Why WWT?

 

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits, and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

 

Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology (WWT), a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution, with $20 billion in annual revenue, combines the power of strategy, execution, and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for large public and private organizations around the world. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps customers and partners conceptualize, test, and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution, and integration capabilities.

With nearly 10,000 employees and more than 55 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 13 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation, and leadership focus on diversity and inclusion. With this culture at its foundation, WWT bridges the gap between business and technology to make a new world happen for its customers, partners, and communities.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

 

What is the Internal WWT IT Team and why join? 

The Internal WWT IT team is the backbone of our company’s technological infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations and continuous innovation. Our team is dedicated to managing and supporting the company’s technology infrastructure, ensuring the smooth operation of hardware, software, networks, and data systems, while providing top-notch technical support to employees.

By joining the Internal WWT IT team, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the efficiency and security of our IT environment, enabling the company to achieve its strategic goals. The Internal IT team offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, where your contributions will have a direct impact on the company's success. If you are passionate about technology and eager to take on new challenges, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

 

What will you be doing?

This is a Sr. Engineering position, with a focus on Oracle Database administration, along with analytics and reporting platforms. An engineer for the Analytics and Data Management (ADM) team is expected to take on strategic initiatives and day-to-day support for all the infrastructure platforms we maintain to serve our customers.

This involves a range of technologies that all focus on managing, storing, transforming, and replicating data. We plan our work around business needs and ensure that our platforms are performant while maintaining proper support.

We are in an exciting time for the team. We are helping to support new AI (Artificial Intelligence) efforts within the organization and are also looking to transition some of our workloads to a new data center. It is worth reiterating that this position entails more than just Oracle DBA duties. 

Responsibilities: 

Oracle RAC 19C, 100TB+ Exadata Data Warehouse – Architecting solutions, administering and monitoring performance, backups, patching, upgrades, refreshes, data guard, etc. Work with our customers to adopt new database features. Oracle GoldenGate – upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, setting up new replication of tables from pluggable and non-pluggable databases for our users. Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation. Help plan, architect, implement, and support new technologies Design and develop automation to reduce support Be proactive and use metrics to gain insight into trends for the products we support Demonstrate analytical and long-term resolution-oriented problem-solving skills Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on issues Participate in maintenance windows and a 24/7 on-call rotation with the team Experience working and leading projects regarding upgrades and/or new architectural implementations Expected to learn other technologies outside of Oracle From a senior level, you will be expected to mentor other team members, from both a technical and professional aspect.

Note: Candidates may be given a technical assessment as well