Experienced Oracle Exadata Database Professional

Senior Oracle Exadata DBA Role Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Oracle Exadata Database Administrator to lead the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical Oracle RDBMS systems. This is a hands-on position requiring solid technical skills, cloud migration experience, and excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and sustainment of multiple clients across various Oracle versions and platforms, ensuring operational readiness (security, health, and performance) for both on-premises and cloud-based Oracle environments. Must be capable of working independently and collaboratively.

Main Responsibilities:

• Continuous engagement with assigned client base.
• New customer transition, administration, and maintenance plan.
• Ensure continuous communications in a consultative approach.
• Administer and optimize Oracle Exadata systems (compute nodes, storage cells, InfiniBand).
• Manage Oracle databases on OCI, including provisioning, patching, backup, and recovery.
• Lead and support end-to-end cloud migration initiatives from on-premises to OCI.
• Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions (RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate).
• Monitor and tune performance using AWR, ASH, OEM, and SQL tuning tools.
• Automate database operations using scripting (Shell, Python, Ansible).
• Collaborate with cloud architects and application teams to support hybrid and cloud-native deployments.
• Ensure database security, compliance, and audit readiness across Exadata and OCI environments.
• Participate in capacity planning, cloud migration strategies, and architecture reviews.
• Provide on-call support and participate in scheduled maintenance windows.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years of production database support.
• Hands-on experience supporting large-scale database environments.
• Proven experience with Oracle Exadata systems.
• Experience with Oracle RAC, ASM, and Grid Infrastructure.
• Experience with Oracle Multitenant (CDB/PDB).
• Working knowledge of Oracle GoldenGate and Data Guard.
• Experience with ERP systems on Oracle databases (JDE/E1 preferred).
• Strong background in disaster recovery planning and execution.
• Experience working in UNIX, Linux, and Windows environments.
• Public Cloud experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) required; OCI certifications preferred.
• Experience with AWS cloud databases is a plus; AWS certifications desired.
• Proven experience in cloud migration of Oracle databases to OCI.
• Provisioning, backup, restore, and performance optimization of cloud databases.
• Deep understanding of client data value and data protection strategies.
• Ability to build and maintain distributed, high-performance data pipelines.
• Familiarity with internal and external threat sources and mitigation strategies.
• Experience automating database management tasks using scripting or orchestration tools.

Key Benefits:

• Opportunity to work on large-scale database projects.
• Prominent role in developing and implementing high-availability solutions.
• Participation in cloud migration strategies and architecture reviews.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive innovation.

About this Opportunity:

• This is an exceptional chance to leverage your expertise and contribute to cutting-edge database projects.
• You will have the opportunity to develop and maintain best practices for database administration and engineering.
• Our team is passionate about innovation and collaboration, and we welcome like-minded professionals to join us.