Within Platforms, the Database area is responsible for database system administration and database support on various platforms (DB2 LUW, DB2 on z/OS, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL and Oracle). Support is provided by staff and through a managed service contract. The team works on challenging database projects to support the patent granting process and prior-art search of the EPO as the world's leading patent office. This team is currently looking for a MongoDB database administrator. MAIN DUTIES: - System instance installation and maintenance: designing the MongoDB solution architecture, establishing the shards structure required to meet application demands, applying routine patches and upgrades according to vendor policy and taking account of business requirements. - Application database management: creating or modifying application database objects; designing strategy and providing the operational areas with procedures to perform data migration between different database versions. - Provision of support to developers: in co-ordination with technical staff and contractors from PD Service Creation, delivering the necessary guidance to enable the development teams to build operational applications. - System tuning: monitoring MongoDB performance with existing tools, i.e. MongoDB Ops Manager, to proactively prevent any potential SLA infringement and, upon identification of improvement opportunities, suggesting and implementing changes. - ITIL procedures at the EPO: contributing on MongoDB matters to IM's complete set of EPO ITIL procedures for change, incident and problem management. - Housekeeping strategy design: setting up, validating and scheduling housekeeping scripts to reorganise and back up databases; preparing procedures for the operational areas in charge of running applications hosting data on MongoDB databases.