Systems Engineer - Database Management Services - IKEA

About this work area

Automation, monitoring, and solution discovery is at our heart to continuously modernize the consumption of database products and services.

Our belief is shared with you around the importance of solving problems and being consumer centric, but also working towards outcomes rather than outputs.

What you need to know

To be successful you have:

• 5-8 years documented database administration experience in Oracle, and at least one of Postgres and SQL Server db engines. Knowledge designing, maintaining, and supporting Database infrastructure is meriting.
• Hand on experience Linux/Redhat OS
• In-depth knowledge of Ansible automation, including playbook development, roles, and Ansible Tower.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash) for customizing and extending Ansible functionality in the context of databases.
• Experience of monitoring and event management like Observability, Otel Framework and event driven architecture.

Other merits considered:

• SRE practitioner and ambassador of implementing automation first and event driven mindset
• Hands-on experience in performance monitoring and tuning at instance level, database level, OS level and Query level
• Hands-on experience on Golden gate to setup bi-directional and Uni-directional replications, Replication at table and Schema level
• Good Knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Experience performing and optimizing database migration methodologies for Oracle to Oracle, Oracle to Postgres and platform migrations
• GCP/Azure/ Alibaba Cloud provider experience is meriting
• Apply structured engineering approach adhering to processes like ITIL

Tasks you could be engaged in:

• You will be trusted to combine systems knowledge, monitoring expertise, and operations competence with programming/scripting skills to build new capabilities, enhance and automate our services and environments.
• Participate in design, development and delivery of automation and self-service capabilities for efficiency, availability, and usability.
• Continuously monitor and improve our environments using tools like OEM, Prometheus, Grafana
• By following latest technology trends and standards, developing and running our current and future monitoring solutions supporting Products and Services using automation first approach and the right toolsets required in order to deliver according to requirements.
• Ensure that Services are built according to best practices by continuously learning from and benchmarking against industry standards to continuously validate and improve deliverables.
• Through operational engagement ensure database management runs smoothly 24/7
• Be part of/lead troubleshooting sessions with other infrastructure teams to resolve critical incidents.
• Support to maintain the service quality, life cycle management and operation of environments to fulfil the service commitments.
• Be prepared to dig deep into our technology stack and have a lot of fun on the way

About you:

• We hope you aim to be tech-agnostic. You should feel comfortable working with a variety of technologies.
• You have a technical background and preferably deep knowledge from working specifically with development and automation. You know what good looks like having strong analytical and problemsolving skills to see the high-level picture as well as enjoying working with the details. You have a mature approach to handle changing priorities and communicating complex topics in a pedagogic data driven way.
• We hope that you value attitude and mindset and lead by example. You take joy in showing empathy and openness towards others, also seeing trust and respect as the basis for building strong relationships. You understand the power of communicating clearly and effectively to achieve intended outcomes. You are a team player and happy to share your knowledge and help everyone around you to grow as individual engineers and strong engineering teams.
• It’s in your nature to challenge existing ways of doing things speaking your mind, therefore taking the initiative and try new ideas without fear of failure. You use your mistakes as opportunities for development and improvement but never lose focus on what ads value, finding solutions that meet consumer’s needs.

About us:

We’re a small team consisting of around 6 people running a broad scope. We are based in southern Sweden in two locations and apply a hybrid work policy. Consumer centricity is our top priority.

We have a large footprint in IKEA managing thousands of databases, in our daily work we interface many stakeholders. As modernization steams ahead, we are expected to be at the forefront of keeping pace with new technologies. With this we can offer you an exciting arena where you will have the possibility to grow as an engineer but also as a person.

Questions and support? Let's connect!

Please note, we only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the recruitment specialist, david.smith6@ingka.com