Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle
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About the Company/Team
Join a mission-critical database services team responsible for keeping enterprise Oracle database platforms secure, highly available, and performant. The team partners closely with customers, engineering, and support to resolve complex incidents, improve operational resiliency, and deliver proactive optimizations across large-scale Oracle environments.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator/Engineer to provide 24x7 operational support and advanced engineering for Oracle database platforms. You will lead performance tuning, high availability (HA) implementations, troubleshooting of escalated issues, and continuous improvement across Oracle Database 11g/12c environments, including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, Exadata, and Golden Gate.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide 24x7 operational support for production Oracle databases, including incident response, triage, root cause analysis, and restoration of service.
- Perform advanced performance tuning (SQL/query-level, database-level, and memory-level), producing actionable tuning recommendations and measurable improvements.
- Administer and engineer Oracle platforms including Oracle Database (11g/12c), RAC, ASM, Exadata, Data Guard, Backup & Recovery, and related components.
- Implement and enhance high availability and disaster recovery features (e.g., RAC/Data Guard strategy, failover planning, recovery readiness).
- Design, configure, and support Oracle GoldenGate, including GoldenGate HA configurations.
- Manage escalated technical situations by developing clear action plans, coordinating stakeholders, and driving issues to resolution with Development and Support teams.
- Identify and propose proactive services/optimizations that improve stability, performance, or cost for customers.
- Follow and reinforce support processes, documentation standards, and operational best practices (runbooks, postmortems, change controls).
Qualifications & Skills
Mandatory (Must-Have)
- 10+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA / Consultant / Support Engineer in enterprise environments.
- Expert-level knowledge of Oracle Database administration, including strong hands-on experience with Oracle 11g and 12c.
- Deep expertise in performance tuning:
- SQL/query tuning
- Database tuning
- Memory-level tuning and associated tuning activities
- Strong experience implementing and operating High Availability/DR capabilities (e.g., RAC, Data Guard, backup/recovery strategy).
- Hands-on experience with Oracle GoldenGate, including configuration and support; ability to configure GoldenGate HA.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to handle escalations, communicate clearly, and drive structured resolution plans.
- Willingness to work in a 24x7 support model and travel to client locations as required.
Good-to-Have (Preferred)
- Working knowledge of Oracle Multitenant architecture.
- Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 11g/12c/13c.
- Knowledge of database security tools/controls such as AVDF, DB Vault, Oracle Key Vault, e-Wallet, TDE.
- BE/BTech and/or MS in Computer Science (or equivalent).
- Certifications such as Oracle OCP DBA, OCI, and/or ADB certification.
About The Company
Oracle
We’re a cloud technology company that provides organizations around the world with computing infrastructure and software to help them innovate, unlock efficiencies and become more effective. We also created the world’s first – and only – autonomous database to help organize and secure our customers’ data. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers higher performance, security, and cost savings. It is designed so businesses can move workloads easily from on-premises systems to the cloud, and between cloud and on-premises and other clouds. Oracle Cloud applications provide business leaders with modern applications that help them innovate, attain sustainable growth, and become more resilient. The work we do is not only transforming the world of business--it's helping defend governments, and advance scientific and medical research. From nonprofits to companies of all sizes, millions of people use our tools to streamline supply chains, make HR more human, quickly pivot to a new financial plan, and connect data and people around the world. At work, we embrace diversity, encourage personal and professional growth, and celebrate a global team of passionate people developing innovative technologies that help people and companies tackle real-world problems head-on. If you’d like to join us, please visit our Careers page: https://www.oracle.com/corporate/careers/ For investor news, SEC filings, and financial information about Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), please visit https://investor.oracle.com/home/. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oracle Like our page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Oracle/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oracle/
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