Sr.Oracle DBA

Job Description:

Searching for a senior technical professional to join the Data Center Operational Support Services (OSS) team as a Lead Oracle Database Administrator. This position requires solid experience in Red Hat Linux, Solaris, and Windows OS. The candidate will support multiple database tasks in a dynamic environment, maintaining and managing databases. The candidate will be the team lead and will have management responsibilities in addition to technical.

• This position is ONSITE and located in Melbourne, Florida. Remote work is not possible.
• This position requires the ability to support On call schedule rotations.
• This position requires the ability to support weekend, evening, and/or overnight maintenance request as needed.
• This position requires travel to disaster recovery site and support as needed.
• This position requires the ABILITY to obtain FAA Public Trust Suitability.

Essential Functions:

• Database management with Oracle RAC, Grid infrastructure (ASM & Clusterware), Data Guard (logical and physical standby), Oracle Enterprise Manager.
• Oracle database backup/recovery, high availability, data replication solutions, and applying quarterly security patches.
• Tuning databases to improve response times of queries.
• Creation of jobs, stored procedures, and other database activities as needed.
• Control of database security systems and how users interact with the data.
• Documentation of database processes.
• Plan and execute implementations of new data related applications and systems.
• Review and implement new database designs based on developer requirements.
• Complete system performance tuning and diagnostic related tasks.
• System health monitoring and proactive correction of issues.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT or related field, and minimum 8 years related experience; or a Masters degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT or related field, and minimum 6 years related experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of DBA experience.
• Minimum of 5 years experience with Oracle DB technologies, Oracle Enterprise Manager, upgrade/patching including quarterly security patches for RAC, Data Guard Standby, standalone environments.
• Minimum of 5 years experience with Linux Red Hat.
• Minimum of 5 years experience writing and debugging stored procedures.
• Minimum of 4 years experience leading and managing a team.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proven troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
• Excellent core database administration life cycle skillset from installation to disaster recovery.
• Knowledge and experience with standard SQL Server (version 2012 and later) administration, backup, recovery, refresh databases, performance tuning, HA/DR solutions, upgrade and patching in a virtual environment is an added plus.
• Oracle Multitenant CDB/PDB administration along with migration from non-CDB to PDB is a plus.