Oracle Database Administrator

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Database Administrator at Pythian managing Oracle databases and supporting clients' infrastructure needs. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, recommending improvements, and configuring database solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate, analyze, design, implement and administer solutions as per customers needs.
  • Recommend best practices for improvements to current operational processes.
  • Configure and maintain servers at the database and infrastructure level.
  • Troubleshoot operational problems.
  • Administer proactive database and infrastructure daily checks.
  • Respond to monitoring alerts.
  • Communicate status and planning activities to customers and other team members.
  • Participate in the team’s rotational shift pattern and on-call coverage rotation plan.
  • Learn different database technologies and provide support.

Requirements:

  • 4 to 6 years of database administration experience managing Oracle databases (including Oracle RAC, basic knowledge of Exadata).
  • Curiosity mindset and tenacity to fully diagnose why something went wrong.
  • Troubleshooting and performance improvement skills including index creation, query optimization, schema changes etc.
  • Understanding of database security management.
  • Experience managing logical and physical replication.
  • Knowledge of Oracle DataGuard and GoldenGate replication.
  • Basic understanding of Oracle Enterprise Manager , ServiceNow, Solarwind or PostgreSQL pgAdmin console together with some Linux knowledge.

Benefits:

  • Competitive total rewards package.
  • Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.
  • Flexibly work remotely from your home, there’s no daily travel requirement to an office!
  • Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days, attend training, become certified, whatever you like!
  • We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!
  • You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships, massages, fitness and more).
  • A generous amount of paid vacation and sick days, as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity.