About Meritis
Meritis is an IT consulting, management and development firm founded in 2007.
We support our clients in all their digital transformation needs through a wide range of areas of expertise: Software Engineering, Finance, Project Management, DevOps, Data, Cloud, Cybersecurity and Agility.
Our Mission
To connect the best talents with companies, and give them a head start.
Infrastructure Data Team
The Patch Management team is responsible for the industrialization of the process of deploying minor release updates on a large set of databases from multiple technologies.
Job Description
We are looking for an IT engineer with solid knowledge of database infrastructure administration and experience in automating the execution of database administration tasks.
Main Activities
* Design, deploy and evolve Database IT DATA solutions for patch management of technical infrastructures (ORACLE, EXADATA, ZDLRA, MYSQL, POSTGRESQL, MongoDB, SQL SERVER …) and Transversal tools (SCRIPTS, API, OEM, OUD, MEM, …).
* Ensure the continuity and reliability of the DATA infrastructures for all information systems of customers, secure their systems by Patching or Upgrade the Database in the appropriate supported version, always guaranteeing the service in compliance with the standards.
Main Requirements
* Experience with database upgrade/patching (Oracle, EXADATA, ZDLRA), MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres and MS SQL Server)
* Knowledge of database transversal tools (API, OEM, OUD, MEM, SCCM, ...)
* Significant experience of shell scripts and commands on Linux is mandatory
* Strong knowledge of bash scripting
* Knowledge of powershell scripting
* Python scripting development
* Experience using automation tools (Ansible tower)
* You should have developed during your career, using DEVOPS tools such as GIT, JENKINS, Bitbucket, XLD/XLR, Confluence, JIRA, to manage CI/CD environments
* Experience using monitoring tools (Zabbix, Splunk, Grafana)
Other Requirements
* English level B2 / French is a plus
* Good communication skills
* Good organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
* Autonomous, while capable of working within a team and with other teams and/or experts
* Fast learner, easy to adapt, team worker
* Client focus
* Availability to:
o On Duty Call
o Punctual trips to France
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
* Develop skills on patching and upgrade topics.
* Know how to deal with patching and migration subjects autonomously.
* Apply database patches in a systematic approach.
* Proactively correct errors that blocks the patch execution.
* Develop scripts and API's to automate the patching activity.
* Participate to build the future organization of Patch Management.
Studies and Controls
* Monitor and control versions of existing databases and software packages selected by the company.
* Contribute to the development of technical solutions for the catalogue and architecture patterns of DBMS solutions.
* Within the context of the patching activity, ensure and guarantee the integrity of the infrastructure bases of the existing databases by guaranteeing physical security (rollback procedures, logging, startup after patching, etc.) and logic (confidentiality, access).
* Propose adjustments on database settings for optimal use.
* Ensure technological monitoring of the DBMS solutions and software packages selected by the company.
Prototyping and qualification of technical solutions for internal company standards
Propose technical solutions to be adopted as corporate standards.
Exploitation & Support
* Implement automatic monitoring and follow-up with dashboards (technical and functional).
* Management and analysis (AI) tools for directing infrastructure logs Databases.