OppenheimerFunds, Inc. has been helping investors achieve their financial goals since 1960. We are one of the nation's largest and most respected asset management companies.
We seek a Senior Oracle DBA to support our production and development environments, tune new and existing systems and work as a part of a team developing world-class Oracle applications.
Principal Responsibilites May Include:
§ Production support of databases that support the enterprise. Production on-call rotation is required
§ Ongoing and proactive performance tuning of existing and new database applications. Recommend DBMS configuration changes to optimize server performance, implement cache, buffer pool, and configurable memory structure options for DBMS
§ Working collaboratively with agile development teams to tune the Oracle database as a part of the entire application stack.
§ Contribute substantially to the system architecture, and take ownership of the design and development of new Oracle database environments
§ Establish coding standards for PL/SQL, stored procedures, triggers, and logical and physical schema design, and enforce them within the development staff
§ Work as member of a DBA team responsible for maintaining database stability
§ Provide support to Development teams
§ Assist IT management with administrative policies and procedures related to technical problem resolution and priority management that relates to system support and maintenance
§ Recommend to IT management changes to database design to improve process throughput and ensure performance as identified above
Competencies for Success:
§ 5+ years experience and demonstrated working knowledge and skills in Oracle database technologies
§ Experience with Oracle 10g, RAC and ASM
§ Proven Oracle performance tuning expertise.
§ Intermediate to advanced experience and skills in developing applications using:
§ Oracle PL/SQL
§ Cognos and/or reporting tools experience a plus
§ Prior development support
§ Experience with databases interacting with Informatica PowerCenter™ a plus
§ Experience with UNIX scripting
§ Capacity planning experience
§ Strong communication skills (listening, speaking, writing)
§ Software, patches, and patch set installation skills
§ Database security skills to design controls and monitoring capabilities for user access
§ Working knowledge of Partitioning, Materialized Views, Bitmap Indexes, and Parallel Execution
§ Experience with database replication to design and implement Oracle replication using trigger-based or event methodology using such tools as export, import, database links, Advanced Replication, Data Guard, or other third party tools
OFI Core Competencies
Leadership and Communication
Has passion to win; champions change and innovation; motivates others to follow despite ambiguity; addresses conflict and makes tough decisions; builds coalitions; does not place self before others; accepts ownership and accountability; inspires trust; fosters open communication.
Planning and Execution
Conducts careful and systematic analysis; drives for results; follows through on commitments; aligns, plans, develops and deploys coherent goals; ensures customer loyalty through continuously improving performance, products and services.
Business Insight
Understands business context; possesses necessary financial acumen and broad understanding of financial services; maximizes technology.
Personal Credibility
Is interpersonally savvy; peaks and presents effectively; continuously learns and grows; develops self; grasps development opportunities; breaks out of silos; listens to others; is successful and resilient.
Corporate Values
The candidate must be comfortable with continuous change and demonstrate commitment by abiding to OFI’s Corporate Values:
§ 1. Excellence
§ 2. Integrity
§ 3. Team Spirit
§ 4. Caring
Robert Dawson
AVP – Enterprise Database Systems
(cell) 720-839-2640
