Oracle Database Administrator

Job Title: Database Administrator (Contract) - Job

Location: Remote

Position Requirements:

• Knowledge: Comprehensive knowledge pertaining to concepts and principles in functional area.
• Communications: Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, creativity, attention to detail, and oral and written communications skills tailored for the intended audience.
• Risk Management: The individual is responsible for understanding and applying risk management discipline in decision making, and contributing to his or her function s risk management.
• Decision Making: Works under direction and guidance in planning details of procedures and methods to attain definite objectives. Makes decisions within established or widely accepted standards. Achieves assigned/planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, training, business principles, and practical experience.

Qualifications:

• In depth knowledge and work experience installing and configuring Oracle database technology
• In depth knowledge and work experience performing database monitoring and tuning
• Expert knowledge and work experience with
  • Database upgrade and patching
  • Backup and recovery mechanisms
  • Database security
  • Database design, database packages and structures

Work experience required:

• Supporting Patch Set Update/Release
• Experience/knowledge in nix and other platforms and operating systems

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with:
  • Experienced: 3 to 5+ years of experience
  • Senior: 6 to 9+ years of experience

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for IT activities associated with the installation, configuration, upgrading, administration, monitoring, maintenance and security of databases in the organization.
• Designs, develops, modifies, tests and evaluates programs for functional areas.
• Analyzes existing programs, formulates requirements for new systems, performs coding and tests/debugs programs.
• Follows transition and system implementation plans.
• Recommends changes in development, maintenance and system standards.
• Assists users in transition and implementation of new systems/programs.

• Provides high level technical support, database problem management, change management and maintenance on systems.

• Performs problem analysis for complex configurations of critical databases.
• Performs complex installation, configuration, customization and tuning. Provides input on answers to technical questions and problems while adhering to standards and procedures.
• Assists in strategic planning and database architecture and design. Makes recommendations on functional and business requirements.
• Participates in project activities and provides technical assistance for assigned projects.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Special Considerations:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Selected candidate subject to special background investigation procedures
• Hours of Work: Required extended work and weekend hours including on-call 24/7 rotation.
• Related to previous employment and prohibited financial interest.

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