About the Role
At Sofico , we power the automotive finance, leasing, and fleet mobility industry with mission-critical software solutions running for top-tier enterprise clients worldwide.
The Database & Performance team is a specialized group within Platform Infrastructure responsible for Sofico's database ecosystem and performance engineering capabilities.
As a Senior DBA / OCI Expert , you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency of Sofico Cloud's Oracle landscape.
You will join a team of senior database professionals and act as one of the key experts for Oracle technologies and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) . Your role goes beyond traditional database administration, combining database engineering, platform infrastructure, automation, cloud operations, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
This is a highly visible role where you will influence architectural decisions, drive operational excellence, and help scale Sofico's cloud platform for the future.
What You'll Do
- Design, operate, and optimize Oracle database environments running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure.
- Manage and continuously improve Oracle technologies such as Data Guard, RAC, and GoldenGate.
- Analyze and resolve complex database and platform incidents, performing deep root cause analysis and implementing preventative measures.
- Drive database performance optimization through execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, workload tuning, and capacity planning.
- Collaborate with the wider Platform Infrastructure team to manage OCI environments and Azure-OCI connectivity.
- Own database backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies for Sofico Cloud.
- Plan and execute database patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management with minimal operational impact.
- Automate operational tasks using Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform,
Ansible, and scripting frameworks.
- Coordinate the deployment and onboarding of new customer database environments.
- Act as a technical escalation point for database-related challenges across the organization.
- Contribute to governance, documentation, standards, and operational best practices.
- Monitor and optimize Oracle licensing usage and infrastructure costs across the platform.
What You Bring
- Extensive experience as a Senior Oracle DBA supporting large-scale production environments.
- Strong hands-on expertise with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Experience with Oracle Exadata, Exascale Infrastructure, Base Database Services, and Autonomous Databases.
- Deep understanding of Oracle database internals and performance tuning techniques.
- Expertise in AWR, ASH, SQL tuning, execution plan analysis, and capacity modelling.
- Proven experience with Oracle Data Guard, RAC, backup and recovery strategies, and disaster recovery planning.
- Experience configuring and supporting Oracle GoldenGate replication environments.
- Strong understanding of database upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, Shell scripting, or similar tools.
- Knowledge of OCI networking, security principles, and cloud governance.
- Understanding of Oracle licensing models and their financial impact.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a distributed team.
- Documentation-driven and committed to operational excellence.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
Nice to Have
- Experience operating mission-critical SaaS platforms.
- Exposure to Microsoft Azure environments and hybrid cloud connectivity.
- Experience with SQL Server administration.
- Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and SRE practices.
- Experience supporting highly available and globally distributed systems.
📌 Senior DBA - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Expert (m/f/d) (Madrid)
🏢 Sofico
📍 Madrid