Description
Job Title - Senior Database Administrator Contractor
Summary:
Duties ranging from strategic and architectural to engineering and DB platform: capacity management, platform reliability, operational efficiency, performance tuning, and upgrade/roadmap management.
- Drives continuous improvement of applications and infrastructure through for the SCADA organization to ensure optimal operations, performance, and stability of services.
- Works closely with infrastructure resources to ensure best possible resource utilization and system performance.
- Provides technical guidance related to database design, development, operation and maintenance of key application databases.
- Works with large DB application team to determine appropriate DB, storage and DR/HA solutions to support greater uptime and reliability.
- Performs capacity planning to sustain business growth.
- Participates with troubleshooting, problem solving, and performance tuning assistance to application and infrastructure teams.
- Performs database cloning, refreshes, and data migration.
- Ability to work independently and to resolve Oracle issues
- Applies R&D, oversight & direction for the implementing of various database-efficiency technologies: Examples include:
- Database upgrades
- DB cloning and snapshots
- Database monitoring and management tools
- Database Tuning and optimization
- Experience in using tools for monitoring and tuning
- Archiving and backup technologies
- DB-focused consultative services as needed.
Required Skills:
- Proficient and experienced with Oracle RMAN (backup, restore, and cloning)
- Strong production support experience & customer service skills
- Oracle 11G and 12c Database Administration and Management on Linux environments
- Oracle Database Tuning and Performance - usage of AWR, ADDM, ASH and UNIX native commands
- Scripting experience
- Storage considerations for Oracle Database Performance
- Oracle Enterprise Manager/Grid Control for environment standardization
- Knowledge of enterprise data architecture principles
- Takes the initiative to act on issues
Qualifications of the ideal candidate:
- 7+ years experience supporting Oracle. SQL Server a plus.
- Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or MIS.
- Working knowledge of SAN/storage technologies.
- Working knowledge of Windows and UNIX based platforms as it relates to the support of highly available RDBMS.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
- Outstanding team player and works well with cross functional teams.
- General business case development & financial based decision making skills.
- High degree of professionalism, respect for diversity particularly with respect to globally sourced solution providers.
Location: Tulsa, OK