Address Job Description
Our DBA team focuses on creating, configuring and maintaining Oracle database servers on bare metal and ExaCS in Oracle Cloud (OCI). Database Administrator manages our ever-growing farm of production databases and other technologies that are essential to the operation of NetSuite's cloud service. Work closely with operations engineers and application developers to ensure database integrity, availability, and performance.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Provide support for large scale, high-performance Oracle database instances across production and development environments.
- Focus on automation to improve availability and scalability in our production environments.
- Manage database replication (Oracle Data Guard) and maintain high availability.
- Help author tools that reliably manage database infrastructure.
- Leverage a framework/tool to rollout infrastructure changes and perform routine maintenances.
- Support current security and compliance activities for our Database Infrastructure.
- Execute overall database architecture strategy, standards, and practices as part of a team.
- Proactively identify areas for optimization and troubleshoot database performance issues.
- Work closely with Application Development team to ensure database changes adhere to best practices and are properly prioritized and scheduled.
- Improve service availability and scalability through tuning, automation, tools, and process.
- Deploy, administer, and maintain Cloud database solutions (ExaCS) in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Implement and maintain database backup and recovery, disaster recovery procedures.
- Serve in an on-call rotation as an escalation contact for critical production issues.
Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
- 3-5 years of professional experience and a general awareness of Oracle best practices.
- Oracle administration skills in a Linux/UNIX environment.
- Understanding and hands-on experience of database infrastructure (backup/recovery using RMAN, Data Guard, high availability, Oracle RAC, SAN, and Network).
- Understanding of hardware performance, memory, and I/O.
- Knowledge and experience with conducting SQL and DB performance tuning, scalability/capacity planning.
- Experience with SQL/PLSQL, UNIX shell scripting, Python or similar.
- Should be comfortable deploying and maintaining large scale database systems (perform audits, troubleshoot issues, apply patches, perform major upgrades).
- Understanding and hands-on experience with deploying and maintaining Cloud database solutions - ExaCS in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or other cloud solutions/hosting providers like Azure or AWS.
- Must have excellent communication and technical documentation skills.
- Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced, agile team environment.
- Ability to produce quality work on tight schedules.
- Ability to solve problems, make sound decisions and use good judgement.
- Must be able to provide on-call support on rotation schedule.
About Us
An Oracle career can span industries, roles, Countries and cultures, giving you the opportunity to flourish in new roles and innovate, while blending work life in. Oracle has thrived through 40+ years of change by innovating and operating with integrity while delivering for the top companies in almost every industry.
In order to nurture the talent that makes this happen, we are committed to an inclusive culture that celebrates and values diverse insights and perspectives, a workforce that inspires thought leadership and innovation.
Oracle offers a highly competitive suite of Employee Benefits designed on the principles of parity, consistency, and affordability. The overall package includes certain core elements such as Medical, Life Insurance, access to Retirement Planning, and much more. We also encourage our employees to engage in the culture of giving back to the communities where we live and do business.
At Oracle, we believe that innovation starts with diversity and inclusion and to create the future we need talent from various backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to successfully participate in the job application, interview process, and in potential roles. to perform crucial job functions.
That's why we're committed to creating a workforce where all individuals can do their best work. It's when everyone's voice is heard and valued that we're inspired to go beyond what's been done before.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer *** . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
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