SAP Systems Oracle Database Administrator

Are you ready to take the next step in your career as a Senior Oracle Database Administrator ? Virtual Service Operations is looking for an experienced individual to join our team and manage the database administration for a variety of critical SAP environments. Let's chat and see if we are a good match!

Qualifications:

• Install, configure, and apply patches to all databases
• Approve all new database patches and upgrades
• Implement direct-path database upgrades (i.e. one-step upgrades)
• Schedule backup jobs on database servers with frequency tailored to each application requirements
• Provide Oracle Database filesystem layout and/or ASM disk sizes, including permissions, LUN sizes, device/mount point ownership, or dependencies required to setup a new database (i.e. LUN size and configuration)
• Create Linux partitions for DB2 instances
• Perform database backup and/or recovery
• Perform database security health checks as defined by the Governance model
• Create/modify/remove database IDs per customer or application team generated Service Requests
• Provide Database refreshes per customer Service Requests
• Perform database filegroup and filesystem / tablespace space management including capacity planning and space addition
• Ensure Database monitoring setup/configuration from client Monitoring team
• Execute application team/Logical DBA provided scripts such as gathering stats, database parameter changes, and object modification
• Install, patch, and upgrade customer-provided vendor management tools (SQL Profiler and SQL Management Studio for SQL, Oracle Cloud Control for Oracle, etc.) to take advantage of process improvements, and new and improved tools therein, and provide access to the customer on an as-requested basis
• Provide physical database architecture design, creation, administration, and recommendations
• Provide Monthly maintenance window and other change control support activities.
• Provide Emergency production system support (Sev1/Sev2, 24x7)
• Provide Requisite communications with Database vendors, including tickets and escalations
• Provide database reports (SSRS for SQL Server, ADDM/AWR/ASH for Oracle, etc.) and database error logs to application teams/logical DBA teams in support of problem, debugging, and resolution
• Contribute Physical DBA insight into the filegroup management strategy, and advise on new database versions, based on vendor support matrices
• Approve new database versions for production use
• Provide incident ticket response, corrective actions, and issue resolution
• Provide Service Request response and implementation
• Create, maintain, and adhere to standard work documentation
• Review new application database request /deployment per IT Governance model
• Maintain and promulgate contact information for application owners in the environment.
• Communicate planned changes or outages within the database environment to application owners
• Assist in identification of root causes, and correction of problems in order to minimize recurrences of missed Service Level Agreements
• Adhere to ACE, Security, SOX, and audit compliance policies and procedures as defined by the Client's IT Governance requirements
• Provide database maintenance activities in application-owner provided maintenance windows including off-shift schedules to minimize application impact
• Provide active schema lists to customer and execute customer-generated service requests interference to customer employee department moves or termination.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Rubrik backups.
• Experience of Zerto cloning.
• Experience of 19c - 23c Oracle upgrade.

• Experience working with SAP systems on Oracle database infrastructure is a must
• Minimum of 2 - 3 years of experience working in SAP environment.
• Minimum of 5 - 8 years of experience with Oracle.
• Expert in Database Administration, Oracle installations, upgrades, database refreshes & patching in SAP environment.
• Expert in performing backup & recovery, database cloning using RMAN.
• Experience in performing table reorganization, rebuilding of indexes & datafiles addition using SAP BRTools.
• Expert in Oracle performance & Tuning.
• Experience with Linux shell scripting.
• Experience in supporting PDB (Pluggable databases ) & CDB (Container databases).
• Must be willing and able to work 100% remotely
• Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status.

What is Important to Us:

• You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
• You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
• Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
• You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
• You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.

What we offer you:

As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

More About VSO:

VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers