Title: Senior Oracle Systems Database Administrator
Skills: * Expert in Oracle 9i/10g RDBMS; experience in a 24x7 high availability environment a must * Strong RMAN skills * Experience with Oracle RAC * Experience with Disaster Recovery desig...
Date: 1-30-2007
Location: Greenwood Village, CO
Area code: 000
Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: -
Length: FULLTIME
Position ID: GRE00000001
Dice ID: thony004
Job description:
Perform Oracle Systems Database Administration across multiple Oracle database environments and ensure continuous 24x7 operation and availability in support of mission critical production applications.
* Ensure continuous 24x7 availability, reliability and optimal performance of production Oracle instances and databases
* Ensure contingency plans for each database system (backup, recovery, failover) are documented and tested
* Propose and develop strategic database improvements in technical areas of database implementation, support and enhancement
* Design, document and enforce data security and disaster recovery plan with consideration for key dependencies. This includes the periodic testing of DR site switchover
* Work with development team to coordinate and promote new versions of Oracle DBMS, new installations, upgrades and patches
* Act in a consulting capacity supporting development teams during application design and implementation phases
* Develop, document and enforce application database standards and procedures
* Ensuring the quality and consistency of data and database systems by following a defined set of procedures (change control, security procedures, user passwords, backups, etc)
* Collect and interpret data to identify and correct instance and database performance issues
* Coordinate database cloning, schema, and table level data refreshes with development team and support staff
* Write/maintain OS level scripts (i.e., UNIX shell) for system DB maintenance
* Work with cross project teams to resolve technical performance issues/bottlenecks (e.g., network, storage, application). Provide 24x7 on-call support
* Expert in Oracle 9i/10g RDBMS; experience in a 24x7 high availability environment a must
* Strong RMAN skills
* Experience with Oracle RAC
* Experience with Disaster Recovery design, implementation and testing using DataGuard or other DR replication tools
* Strong PL/SQL skills
* Experience with UNIX/LINUX trouble shooting and security
* Strong UNIX/LINUX scripting skills
* Strong database performance tuning and trouble shooting skills
* Experience with SAN and Replication tools such as EMC, BCV and SRDF
* Team player who has a customer focus and excels at bringing their professionalism and expertise to the team
* Ability to initiate a project and follow it through to conclusion
* Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
* Ability to work effectively in a fast paced implementation environment
* Strong communication skills
* Experience with Application load balancers like F5 Big IP is a plus.
* BS Computer Science; 10 years systems database administration experience
Travel required: none
Telecommute: no
