Senior Oracle Database Administrator

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) to support and optimize mission-critical Oracle database environments for a large enterprise organization. This role focuses on high availability, database performance, disaster recovery, replication, and automation across complex Oracle infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience administering enterprise Oracle environments and enjoys solving complex database performance and reliability challenges.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise Oracle database environments.
• Manage Oracle RAC, ASM, and Grid Infrastructure to ensure high availability and system reliability.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Oracle Data Guard environments for disaster recovery.
• Implement and support Oracle GoldenGate replication solutions.
• Perform database performance tuning, SQL optimization, and capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot complex database issues and provide root cause analysis.
• Automate database provisioning, deployments, patching, and maintenance using automation tools.
• Support database upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and development teams to ensure optimal database performance.
• Maintain database security, backup, recovery, and operational best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Oracle RAC
  • Oracle ASM
  • Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Oracle Data Guard
  • Oracle GoldenGate
• Advanced experience with Oracle database performance tuning and SQL optimization.
• Experience automating database administration using tools such as Ansible.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in enterprise production environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with:

• Oracle Database upgrades and migrations
• Database automation and Infrastructure as Code
• Backup and recovery strategies
• Linux administration
• Shell scripting or Python scripting
• Enterprise monitoring and performance tools

Preferred Industry Experience

Candidates with experience supporting large-scale, highly available enterprise database environments are strongly preferred. Backgrounds in industries such as utilities, energy, healthcare, financial services, or other mission-critical enterprise environments are highly valued.