Your role & work environment

In the Global tribe ‘Cloud’, in the area ‘Data Services’ a position of Java API Engineer within ‘DBaaS’ has become available. DBaaS is a global squad with engineers working from different countries and Belgium is one of the contributing countries for DBaaS.

DBaaS provides and maintains a database platform based on Oracle in an automated fashion. We enable teams to spend more time delivering new application features by taking away the burden of managing their database (patching, upgrades, etc.)

As Engineer III within API Squad of DBaaS you are requested to maintain and improve the DBaaS API.

The purpose of the Global Tribe Cloud is to build and run the target infrastructure platform in a (private) cloud delivery model. This delivery model is based on multi-tenant, self-service, pay-per-use capabilities for applications of DevOps teams as defined in the One Way of Working.

Oracle Database as a Service (‘Oracle DBaaS’) is part of the Area ‘Data Services’ and is all about delivering multi-tenant Oracle database services to DevOps teams of ING worldwide, including self service capabilities. The 5 DBaaS squads, working in different countries, take responsibility for the full life-cycle of the service from inception through to development, launch & support. The squads are not only responsible for the service, but also the hardware the service running on.

Your key responsibilities

Our ideal new colleague has:

Programming skills in Java, including Spring Framework, Spring Boot,APIs, Spring Security, CRUD, Hibernate/JPA,
Well versed in Azure DevOps, CD/CI tools and pipelines
Scripting experience with e.g. Python, Bash
Familiar with Agile / Scrum methodology
Oracle RDBMS knowledge preferred but not a must
Oracle Enterprise Manager knowledge
Linux RHEL experience
Strong Team Player and Experience in working with team cross countries

Excellent command of English language.

We look for

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As an API Engineer you will also need:

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Information Technology
Experience with working in high performance Agile Database platform team
Certifications and/or proven proficiency in one or more technologies requested