Database Platform Engineer (m/f/d)

Adidas is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The role builds, operates, and improves commonly required capabilities to create and run applications in a modern way. It supports and consults business IT teams on the use of platforms and services so they can focus on delivering value at high speed.

Key Responsibilities

• Specialist advice: Maintain specialist knowledge, provide detailed advice, recognize knowledge boundaries, and collaborate with other specialists.
• Emerging technology monitoring: Monitor emerging technologies, assess potential impacts and opportunities, and contribute to technology road mapping and knowledge sharing.
• Programming/software engineering: Design, code, verify, test, document, amend, and refactor complex programs, scripts, and integration software services. Apply agreed standards and participate in reviews.
• System design: Design components using appropriate modelling techniques, evaluate alternatives and trade-offs, create design views, prototype system behavior, and produce detailed design specifications.
• Database design: Maintain specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, assess object and data structure changes, implement physical database designs, and support business intelligence and analytics.
• Testing: Define test conditions, design test cases and scripts, analyze results, and identify issues and risks.
• Systems integration and build: Define software modules, produce builds, configure environments, conduct integration tests, diagnose faults, and report outcomes.
• Porting/software configuration: Configure and test platform-specific software versions and identify potential improvements.
• Service level management: Monitor service delivery against service level agreements and initiate actions to maintain or improve service levels.
• Release and deployment: Assess release components, support scheduling, carry out builds and tests, administer release tools and methods, and maintain release procedures.
• People or resource management, if required: Provide input on hiring and transition decisions, support employee development, allocate work, monitor workload, and set aligned targets.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong knowledge of database concepts and technologies, including RDBMS, NoSQL, and specialized databases.
• Experience with database infrastructure in public or private cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.
• Understanding of networking, monitoring, HADR, replication, backup and recovery, and database migrations.
• Hands-on experience with platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, or DocumentDB.
• Basic understanding of database security principles, including encryption, access management, and auditing.
• Experience in performance tuning, including SQL optimization and resource utilization.
• Working knowledge of Linux and/or Windows Server in database environments.
• Interest in automation, emerging technologies, and AI-driven solution adoption.
• Collaborative approach with strong communication and stakeholder interaction skills.
• Relevant database or cloud certifications are a plus.

Key Relationships

Global IT, relevant business functions including GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing, Wholesale/Retail, HR Management, and Controlling.

Minimum Qualifications

• Four-year college or university degree focused on Business Administration, IT, or a related area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficient spoken and written English.
• At least five years of IT experience.
• Two years of experience in a relevant area.
• One year of team management experience.
• Understanding of different cultures and experience participating in projects with people from other functions or markets.

Adidas Culture

Adidas promotes an athlete’s mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect. The company emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of its culture and talent processes.