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.

• Availability Management and Disaster Recovery

Proactively ensure the highest levels of availability.
Support Business continuity measures, i.e., backup/restore procedures & disaster recovery plan, to ensure continuous operation of the business.

• Service improvement

Automation of routine tasks and Operations using Ansible or other tools.
Maintain and improve the existing disaster recovery concepts.
Maintain awareness of new technologies that might enhance device operation, capacity, and performance.

• Change Management

Manage the activities associated with patch management, audit, and compliance of DB.
Ensure that all infrastructure Change requests are maintained, and followed according to policies and recommendations.
Ensure that all routine maintenance tasks are completed on all operational infrastructures.

What you bring

The Specialist is an experienced IT professional with a high proficiency in database administration, Operating systems, scripting, and automation with good innovation and inter-disciplinary collaboration skills. Solid practical experience in MSSQL/ORACLE is required.

Experience

• Proficient in supporting SQL Server & Oracle Databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
• Install, Configure, Backup, Recover, and Maintain Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, My SQL & Postgres
• Setup and Administer SQL Server Clusters, Replication Oracle RAC, and Dataguard.
• Proficient in Database Performance Tuning, Security, Monitoring, and Capacity planning.
• Experience in High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR) options for SQL Server & Oracle
• Hands experience in supporting SQL Databases deployed on the cloud (Microsoft Azure preferred)
• Conduct root cause analysis & implement proactive measures. Monitor the effectiveness of implemented measures

Technology stack

• MSSQL 2012/2014/2016/2019
• Oracle 11G/12c/18c/19c and Grid control
• SQL replication/Performance tuning
• MSSQL/ORACLE Database refresh, Backup & Recovery
• Database upgrade and patching
• Linux and Windows Administration

What we offer

• Stable employment conditions based on the contract of employment,
• Possibility to gain experience in international teams,
• Stable employment conditions, and fully remote work,
• Possibilities for development, such as training budget and access to the Linkedin Learning platform,
• Package of additional benefits, like sports card, private medical care, benefit platform, and life insurance.

Who we are

At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.
Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions worldwide.
With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.
Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.
WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.