Job Description

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people\'s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Job Summary

Sr. Data & DevOps Engineer - SQL-DBA

If you are an experienced Oracle or SQL Server DBA consultant with experience in cloud platforms ( Azure or AWS ) , this job may be for you! This role will work collaboratively, focusing on the company\'s growing estate of SQL Server and Oracle databases, installing and maintaining the database software, setting up user accounts, managing the backup strategy and regularly maintaining database security. The team is seeking top notch talent in the Database Administrator space.

If you are interested in using your leadership, expertise and innovative skills to be part of a company making a difference in the Life Sciences arena, expert in database management both on premise and in the cloud, are a thought leader in the data space, have a passion for data and analytics, and like to mentor others, then we want to talk to you! A truly exciting and unique opportunity awaits you!

Note : Very strong Oracle & SQL DBA expertise required, it\'s a fully remote role with some occasional travel needs as per business requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

\xc2\xb7 Installing and maintaining Relational database software.

\xc2\xb7 Creating storage database structures with high-level security features.

\xc2\xb7 Altering storage structures to meet the evolving needs of the company.

\xc2\xb7 Setting up database user accounts.

\xc2\xb7 Finding and debugging malfunctioning programs affecting the database integrity.

\xc2\xb7 Creating autonomous database backups.

\xc2\xb7 Regularly updating database security protocols.

\xc2\xb7 Good understanding of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) running in the cloud with IaaS and PaaS services

\xc2\xb7 Experience with Cloud infrastructure, Databases, Storage, Databricks, Azure Data Factory (AWS, Azure preferred)

Qualifications / Requirements

\xc2\xb7 Bachelor\'s degree in computer engineering or computer science.

\xc2\xb7 very strong work experience as a Database administrator.

\xc2\xb7 Familiarity with RDMS design, coding, and documentation.

\xc2\xb7 Knowledge of database backup procedures, recovery systems, and SQL.

\xc2\xb7 Great presentation skills

Job Qualifications

About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients\' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client\'s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people\'s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

Charles River Laboratories