Oracle DBA
12 month contract
Hybrid role - onsite 3 days a week with some flexibility
Background
We re taking database administration to the next level with automation and better configuration management. Be a part of the new team that is making this happen. We have an even mix of ORACLE and MSSQL installations across multiple environments, but this role will concentrate on ORACLE database administration and engineering in IBM AIX UNIX, Oracle Exadata and RedHat Linux environments.
Responsibilities

• Day to day administration of On-prem ORACLE databases, Exadata and the UNIX (IBM AIX) servers they run on
• Monitoring of the ORACLE database infrastructure to ensure optimum performance
• Supporting continuous integration code releases at the database layer
• Improving database support/administration services via the use of automation and other appropriate tooling
• Suggest improvements to current services provided based on past experiences and know-how
• Work with Java Developers and .NET Developers that use ORACLE database
• Take part in new projects as ORACLE SME (subject matter expert)
• Participate in Agile SCRUM meetings

Requirements

• Experience administering On-prem ORACLE databases running on UNIX (IBM AIX or RedHat Linux).
• Experience with monitoring ORACLE instances via OEM
• Experience with Oracle Dataguard and Oracle RAC
• Understanding of ORACLE and database concepts and architecture (Goldengate experience is desired)
• Experience tuning queries and the overall database for performance
• Experience with configuration management tools like puppet/Ansible
• Experience with containers and ORACLE s pluggable database infrastructure
• Experience with UNIX, either IBM AIX and/or RedHat Linux (RHEL)
• Excellent communication /customer service skills
• Ability to understand others and clearly express thoughts
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service and quality deliverables
• Have an understanding of backup and recovery tools e.g. Cohesity, Spectrum Protect etc.

Nice to Have (but NOT required)

• Microsoft SQL SSxS tools (SSIS/SSRS)
• Splunk preferred
• Exadata preferred