Oracle Database Administrator

We are looking for an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to support, optimize, and manage enterprise-grade Oracle database environments. The role involves database administration, high availability, performance tuning, patching, upgrades, migrations, and operational support for business-critical systems.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Oracle Database, RAC, Data Guard, ASM, and database performance management, with exposure to engineered systems such as Exadata. Awareness of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Exadata Cloud@Customer, GoldenGate, and automation practices will be an added advantage.

3. Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Oracle database environments across production and non-production systems.
• Manage Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and high availability configurations to ensure resilience and continuity.
• Perform database performance tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and proactive health checks.
• Plan and execute database patching, version upgrades, migrations, and platform refresh activities.
• Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and failover strategies for mission-critical workloads.
• Work with customer and internal teams to resolve complex database incidents, service requests, and operational issues.
• Provide technical recommendations to improve database stability, security, scalability, and performance.
• Contribute to process improvement through documentation, automation, and adoption of best practices.

4. Qualifications & Skills

Mandatory Skills

• Strong experience in Oracle Database Administration.
• Hands-on expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and high availability architecture.
• Proven experience in database performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Experience with database patching, upgrades, and migrations.
• Strong understanding of backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and operational support practices.
• Ability to support mission-critical enterprise systems in complex customer environments.
• Good communication skills with the ability to work effectively with customers, internal teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Exposure to Oracle GoldenGate.
• Experience or working knowledge of Oracle Engineered Systems, especially Exadata.
• Awareness of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Exadata Cloud@Customer, and cloud-based database services.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, scripting, and automation for database operations.
• Experience supporting banking, financial services, or other regulated industry environments.

Oracle certifications in database administration, cloud, or engineered systems