Database Administrator (Oracle)

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Job Overview
At T-Mobile our Database Administrators keep the heartbeat of innovation strong. Youll play a hands-on role in managing the performance security and reliability of Oracle databases that power millions of customer experiences. This is your opportunity to work with leading-edge technologies solve complex problems and collaborate with engineers across the business to deliver seamless high-performance systems. If youre driven by precision reliability and the challenge of optimizing enterprise-scale databases youll find endless opportunities to grow and make an impact here.

The Database Administrator is responsible for the performance integrity and security of multiple Oracle databases across T-Mobiles enterprise environment. This role ensures reliable operation and high availability by managing installations patching upgrades monitoring and performance tuning activities. The DBA assists in defining user requirements enforces access controls develops and executes backup and recovery strategies and supports project initiatives to improve database performance and automation.

Main Responsibilities

• Install configure patch and upgrade Oracle database software across Linux AWS and on-premises environments.
• Administer Oracle databases ensuring performance integrity availability and compliance with T-Mobile standards.
• Implement and manage Oracle Data Guard and Oracle GoldenGate for replication high availability and disaster recovery.
• Monitor database health performance and capacity using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Grafana and Prometheus.
• Perform performance tuning query optimization and schema design improvements to enhance reliability and scalability.
• Develop and maintain backup and recovery procedures to safeguard enterprise data.
• Manage database users roles and privileges in compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
• Automate routine administrative tasks using Ansible Terraform GitLab CI/CD Bash Python and PL/SQL.
• Document standards procedures and change management activities for operational consistency.
• Collaborate with application developers system administrators and project managers to support deployment and data integration initiatives.
• Provide troubleshooting and on-call support for production issues as part of a rotational schedule.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science or a related field (preferred)

Experience

• 25 years of hands-on experience administering Oracle databases in enterprise or cloud environments (required)

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of Oracle architecture performance tuning and backup/recovery.
• Proficiency in Linux system administration and basic cloud concepts (AWS preferred).
• Experience with automation tools and scripting languages for operational efficiency.
• Solid problem-solving collaboration and communication skills.

• Oracle Data Guard Oracle GoldenGate Real Application Cluster (RAC) Maximum Availability Architecture CMDB (Configuration Management Database)

Infrastructure & Cloud

• AIX Linux AWS (Amazon Web Services) EC2 S3 Elastic Beanstalk ELB (Elastic Load Balancer) RDS VPC Direct Connect Route53 CloudWatch CloudFormation IAM SNS On-Premises Cloud Database Migration

Monitoring & Observability (OEM Oracle Enterprise Manager)

• Grafana Prometheus Metric Dashboards Database Monitoring

Security Compliance & Governance

• Imperva Splunk Data Encryption Data Classification Data Scanning Data Governance SOX PCI CMMC Logical Access (LA) Segregation of Duties (SOD) User Access Reviews (UAR) Change Management (CM) Computer Operations (CO) Vulnerability Management Compliance Baselines Security Policies Security Standards

Automation & DevOps Tools

• Ansible Ansible Tower Terraform GitLab GitLab CI/CD Docker Kubernetes (K8s) ServiceNow Bash Python PL/SQL

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): Yes

DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No

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Base Pay Range: $78800 - $142100

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidates actual pay will be based on various factors such as work location qualifications and experience so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile employees in regular non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employees eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location T-Mobile our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases offering medical dental and vision insurance a flexible spending account 401(k) employee stock grants employee stock purchase plan paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave family building benefits back-up care enhanced family support childcare subsidy tuition assistance college coaching short- and long-term disability voluntary AD&D coverage voluntary accident coverage voluntary life insurance voluntary disability insurance and voluntary long-term care insurance. We dont stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts pet insurance and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobiles amazing benefits check out.

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