Database Administrator
Gandiva Insights
Boston, MA, United States
26 days ago
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Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$124,800.0 - $135,200.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Bash Shell
Cloud Database
Cluster Analysis
Databases
Linux
DevOps
Distributed File Systems
Domain Name System (DNS)
Oracle Exadata
Monitoring of Systems
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Python (Programming Language)
Kerberos (Protocol)
Korn Shell
Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP)
Linux Servers
Logical Volume Manager
Simple Mail Transfer Protocols
Microsoft SQL Server
Network Time Protocols
Oracle Databases
Oracle (Applications)
Performance Tuning
Query Optimization
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Site Reliability Engineering Practices
Ansible
Standard Sql
Shell Script
PL-SQL
SQL Databases
TCP/IP
Oracle Linux
Virtualization Technology
Software Vulnerability Management
Scripting
Oracle Enterprise Manager
System Availability
Database Optimization
Software Troubleshooting
OpenSSH
Information Technology
Deployment Automation
ZFS File System
Database Backup
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Sql Tuning
Servicenow
Job description
We are seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator with strong scripting and SQL performance-tuning skills. The primary focus of this role will be Oracle database administration, performance tuning, automation, and supporting large-scale database environments., * Administer and support hundreds of Oracle database environments.
- Support Oracle RDBMS, ASM, RAC, and related infrastructure.
- Monitor databases using Oracle Enterprise Manager and other monitoring tools.
- Analyze SQL execution plans, SQL traces, indexing strategies, and performance issues.
- Perform database performance tuning and query optimization.
- Perform database patching, upgrades, migrations, cloning, backup, and recovery.
- Develop automation using Korn Shell/Shell scripting, Python, SQL, and PL/SQL.
- Configure and support Oracle GoldenGate replication.
- Support Oracle Exadata environments.
- Assist with database architecture and cloud migration initiatives.
- Support On-Prem and Cloud database environments.
- Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
- Maintain database administration standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and client-facing teams., We are seeking an experienced Senior Linux / Database Administrator to support large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments. The ideal candidate will have strong Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL), automation, high availability, storage, virtualization, and SRE experience., * Administer, monitor, and performance-tune Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) environments.
- Design, build, and manage Linux servers, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure.
- Manage high availability, clustering, and load-balanced environments.
- Perform capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability initiatives.
- Implement SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, and deployment using Ansible.
- Develop self-healing and automated infrastructure solutions.
- Manage LVM, NFS, automount, and distributed file systems.
- Administer DNS, NTP, LDAP/Kerberos, SMTP, and OpenSSH.
- Troubleshoot TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, and RPC-related issues.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
- Lead incident response, RCA, and postmortem activities.
- Perform OS patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.
- Develop scripts using Bash and/or Python.
- Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, application, security, and infrastructure teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
- Strong Oracle 19c experience.
- Strong ASM and RAC experience.
- Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills.
- Strong SQL performance-tuning experience.
- Experience analyzing execution plans and SQL traces.
- Strong Korn Shell/Shell scripting experience.
- Strong Linux fundamentals.
- Experience with database backup and recovery.
- Strong troubleshooting and RCA skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to support rotating on-call and after-hours production support.
Preferred Skills
- Oracle Exadata
- Oracle GoldenGate
- Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Oracle ZFS / ZDLRA
- Python
- SQL Server
- ServiceNow
- Azure / AWS / OCI
- Cloud database environments
- Automation and operational improvement, * 5+ years of enterprise Linux System Administration experience.
- Strong Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) experience.
- Strong experience with FPP, HA, clustering, virtualization, and storage.
- Hands-on Ansible experience.
- Strong Bash or Python scripting skills.
- Experience with LVM, NFS, and automount.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance-tuning skills.
- Experience with enterprise compute, storage, and networking.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
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