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PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES:

As Senior Database Engineer within the SAP Commerce Cloud DevOps team, you will be responsible for supporting and operating our databases in a multi-tenant application and for our many commerce customers. Leveraging best of breed technologies, you will have a direct impact on the company’s ability to succeed.

What you'll do

• Design and implement solutions to support, operate and manage the entire fleet of our databases much more efficiently.
• Provide recommendations and assistance to customers in resolving issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Assist with performance testing and application benchmarking activities.
• Partner with other teams to define product enhancements/ specific issue resolutions etc.
• Continuous improvement of existing processes and standards.
• Participate in documenting technical solutions and improving our processes.
• Work on designing and implement automations to reduce manual intervention for database related manual maintenance/ reporting activities.

What you bring

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Database Administrator or Database Engineer.
• Strong expertise in database management and data maintenance using SQL Server or Azure SQL or PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in SQL Server or Azure SQL or PostgreSQL administration, including backup and recovery procedures and database security.
• Strong expertise and proficiency with database performance tuning
• Experience and knowledge of scripting languages/automation.
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
• Strong experience working on a cloud platform particularly MS Azure or AWS.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with customers and across a dispersed team.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment.
• Able to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
• Customer oriented mindset and background in customer consulting would be a plus.
• Knowledge how high availability environments function (24*7) would be a bonus, but not a pre-requisite
• Any additional experience with other databases in addition to SQL Server and PostgreSQL is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 397410 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.