Data Platform Engineer

2 weeks ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Canon Full time
Job Overview

This Senior Database Engineer role is a critical part of our high-performing Infrastructure Services team, responsible for the development, enhancement, management, and maintenance of customer platforms and systems.

About the Role

The successful candidate will specialise in Database & Cloud services, covering technologies such as Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, RHEL, as well as Cloud database infrastructure services. This role is integral to the success of our well-established and growing Cloud & Infrastructure Services practice, ensuring our portfolio of technology services are delivered and maintained to a high standard.

This hybrid role may be based out of multiple locations within Australia and reports into the Manager – Cloud Services.

Main Responsibilities
  • Enhancement, maintenance, and management of Enterprise-level Database platforms & Cloud deployments.
  • Develop, support, and enhance current deployments of Database & Cloud services.
  • Follow standardised ITIL frameworks relating to Incident, Security, Problem, and Change Management processes.
  • Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Create and maintain strong technical documentation for managed systems and services.
  • Provide proactive operational support to colleagues and customers as required.
  • Be an SME contributor for projects and initiatives across managed deployments.
  • Fulfilment of BAU requests, project delivery tasks, and technology initiatives.
  • Attend customer meetings and workshops where applicable, providing technical recommendations and proactive advice.
  • Develop and enhance technology processes to improve efficiencies across the deployment base.
About You

We are seeking someone with proven technical experience managing, maintaining, enhancing, and growing enterprise-level database and cloud environments, utilising best practices to ensure maximum uptime, performance, and optimisation.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Cloud and/or Database Engineer to join a technical team, providing exposure to a wide range of technologies disciplines. Key skills include:

  • At least 5+ years in managing, configuring, and maintaining Enterprise-level database deployments (Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL).
  • Extensive knowledge with Oracle Database services, tools, and products.
  • Extensive experience deploying, migrating, administering, and managing Oracle Database on RHEL, ASM, and Data guard.
  • Ability to perform advanced Oracle Database maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
  • Experience in database management across Microsoft SQL and MySQL services (desirable).
  • Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure, Data, and Application services & technologies (AWS & Azure).
  • Strong expertise in RHEL deployments including RHEL for Oracle and various other Linux distributions.
  • Knowledge of DevOps concepts, tools, and languages (CloudFormation, PowerShell, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitHub, Ansible, Azure ARM, etc).
  • Experience in developing, managing, and supporting automation tools, processes, and runbooks across various technologies.
What We Offer

We offer a supportive team environment where collaboration and support from your leaders and peers is the norm. We'll invest in your development and long-term future, and we can promise you a variety and enough challenge to keep things interesting across the wide variety of customers we support.

We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce. We trust you will bring your authentic self to work, and we will focus on making sure that together, we make a strong contribution to the broader community in which we operate. Where possible, flexible working arrangements are the norm, as we know a better work-life balance can improve your motivation, performance, and productivity.

Some benefits include:

  • Free onsite parking at Canon's offices (site-dependent).
  • Bonus Leave including:
    • Birthday leave, to celebrate, relax or do something special.
    • Canon Day, an extra day of leave during the Christmas holidays.
    • Kyosei Day, or volunteer leave to take a paid day off to do good in your community.
  • Flexible working arrangements, where possible.
  • Training and development opportunities to help you bring your goals to life.
  • Wellbeing benefits, including everything from discounted health insurance to flu vaccines to confidential counselling.
  • Performance Recognition, in the form of quarterly and annual awards programs for high-performers.
  • Milestone recognition on your work anniversaries in the form of carbon credits, merchandise, or retirement fund rewards.
  • Discounted Canon products offered at discounted rates.
  • Education assistance to support the cost of any external training that gives you new skills for your job.
Salary Information

The estimated salary range for this position is AU$120,000 - AU$180,000 per year, depending on your level of experience and qualifications.



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