DBs Technical Support Engineer

Publicado 27-03-2021

GKN

Porto Porto (Contabilidade / Finanças)


About The Opportunity Do you want to be part of this exciting opportunity to join our IT Center of Excellence in GKN Automotive?s new office situated in Porto?
Working out of recently refurbished, state of the art offices we provide multifunctional support to GKN Automotive?s global delivery activities across Finance, Procurement, IT, HR & Sales Order Management.
Our vision is to deliver sustainable value with standard, consistent, digitally enhanced processes and to achieve this we are seeking to attract highly motivated and skilled professionals. In return we offer a corporate culture which champions professional development, embraces and leads change, creates ingenious solutions for our customers and encourages collaboration.

We are looking for a DBs Technical Support Engineer that will manage the databases 24/7 with the goal to provide a flow of information throughout the company and users, considering backend data structure and frontend accessibility. This person is also responsible for planning, development and troubleshooting of any issues in the database.

Key Responsibilities The key responsibilities include:
  • Understand the needs of users; monitor access and security
  • Create performance and management parameters in order to provide quick responses to users
  • Installation and testing of updated versions of the database management system (DBMS)
  • Validate and maintain data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act
  • Write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)
  • Responsible for controlling access permissions and privileges
  • Create, manage and test back-up and recovery plans

The skills and capabilities we are looking for include:

  • Experienced administrator with proven experience operating on high availability & high performance data bases in a global manufacturing environment;
  • Experience in negotiation and management of external partners;
  • Relevant Degree or Equivalent Experience;
  • Proven working experience as a Database administrator;
  • Hands-on experience with database standards and end user applications;
  • Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity and SQL;
  • Good knowledge about SQL, Oracle, Progress;
  • Familiarity with database design, documentation and coding;
About Us

GKN Automotive is the market leader in conventional, all-wheel and electrified drive systems and solutions.

With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world?s car manufacturers.

Diversity and Inclusion

As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success.

A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN Automotive. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams around the world.

GKN Automotive is an equal opportunity employer.

We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, colour, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.


Diversity and Inclusion

As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success.

A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams around the world.

GKN is an equal opportunity employer.

We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.