Role: Sr Oracle DBA

Location: Salisbury, NC ( Hybrid Schedule)

Contract Length: 12 months

Should have heavy RMAN and Oracle DBA experience. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the design, development, delivery, and optimization of databases, database instances, database clusters, database software, and related components.

• Conducts Oracle application system reviews to optimize application performance and efficiency.

• Coaches and mentors’ teams on the efficient use of Oracle and database services.

• Serves as the senior subject matter expert and technical lead for Oracle database technologies.

• Leads the review of IT solutions to assure compliance with database standards and industry best practices.

• Leads the analysis of complex problems, business requirements, and technical requirements to develop effective database solutions.

• Provides database consulting and design services to application developers and other consumers of database services.

• Maintains and develops relationships with business partners, solution delivery, data management, operations, external service provider, engineering, and other IT teams.

• Proactively identify database issues and resolutions.

• Assume ownership of database related problems; work closely with internal technical teams to pursue problem resolution and root cause analysis.

• Configure and deliver end-to-end support for database servers and data services running on VMware platform.

Required Technical Skills and Experience

• 10 years of Data Engineer/ DBA experience.

• Experience supporting 24/7 databases. Retail industry background is a plus.

• Extensive experience in RMAN, HADR, Data Guard, and Data-Domain.

• Experience as an Oracle database analyst, engineer, or architect.

• Experience with development and design in the database space.

• Experience designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing Oracle database instances, objects, software, and related components.

• Extensive knowledge in creating and maintaining well performing physical database structures.

• Work with Application DBA, Developers and Operations/Systems DBA to optimize database structures and performance.

• Provide SQL and technical analysis on non-prod and prod database environments and recommend improvements.

• Coordinate and support database, application, OS and hardware upgrades.

• Familiar with database installation and configuration/parameter tuning.

• Familiar with day-to-day database administration, database utilities and performance monitoring tools.

• Assist with database upgrades, configuration, and patches.

• Assist with monitoring and fine-tuning databases. Experience with Datadog a plus.

• Familiar with database security and access.

• Experience designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing Oracle database instances, clusters, objects, software, and related components.

• Proven experience delivering database solutions within a project management framework.

• Advanced knowledge of database stored procedures, database triggers, database commands, and database utilities.

• Proven experience designing, developing, delivering, and optimizing database backup, recovery, high availability, and DR solutions.

• Hands on experience in Design, configuration, and supporting HA on Oracle.

• Understand the ins and outs of database physical and logical replications, clustering, mirroring, and high availability.

• Advanced knowledge of SQL, DML and DDL.

• Extensive experience mentoring and providing database consulting services.

• Learn and stay current on the features and functionality of Oracle databases, focusing on technology.

• Experience with Microsoft Windows, Office, and other productivity tools.

Required Soft Skills and Experience

• Proven skills working with Managed Service Providers and leadership skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong organizational skills.

• Proven decision making and critical thinking.

• Proven project management skills

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience.

• Experience with database tools.

• Experience with Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), DB2 Connect, MicroStrategy, or Cognos.

• Experience with programing languages, or Unix shell scripts.

• Experience supporting vendor delivered software products.

• Experience working with offshore teams, outsourcers, or managed service providers.

• Experience with Postgres, MYSQL, AZURE, ITIL and related certifications.

• Datadog & general systems monitoring tools for databases and data services.

Thanks & Regards,

Kiran Kumar

Technical Recruiter

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Email: Kiran@sapphiresoftwaresolutions.com