Oracle Exadata Architect

About the Position

Oracle Exadata Architect

Date published: Oct 09 2026

Location: Amsterdam, AM - Schiphol / Netherlands

Job category: Technology & Engineering

Work model: Hybrid

As an Oracle Exadata Architect / DMA, you will make an impact by designing, implementing, migrating, and managing enterprise-scale Exadata platforms with a strong focus on high availability, performance, security, and operational excellence. You will be a valued member of our Cloud & Database Engineering team and work collaboratively with infrastructure, network, security, and application teams to deliver end-to-end solutions for mission-critical environments.

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Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Architect, design, and implement Oracle Exadata and Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) solutions for enterprise workloads.
• Lead Exadata/ExaCC deployment, onboarding, commissioning, and platform lifecycle management.
• Develop architecture, sizing, capacity planning, and infrastructure modernization strategies.
• Lead migration and consolidation initiatives from on-premises and legacy database platforms to ExaCC.
• Design and implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions using Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and Exadata best practices.
• Manage Exadata and ExaCC patching, upgrades, release updates (RU), and technology refresh activities.
• Perform performance assessment, capacity forecasting, workload balancing, and database optimization.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of critical Exadata infrastructure, storage, RAC, and database issues.
• Drive incident, problem, change, availability, and service continuity management for mission-critical platforms.
• Implement proactive monitoring, observability, logging, and operational dashboards using OEM and OCI services.
• Automate operational processes using Shell Scripting, Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Collaborate with Oracle Support, infrastructure, network, security, and application teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Establish operational standards, governance processes, and engineering best practices across Exadata environments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, solution reviews, and guidance to DBA and Cloud operations teams.
• Support customer engagements, architecture reviews, assessments, RFP responses, and transformation initiatives.

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Requirements

• Excellent communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• 5+ years of Oracle Exadata administration/architecture experience.
• Hands-on experience with Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC).
• Expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, RMAN, and OEM.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Linux, OCI, and Exadata patching/upgrade activities.

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Nice to Have

• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Shell, or Python.
• Certified Oracle Exadata Implementation Specialist and/or OCI certifications.

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We Offer

At Cognizant, we believe in taking care of our people. For this role based in the Netherlands, you can look forward to:

• Competitive salary
• Access to Cognizant Academy for continuous learning
• NS Business Card for public transport
• 25 paid holidays per year
• Laptop and smartphone
• Pension scheme
• International environment with an open team spirit
• Work within a technology-driven organization at the forefront of innovation

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About the Company

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.