Oracle DBA (W2 ONLY)

• W2 ONLY (no C2C)
• The role: The Operational Database Platform team builds and maintains scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions powering our Operational Database Platform.
• Minimum 5 years of Oracle database operator experience.
• Extensive experience with Oracle RDS and AWS environments
• Strong SQL knowledge Strong knowledge of Oracle database operations, including user management, storage configuration, and performance tuning
• Experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk and OpsGenie
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing infrastructure and deployments.
• Experience with version Control & CI/CD tools such as Git, ArgoCD and GitLab.
• Experience with database patching and upgrade processes Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Nice to have: Oracle certifications preferred AWS RDS certifications preferred SQL certifications preferred

• The role: The Operational Database Platform team builds and maintains scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions powering our Operational Database Platform.
• We handle massive data volumes, ensuring high performance, redundancy, and security.
• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Oracle RDS Database Operator to join our team on a contract basis.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing our Oracle RDS database environments.
• What you’ll do: This contractor role requires a high level of expertise in Oracle RDS database operations and the ability to handle a wide range of database operations and maintenance tasks.
• Storage Management: Manage tablespaces, conduct database purging and handle RDS storage increases.
• Deployment: Execute deployments and schema migrations maintaining detailed records of all database activities, changes, and configurations.
• Performance: Optimize performance through session management, query flushing, and statistics gathering.
• Review database queries for better performance and efficiency.
• Maintenance and Monitoring: Perform new DB builds, configure monitoring agents, and manage alerts.
• High Availability and Patching: Execute data warehouse switchovers, perform OEM, server, and database patching. Support and Capacity Planning: Create and manage AWS and Oracle support cases, participate in capacity reviews. User Access Management: Create users, reset password and process terminated users.
• Audit Support: Assisting in audit processes by providing necessary data and documentation. On-call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation to address urgent issues, ensuring minimal disruption to the platform.