MongoDB database administrator

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The European Patent Office in The Hague is seeking a MongoDB database administrator

 

 in Dir. 2.8.4.1 Infrastructure and Software Engineering

 

 Duration of contract: 3 years

 

 Job group 4

 

 Grade G7-G10

 

 Deadline for applications: 4.5.2016

 

 The Information Management (IM) department of the European Patent Office (EPO) has 450 staff working on IT and information processing, with a professional and proactive focus on supporting the EPO's different business processes.

 

 Within IM, Principal Directorate Service Operations (PDSO) is responsible, through the Infrastructure and Operations directorate (I&O), for running the infrastructure supporting the application portfolio offered by IM. PDSO's Infrastructure and Software Engineering directorate (ISE) is in charge of the software component parts of the infrastructure.

 

 The Platforms department within the Infrastructure and Software Engineering directorate is located between the Infrastructure department - storage, operating systems and virtualisation - and the Applications department. It has various teams that manage the EPO's technical, software-based infrastructure components in the following areas: application servers, antivirus & malware, cybersecurity, databases, identity and access management and messaging.

 

 Within Platforms, the Database area is responsible for database system administration and database support on various platforms (DB2 LUW, DB2 on z/OS, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL and Oracle). Support is provided by staff and through a managed service contract. The team works on challenging database projects to support the patent granting process and prior-art search of the EPO as the world's leading patent office. This team is currently looking for a MongoDB database administrator.
Main duties
System instance installation and maintenance: designing the MongoDB solution architecture, establishing the shards structure required to meet application demands, applying routine patches and upgrades according to vendor policy and taking account of business requirements
Application database management: creating or modifying application database objects; designing strategy and providing the operational areas with procedures to perform data migration between different database versions
Provision of support to developers: in co-ordination with technical staff and contractors from PD Service Creation, delivering the necessary guidance to enable the development teams to build operational applications
System tuning: monitoring MongoDB performance with existing tools, i.e. MongoDB Ops Manager, to proactively prevent any potential SLA infringement and, upon identification of improvement opportunities, suggesting and implementing changes
ITIL procedures at the EPO: contributing on MongoDB matters to IM's complete set of EPO ITIL procedures for change, incident and problem management
Housekeeping strategy design: setting up, validating and scheduling housekeeping scripts to reorganise and back up databases; preparing procedures for the operational areas in charge of running applications hosting data on MongoDB databases

 

 Candidates must be prepared to take part in the team's 24/7 on-call rota, and occasionally to work during "off-line" hours, i.e. weekdays after 19.00 hrs or at weekends. These responsibilities will be carried out in line with the mandatory EPO ITIL framework principles on the basis of the staff member's professional criteria. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in an individual development plan and to further develop skills and competencies. 
The ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge of
MongoDB administration (at least three years' experience)
big data processes in large organisations
mission-critical data management
specific MongoDB support tooling, i.e. MongoDB Ops Manager (based on the former MMS)
It will also be an advantage to have
good knowledge of scripting in a Unix environment
proven experience with monitoring tools and application-performance testing
experience in change management processes in a large organisation
Java DevOps background
MongoDB professional certifications
Additionally, candidates should have
experience on DB2 and/or Microsoft SQL Server
experience with managed service contracts
the ability, within the ITIL Plan-Build-Run framework, to co-operate within a framework capable of developing from a plan-build scenario into running operational activities
good communication skills (oral and written)
the ability to work independently, proactively and co‑operatively within a team
Minimum qualifications
Diploma of completed studies at master's level or - in exceptional cases - equivalent professional experience. Excellent knowledge of one official language (English, French or German) and ability to understand the other two.
Citizenship of one of the member states of the European Patent Organisation.
Salary and benefits

 

 The EPO offers competitive salaries, an excellent social package, and varied work in a modern international environment. The net (basic) monthly salary* for this vacancy ranges from EUR 5 223 to 7 396, depending on experience. In addition, depending on their personal circumstances, EPO staff may be entitled to relocation benefits and various allowances (e.g. household, dependant's, childcare, education, expatriation, installation, rent and language allowance).
Procedure and timeframe

 

 The successful candidate will be selected on the basis of qualifications, supplemented as appropriate by interviews, tests and/or a personality questionnaire.

 

 It is intended to hold the interviews on 14 and 15 June 2016 in The Hague.

 

Closing date for applications: 4.5.2016

 

Please apply by sending us your online application

 

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*after deduction of EPO internal tax and before deduction of staff contributions to the social-security and pension schemes.