Database Team Leader at the Information Systems Department

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Database team leader at the Information Systems Department

The Information Systems Department (ISD) of the CHUV is looking for a database team leader at an activity rate of 80 to 100%, to lead the DBA team and ensure the performance, security, and optimization of database infrastructures.

Context

Attached to the Information Systems Department (ISD) of the CHUV, the database team is part of the Infrastructure group, which covers services related to databases, servers, computer networks, and telephony.

The team consists of 5 experienced, supportive, and committed collaborators. It manages more than 2000 databases, 100 MS SQL servers, 6 Oracle clusters on ExaCC, 100 TB of data, and up to 10,000 simultaneous connections, with advanced technical environments: Oracle Cloud ExaCC "on premise", MS SQL Always On, etc.

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, it plays a leading role in care, research, and education.

Mission

• You supervise and manage the DBA engineer team
• You advise, deploy, and administer Oracle and MS SQL databases
• You guarantee the security, availability, and integrity of data
• You implement high availability and protection strategies (RPO, RTO, replication, snapshots, backups)
• You optimize performance and ensure scalability
• You collaborate with infrastructure, application, data, and security teams
• You conduct technological watch and propose evolutions.

Profile

• You hold a university degree (ETH, HES or equivalent) in computer science
• You have proven experience in managing technical teams
• You master database administration (Oracle, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL...) in complex environments
• You know monitoring and performance optimization tools
• You have an analytical mind, excellent organizational skills, and proven problem-solving abilities
• You demonstrate leadership, strong decision-making ability, and rigor
• Experience in cloud environments (Oracle, Azure, AWS, GCP) is an asset.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator of the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:

• Top-notch social benefits, 20 days paternity leave, and 4 months maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
• Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
• A 13th salary and 25 days of vacation per year
• A right to at least three days of training per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Center and partner training centers of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighborhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on electric bike purchases)
• Quality company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mr. Patrice Bonnet, infrastructure group leader, at 021 314 40 17.

Since all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the announcement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, we invite you to contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you in your process, either by email at e.recrutement@chuv.ch or by phone at 021 314 85 70

The CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our collaborators, we pay attention to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and avoid any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.

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