Senior Oracle DBA

Job Purpose:

Work under supervision of Head & Lead, Database to perform Database Administration as well as projects and initiatives in relation to the overall database management, database optimization and technology improvements for efficiency and database maintenance and housekeeping of IT services and processes with Application Team/DBMS Vendors to meet the needs of the business by implementing and maintaining standards, policies and rules for conducting business with service providers. Expansion of implementation responsibilities of these initiatives to cover regional needs to ensure service continuity and availability.

Qualification

• Minimum 5 years of Database Administration on MidRange/Wintel Databases. Knowledge on Mainframe Databases will be advantageous.
• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline - Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in IT.
• Diploma in IT - Minimum of 7 years relevant experience in IT.
• Professional DBMS certification is advantageous.

Competencies

• Good knowledge on Oracle Database Administration Installation, upgrade, patches
• Database performance tuning.
• Backup & Recovery.
• Automation of monitoring & alerts generation.
• Experience on Disaster Recovery.
• Knowledge on Cluster setup such as Oracle RAC, HACMP, Veritas Cluster and Windows cluster.
• Knowledge on DB replication such as Dataguard, Goldengate & Disks Replication.
• DBMS installation & Upgrades.
• Standard enforcements.
• Capacity Management & Planning.
• SLA management 24X7 availability.

Other Essential requirements are:

• Good interpersonal skills, able to articulate well.
• Self-motivated and self-driven with minimal supervision.
• Willingness to work on long hours when required.
• Good communication & customer service skills and the ability and desire to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Good knowledge in troubleshooting and root cause analysis. Process driven approach in day to day work and in problem management.