ABOUT US
We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.
We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.
Oracle DevOps Engineer
Role Summary
We are looking for a motivated and solution-oriented Oracle DevOps Engineer to join our Database Platform team. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong engineering instincts with a passion for automation and continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will work closely with Oracle database specialists and platform engineers to automate operational processes, improve platform reliability, and deliver scalable solutions across the Oracle estate. We are less concerned with deep expertise in every Oracle technology from day one and more interested in finding someone who is curious, technically strong, and able to analyze problems, identify opportunities for improvement, and build practical automation solutions.
This is a hands-on engineering role where you will be expected to challenge manual processes, develop automation, and help evolve the Oracle platform using DevOps principles.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for Oracle database administration and platform operations.
- Write and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation workflows.
- Develop Python and shell scripts to automate operational tasks, reporting, monitoring, and remediation activities.
- Analyze recurring operational issues and transform manual procedures into reliable, reusable automation.
- Support Oracle database platforms, including installation, configuration, patching, health checks, and lifecycle management.
- Collaborate with DBAs, infrastructure teams, and application teams to deliver scalable platform solutions.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
- Participate in problem management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and automation standards.
- Help drive a DevOps culture focused on efficiency, reliability, and operational excellence.
Required Skills & Experience
- 3-7 years of experience in a systems engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or database engineering role.
- Experience developing automation using Ansible.
- Programming or scripting experience with Python, Shell scripting, or similar technologies.
- Experience working in Linux environments.
- Familiarity with source control systems such as Git and collaborative development practices.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to identify repetitive work and engineer practical solutions to eliminate manual effort.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Oracle Database Experience
We are open to candidates with varying levels of Oracle experience provided they demonstrate strong automation and engineering capabilities.
Ideal candidates will have experience with some of the following:
- Oracle Database Administration
- Oracle RAC
- Oracle Data Guard
- Enterprise Manager
- Database performance analysis and tuning
- Backup and recovery concepts
- Database patching and upgrade activities
Training and mentorship will be provided to help successful candidates build their Oracle DBA expertise, platform knowledge, and database engineering skills. We welcome candidates with strong automation and DevOps backgrounds who are eager to learn and grow in the Oracle database domain.
Desired Experience
- Jenkins, CloudBees, GitHub Actions, or other CI/CD platforms.
- Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management.
- Monitoring and observability tooling.
- REST APIs and automation integrations.
- Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.
What Success Looks Like
- Taking complex or repetitive Oracle operational tasks and transforming them into reliable, reusable automation.
- Building and maintaining high-quality Ansible playbooks, Python tooling, and automation frameworks that reduce manual effort and operational risk.
- Proactively identifying inefficiencies and working with DBAs and platform engineers to deliver practical improvements.
- Increasing the consistency, scalability, and reliability of database platform operations.
- Demonstrating ownership from problem identification through solution implementation.
- Continuously expanding your Oracle database knowledge while applying engineering and DevOps practices to modernize platform operations.
- Becoming someone the team relies on to turn operational challenges into sustainable technical solutions.
The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position in Virginia is $82,361 USD Annual to $152,955 Annual USD. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employees contingent on personal and company performance. Our generous benefits program includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families, and retirement plan plus matching 401k.
What we offer
We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.
We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact [email protected] or indicate this in your application.
Please note that this mailbox is not monitored for general recruitment enquiries and should only be used for accessibility or accommodation-related requests (for example related to vision, hearing or neurodiversity).
All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.
Skills Required
- 3-7 years of experience in systems engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or database engineering
- Experience developing automation using Ansible
- Programming or scripting experience with Python, shell scripting, or similar technologies
- Experience working in Linux environments
- Familiarity with source control systems such as Git and collaborative development practices
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to identify repetitive work and engineer practical solutions to eliminate manual effort
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Oracle Database Administration experience
- Experience with Oracle RAC
- Experience with Oracle Data Guard
- Experience with Enterprise Manager
- Database performance analysis and tuning experience
- Backup and recovery knowledge
- Database patching and upgrade experience
- Experience with Jenkins, CloudBees, GitHub Actions, or other CI/CD platforms
- Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management experience
- Monitoring and observability tooling experience
- REST APIs and automation integrations experience
- Experience supporting mission-critical production environments
What We Do
SWIFT is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. SWIFT also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. For more information, visit www.swift.com or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity
