Job Title: Oracle DBA patch engineer
Location: Pan India
Experience: 5– 12 Years (STRICTLY)
Employment Type: Permanent
Notice Period: Immediate Joiners Only
About the Company
Our client is a trusted global innovator of IT and business services, present in 50+ countries. They specialize in digital & IT modernization, consulting, managed services, and industry-specific solutions. With a commitment to long-term success, they empower clients and society to move confidently into the digital future.
Job Description
Key Deliverables (Duties and Responsibilities)
- Manage and execute Exadata, ExaCC patching lifecycle (compute nodes, Dom U VMs, Grid Infrastructure and Databases).
- Exadata Infrastructure maintenance including Quarterly Maintenance Release (QMR) and Security Monthly Maintenance (SMR).
- Creating Infrastructure maintenance policy and define maintenance windows.
- Experienced with prep-work for before Infrastructure maintenance activities.
- Plan, schedule and execute OCI patching cycles across ExaCC infrastructure and DomU OS images, compute OS instances.
- Experienced with OCI console, CLI and Rest APIs to apply, rollback and monitor patches.
- Automate patching workflows using Terraform, Ansible.
- Manage Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters) patching including GRID, RDBMS and ASM.
- Integrate and manage patching operations using LCM Fleet operations with OEM that includes gold image creation and deployment for GI and RDBMS.
- Knowledge on Data guard enabled patching procedure.
- Plan, schedule, and execute quarterly PSU/CPU, Third-Party and one-off patches with minimal downtime.
- Perform patch impact assessments, risk evaluations, and rollback strategies.
- Maintain documentation of patching procedures, schedules, and standards.
- Troubleshoot patch-related issues, database failures, and post-patch anomalies and provide RCA with remediation.
- Understanding of investigation and remediation techniques for non-patch related vulnerabilities.
Skills and Qualification (Functional and Technical Skills)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Exadata/ExaCC environments and Oracle Database patching.
- Knowledge of Linux OS patching in Exadata/OCI environments.
- Hands-on experience with Oracle RAC patching, GRID Infrastructure patching.
- Solid understanding of Oracle Exadata ExaCC patching and administration.
- Exadata Infrastructure maintenance including Quarterly Maintenance Release (QMR) and Security Monthly Maintenance (SMR).
- Creating Infrastructure maintenance policy and define maintenance windows.
- Experience with backup and Rollback strategies for ExaCC Infrastructure and DB patching.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in complex Oracle environments.
- Familiarity with ITIL processes (Change/Incident/Problem Management) for ITSM compliance.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
- Strong expertise in OCI patching automation (OCI CLI/API, OS Image updates, DomU patching, Grid and Database patching).
- Experience in working with multiple operating system environment RHEL.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Mandatory Skills
hands-on experience with Exadata/ExaCC environments and Oracle Database patching.
Knowledge of Linux OS patching in Exadata/OCI environments.
Strong expertise in OCI patching automation (OCI CLI/API, OS Image updates, DomU patching, Grid and Database patching).
Important Note (Please Read Before Applying)
Do NOT apply if:
- You have less than 5 years or more than 12 years of experience
- You do not have hands-on experience with Exadata/ExaCC environments and Oracle Database patching.
- You are on a notice period longer than 15 days
- You are looking for Hybrid only (role is hybrid in Pan India)
- You are a fresher or unrelated background (e.g., support, testing only, non-Java roles)
Apply ONLY if you meet ALL criteria above. Random / irrelevant applications will not be processed.
