Description
• Minimum 10-12 years relevant experience as Oracle DBA within the IT support industry, experience in financial industry preferred.• Minimum 5 year experience supporting Oracle Exadata Platform in a mid-size to large corporate environment (production support experience is a must) • OCM or equivalent proficiency
Technical proficiency
• Strong experience with Oracle 11g R2/12c RAC including build, administration, troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Good knowledge of Clusterware (GRID Infrastructure) CRS management and configuration
• Hands-on experience in Oracle ASM and Dataguard administration o Extensive hands on experience managing and maintaining Exadata machines. Solid exposure to Exadata hardware with a good understanding of compute nodes, storage cells, Infiniband switches maintenance, support and troubleshooting.
? Experience with Exadata Quarterly Patching, software and firmware upgrades.
? Experience managing Oracle ZFS appliance, including managing shares, pools
? Good understanding of the governance required to retain production availability (including checks, patching, capacity management, security)
? Expertise in SQL & Database level performance tuning
? Strong experience in backup, recovery( including flashback technologies) and migration using RMAN, datapump and exportimport processes
? Knowledge of database scripting and automation technologies
? Experience with management of databases using Enterprise manager Grid Control
? Experience with utilizing workflow and management tools
? Ability to apply technical principles when performing troubleshooting
? Solid technical fluency with tools and systems
? Knowledge of server concepts & architectures
? Knowledge of network and firewall concepts & architectures
? Knowledge of enterprise storage concepts & architectures
? Knowledge of ITIL framework
Other skills
• Works collaboratively with other team members and builds positive working relationships
• Proficiency in English language, with excellent written and verbal skills
• Able to learn quickly and apply common sense to new situations, but understand when it is appropriate to engage others for advice
• Open and transparent in style and approach when working with others
• Ability to be proactive and take ownership to bring task to conclusion
• Proactive in communicating and selection of audience according to topic • Highly organized and capable of tracking a variety of tasks to closure • Good time management principles and effective in prioritizing workloads.
• Solid meeting management principles would be desired;
• Experience working with partners in different locations and cultures
• Ability to manage conference calls with multiple attendees in order to resolve issues. • Ability to effectively articulate a status or plan to peers and clients.