Corp Tech - Lead Oracle Database Engineer (Operational Readiness)

Title:Corp Tech - Lead Oracle Database Engineer (Operational Readiness)
ID:JREQ006706

Description

Thomson Reuters' Data Center Operations (DCO) is seeking a Lead Oracle DBA to join a dynamic fast paced team. We need an energetic individual who wants to be on a team that is at the cutting edge of datacenter technologies supporting a growing online business. We employ a wide range of technologies from virtual to blade to large SMP Servers with a wide range of operating systems including SuSE Linux, Solaris and AIX, Windows, multiple clustering technologies, and SAN, NAS, and solid state/flash storage. Key to this position is taking the technical requirements from architecture then leading the certification effort for roll out in to global datacenters. This includes managing multiple projects, coordinating virtual engineers who will report to this position and ensuring that we are constantly improving out processes. Day to day improvements will be required for testing, benchmarking, documentation and training processes and procedures. Professional communication and leading by example to help grow the team is integral to this position.
Major Areas of Accountability

Technology
- Help define technical strategies for the Operational Readiness team, including adoption of new tools and procedures
- Lead major technical initiatives and virtual engineers across the organization
- In depth technical experience of multiple platforms
- Serve as an escalation point for operational technical issues at the team level.
- Top level technical resource for solutions design process
- Participate in continuous operational workflow improvement
- Help define scope of Unix/Linux security hardening
- Generate innovative approaches and solutions to recurring tasks or problems.
- Ability to set scope and deliver quality results
- Strong automation and benchmarking skills Leadership and Communication
- Provide positive coaching and guidance to virtual team members.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills for training a multifaceted organization in new technologies
- Lead or contribute to a variety of virtual teams with members of multiple groups to proactively address issues.
- Act as a lead for initiatives providing project and task direction to achieve goals.
- Maintain status on all assigned work.
- Evaluate and recommend process improvements.
- Document technical problems, resolutions, and processes for assigned work for later reference.
- Exhibit leadership qualities and conduct business and communicate in a professional and courteous manner.
Business
- Exhibit strong organizational, analytical, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills.
- Help set strategic vision for the Operational Readiness team.
- Work closely with internal customers to understand needs, technology landscape, and changing requirements.
- Develop and maintain good trust relationships with internal customers supported by the team.
- Develop a solid understanding of supported product lines and technologies.
- Understand and help define internal business processes.
- Translate business requirements and architectural standards into technical solutions.
Operations
- Provide consistent follow-up on projects until long term objectives are completed.
- Follow policies and procedures for operational readinessWe are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

Qualifications

Education
- BA, BS or AA or Equivalent work experience plus 5 to 10 years experience in related work
Previous Experience
- Required 2+ years of Oracle Database experience supporting sophisticated mission critical environments
- 2+ years technical project management experience, including demonstrated project guidance with delegation experience
- Preferable 3+ years of direct customer service experienceAt Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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Job: Technology Operations Family Group
Primary Location: Eagan, MN, US
Other Locations:
Organization: Tech - Data Center Operations
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level: None
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time