Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Senior Oracle DBA (10+ Years Experience): Please apply only if your notice period is 30 days

Job Qualifications:

• 10+ Years of experience with Computer Science or equivalent degree Preferred
• Strong knowledge of database management, data warehouse management and decision support tools
• Extensive experience in the development, implementation and maintenance of data warehouses and data marts is desired
• Ability to use database access tools for application delivery
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others

Job Responsibilities:

• Assesses future information requirements in order to develop long-range, comprehensive database plans
• Develops policies and procedures designed to ensure the integrity of the database environment
• Develops and maintains routines to facilitate database use
• Keeps informed on latest developments in the database management field
• Plans and coordinates migration to new data management system software levels
• Assures that appropriate database management software is available and effectively used
• Understands benchmarking processes and techniques
• Determines, implements, and enhances standards on database security
• Promotes and recommends appropriate database software for new application systems
• Educates applications programmers about database concepts and efficient access techniques, and assists them in analysis and problem resolutions pertaining to database
• Performs database performance monitoring and implements efficiency improvements
• Designs or supervises the designing of the procedures necessary to save and recover databases from hardware and software failures
• Supervises the design and maintenance of database structures
• Performs related work as assigned

Technical Knowledge:

• Install, configure, upgrade, and patch Oracle databases (11g / 12c / 19c or higher).
• Manage and support hybrid database environments across on-premises data centers and cloud platforms (Azure / AWS / OCI).
• Manage production, QA, and development databases with high availability.
• Perform regular database health checks, backups, recovery, and maintenance activities.
• Monitor database performance and ensure maximum uptime.
• Administer and support Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters) environments.
• Configure and maintain ASM (Automatic Storage Management).
• Manage Data Guard (physical & logical standby databases) for DR setup.
• Handle failover, switchover, and cluster troubleshooting.
• Optimize RAC performance and resolve interconnect/network-related issues.
• Design and manage RMAN backup and recovery strategies.
• Perform point-in-time recovery, disaster recovery testing, and restore validations.
• Implement database security measures including user access control, roles, privileges, and auditing.
• Apply quarterly security patches (CPU/PSU).
• Diagnose and resolve critical production issues within SLA.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring incidents.
• Troubleshoot database crashes, corruption issues, and performance degradation.
• Work closely with infrastructure teams for OS, storage, and network-related issues.
• Provide guidance on best practices for database design and coding standards.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and automation for database deployments.
• Develop scripts using Shell, Python, or SQL for automation and monitoring.
• Automate routine DBA tasks such as backups, health checks, and alerting.
• Experience with tools like OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager) or similar monitoring tools.
• Work within SLA timelines in a 24x7 support environment.