Oracle DBA

Position: Oracle DBA

Location: 100% Remote

Description:

This position requires a minimum of a Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or equivalent work experience. Must have strong Oracle Database administration support skills in UNIX (AIX / Solaris) Linux (Red Hat) strong communication and documentation skills. Be able to implement and support specialized business and technical information technology solutions.
Oncall and weekend support might be needed at times.

Technical Skills and Product Knowledge Requirements:

Actual development skills are needed. Candidates must be able to articulate examples of code/scripts they developed. It is not sufficient to describe modifying code/scripts developed by others. Experience creating scripts/API with XML Java Python or YAML is a plus.

Strong Oracle Database administration experience preferably with 19c and above.

Data Warehouse OLAP DSS and OLTP experience.

Strong performance and tuning skill set.

Experience with Oracle installation backup & recovery monitoring patching and upgrades.

Experience with RMAN Data Pump and other forms of backups and recovery.

Strong multitenant and multinode Real Application Cluster database experience.

Strong inplace and fleet maintenance patching experience.

Strong Cloud Control / Oracle Enterprise Manager experience.

Experience with Data Guard configuration and failover/switchover and recovery scenarios.

Experience with the implementation of Data At Rest (DAR) encryption including creating/configuring wallets.

Experience with the implementation of Data In Transit (DIT) encryption.

Experience with Linux/UNIX shell scripting.

Basic understanding of networking.

Strong Proficiency in PL/SQL.

Quals/Responsibilities:

Qualified applicants must have a bachelors degree in computer science or a related area or a minimum of 810 years of experience working with Oracle database systems on UNIX (AIX/Solaris) and Linux (Red Hat).

Perform change management (CM) role on the components and implement change requests based on CM processes.

Perform break/fix activities following the incident management process.

Maintain Install and Upgrade Oracle Database throughout the lifecycle of the product.

Ability to manage own projects including communications to customers as well as work as part of a larger operational team.

Strong diplomacy assertiveness influencing skills with commitment and ability to work in a dynamic crossorganizational team environment.

Good interpersonal communication organizational and customer service skills.

Must be willing to work off hours weekends and oncall support.

Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner is a plus.

ITIL / Agile awareness is a plus.

Provide database application performance tuning and operational database support.

Wellspoken and comfortable communicating with customerfacing activities.

Responsible for database backups recoveries patches upgrades design development testing and performance tuning.

Participation in client meetings will be required.

Contractor must be willing to work flexible hours including weekends and nights.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work effectively in a team with other internal teams and directly with the clients.

Responsible for sharing 24 x 7 oncall rotation duties with other team members.