Responsibilities:

• Administer Oracle Database across 10g, 11g, 12c, and 19c releases, including performance monitoring, tuning, patching, upgrades, CPU/PSU installations, and database cloning

• Install and configure Oracle RDBMS software across development, test, and production environments

• Design and implement backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies using RMAN and related tools

• Monitor database health, capacity, and growth trends; proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks

• Manage database security, including user access, roles, privileges, and auditing

• Troubleshoot and resolve Oracle database issues, including connectivity, replication, locking, and corruption

• Implement and maintain high availability solutions (RAC, Data Guard, Standby databases)

• Automate routine DBA tasks using scripts (Bash/Python) to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort

• Collaborate with developers, QA, and infrastructure teams on schema design, query optimization, and release deployments

• Maintain documentation for database configurations, standard operating procedures, and incident runbooks

• Provide 24x7 on-call support for mission-critical Oracle databases in production, ensuring rapid incident response and resolution

Required Qualifications:

• 9+ years of overall IT experience, including 4+ years specifically in Oracle database administration, configuration, and troubleshooting

• Strong hands-on experience with backup, restore, and recovery techniques (RMAN, hot/cold backups, point-in-time recovery)

• Solid understanding of Oracle architecture, memory management, and storage (ASM, tablespaces, redo/undo)

• Experience with database patching, upgrades, and migrations across major Oracle versions

• Familiarity with performance tuning tools (AWR, ADDM, SQL Trace, TKPROF)

• Working knowledge of high availability and DR concepts (RAC, Data Guard)

• Competent in scripting (Bash required; Python a plus) for automation and monitoring

• Strong collaboration skills to work closely with Developers, QA, and Oracle Support

• Ability to work independently and handle production incidents under pressure

• English level: Pre-Intermediate or higher

Would be a plus:

• Experience with Oracle GoldenGate for real-time data replication

• Experience with document-oriented databases (Mongo/Percona, PostgreSQL )

• Exposure to cloud-based Oracle deployments (OCI, AWS RDS for Oracle, or Azure)

• Oracle certifications (OCA/OCP