Lead Site Reliability Engineer at OpenText, Cork
Lead Site Reliability Engineer at OpenText in Cork. Est. up to $130k. Apply with swipeandhired.
OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY
OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.
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At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.
Your impact
As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer at OpenText, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, security, and performance of our cloud-hosted applications and database platforms. Leveraging your expertise across cloud infrastructure, database administration, automation, and application delivery, you will help build and maintain resilient solutions that support business-critical services. Working closely with Development, Professional Services, and Client Support teams, you will drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation across our cloud environments.
What the role offers
- Ownership of Oracle and PostgreSQL database administration across production and non-production SaaS environments hosted primarily on AWS
- Opportunity to lead database resiliency, disaster recovery, migration, and high-availability initiatives
- Hands-on involvement with cloud technologies, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure modernization
- Collaboration with Developing, Professional Services, and Client Support teams to improve platform stability and service performance
- Exposure to complex cloud application architectures, containerized environments, and Kubernetes-based deployments
- Participation in critical operational activities including troubleshooting, production support, scheduled maintenance, and on-call rotations
What you need to succeed
- 7-9 years of experience supporting cloud applications, platforms, and enterprise database environments
- Strong hands-on expertise administering Oracle and PostgreSQL databases, including backup and recovery, replication, performance tuning, upgrades, and high-availability configurations
- Experience with AWS cloud services, including RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and IAM
- Strong automation and scripting skills using tools and languages such as Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, GitLab, or Concourse
- Solid knowledge of Linux and Windows administration, cloud infrastructure, security principles, and networking concepts
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to adapt quickly and work effectively in fast-paced environments
One last thing
OpenText is more than just a corporation; it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned.
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