Oracle DBA

Oracle DBA

Remote| India

Why you? 

The Database Administrator will work as part of a team to supply complete support for all aspects of managed database and application infrastructure operations to a variety of Pythian’s customers.

What will you be doing?

• Coordinate, analyze, design, implement and administer database solutions as per customers needs.
• Oversee backup, database real application clustering, mirroring, replication, failover, and restoration and recovery of corrupted databases, develop and review action plans (such as maintenance, deployment, upgrades, etc.), and complete all relevant customer documentation. Develop a thorough understanding of all relevant customer information including warnings, handoffs, briefing notes, etc.
• Recommend best practices for improvements to current operational processes
• Configure and maintain servers at the database and infrastructure level
• Troubleshoot Database operational problems
• Administer proactive database and infrastructure daily checks
• Respond to monitoring alerts
• Communicate status and planning activities to customers and other team members
• Learn different database technologies and provide support
• Provide initial support to our customers on infrastructure and database issues, troubleshooting, and resolution of problems related to performance issues for database systems. 
• Respond to customer’s tickets in a timely and efficient manner and escalate issues with urgency when required (aligned to ITIL best practice).
• Analyze customer’s infrastructure and processes and recommend to customers, best practices for improvements to current operational processes and procedures to ensure that databases remain operational for maximum uptime and recoverability.
• Administration of backup procedures and disaster recovery plans, provide proactive monitoring to head-off potential issues before they become incidents, respond to monitoring alerts, and carry out troubleshooting of operational problems.
• Contribute to, improve and maintain team documentation about customer systems and infrastructure, procedures, policies and schedules.
• Work collaboratively with teammates to contribute to the continuous improvement of our working culture.
• Mentor and cross-train teammates on technologies and processes, to improve the technical excellence of the team.
• Participate in the team’s rotational shift pattern and on-call coverage rotation plan

What do we need from you?

• 4+ years of database administration experience managing Oracle databases (including Oracle RAC) , Basics of Oracle Exadata with good foundational understanding of Oracle database technologies. 
• Curiosity mindset and tenacity to fully diagnose why something went wrong
• Troubleshooting and performance improvement skills including index creation, query optimization, schema changes etc.
• Understanding of database security management 
• Experience managing logical and physical replication 
• Knowledge of Oracle Data Guard and Golden Gate replication
• Required Knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager with some Linux knowledge

What do you get in return?

• Love your career: Competitive total rewards package with excellent take home salaries, shifted work time bonus (if applicable) and an annual bonus plan!
• Love your development: Hone your skills or learn new ones with an annual training allowance; 2 paid professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, whatever you like!
• Love your work/life balance: 3 weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours. All you need is a stable internet connection!
• Love your workspace: We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, with 0.3 lakh INR* budget to personalise your work environment!
• Love your community: Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.

Why Pythian

Pythian excels at helping businesses use data, analytics, and cloud to transform how they compete and win by delivering advanced on-prem, hybrid, cloud, and multi-cloud solutions. In the early years, we focused on supporting mission-critical operational databases, and as our experts became known for their ability to solve the toughest data challenges, our services grew to meet the rapidly changing needs of our clients; expanding from on-premise to the cloud and from operational to analytics data systems. 

A powerful combination of extensive expertise in data and cloud, as well as our ability to keep ahead of the latest bleeding-edge technologies, makes us the perfect partner. We help mid- and large-sized businesses transform to stay ahead in today’s rapidly changing digital economy. 

We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver innovative solutions that meet the specific data goals of each client and have built meaningful partnerships with major cloud vendors AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and Oracle. 

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Disclaimer

For this job an equivalent combination of education and experience, which results in demonstrated ability to apply skills will also be considered.

Pythian is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

The successful applicant will need to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a background check.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in their country of residence permanently– Pythian will not relocate, sponsor, or file petitions of any kind on behalf of a foreign worker to gain a work visa, become a permanent resident based on a permanent job offer, or to otherwise obtain authorization to work.

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