Principal Eng, DBA - R&D

Vantive • Deerfield, IL

4d • $116,000 - $145,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities. Your role: Oversee enterprise database environments with a focus on availability, performance, security and scalability. The role partners closely with senior leadership, infrastructure teams, application support and external vendors to support current operations and long-term growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Proven Oracle Database Senior Administration experience (10+ years), including 7+ years on large enterprise applications/database.
• Experience of working in a team that delivers a high availability service.
• Practical experience in monitoring and tuning a database to provide a high availability service.
• Experience and know-how of Oracle 12c, 19c
• Experience in AWS RDS (PostgreSQL, Oracle)
• Experience and know-how of Oracle tools like Oracle Enterprise Manager, RMAN, Data Pump, ASM, Golden Gate, Data guard
• Experience in security settings and gap identification
• Able to follow-through on tasks and projects
• Strong analytical skills and communication skills
• Knowledge of real time data streaming products or tools (DMS, Oracle Golden gate, etc.)
• Experience in Cloud environments like AWS
• Experience working with DevOps tools like Jenkins, Bitbucket, etc.
• Oracle certification (OCP or similar) Required
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

Responsibilities

• Manage, coordinate and support Databases related on demands, alerts and issue resolution
• Liaise with 3rd party vendors and resources, IT Infrastructure teams and application support teams
• Work with Senior Leadership to develop structure, resources, and processes to lead the organization's current activities and long-term projected growth
• Establish regular touchpoints for communication and adequate information flow between different departments
• Lead projects from a database perspective like upgrades, from and service objectives and projects
• Plan, organize and coordinate Patching schedules (DB hosts and DB’s)
• Handle relationships with external vendors and service providers to ensure delivery of high-quality services
• Interact regularly with customers to understand their business and to anticipate the needed IT changes. Lead business relationships.
• Implement database security measures and ensure data integrity.
• Oversee database backup and recovery processes.
• Ensure timely and effective incident resolution, problem management, change management and service request fulfillment.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and technologies to make informed recommendations for improvement.
• Architect and ensure the availability, performance, and scalability of systems with regards to databases
• Test and document system recoveries and assure recoverability.
• Ability to work with personnel from all levels in different countries, different cultures and external partners
• Performs other duties as requested.

Benefits

• Vantive is committed to supporting the need for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”), Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior