Sr. Database Administrator

Job Description

• Creates and maintains all databases required for development, testing, and production usage.
• Performs the capacity planning required to create and maintain the Databases.
• Performs ongoing tuning of the database instances.
• Install new versions of the Oracle RDBMS and its tools and any other tools that access the Oracle database.
• Plans and implements backup and recovery of the Oracle database.
• Controls migrations of programs, database changes, reference data changes and menu changes through the Implements and enforces security for all of the Oracle Databases
• Performs database reorganization as required to assist performance and ensure maximum uptime of the database.
• Puts standards in place to ensure that all application design and code is produced with proper integrity, security and performance.
• Evaluates releases of Oracle and its tools, and third-party products to ensure that the site is running the products that are most appropriate. Planning is also performed by the DBA, along with the application developers and System administrators, to ensure that any new product usage or release upgrade takes place with minimal impact.
• The DBA is usually the point of contact for Oracle Corporation.
• Enforces and maintains database constraints to ensure integrity of the database.
• Administers all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences, packages and procedures.
• Assists with impact analysis of any changes made to the database objects.
• Troubleshoots with problems regarding the databases, applications and development tools.
• Create new database users as required.
• The DBA has ultimate responsibility for the physical database design

Job Requirements

• Oracle database administration with 2 years experience at least (min release 11g preferred 12c)
• Sound knowledge to work with Oracle under Linux not windows
• Administer oracle clusterware
• Working with Oracle ASM
• Good knowledge for Oracle backup & recovery scenarios