About Us
At Pythian, we're passionate about helping businesses harness the power of data, analytics, and cloud to drive transformation and success. As a leading provider of advanced on-prem, hybrid, cloud, and multi-cloud solutions, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of our clients. With a powerful combination of expertise in data and cloud, as well as a commitment to staying ahead of the latest technologies, we're the perfect partner for mid- and large-sized businesses looking to stay ahead in today's rapidly changing digital economy.
About the Role
We're seeking an experienced Full Stack Oracle DBA to join our team in India. As a key member of our database administration team, you'll play a critical role in providing complete support for all aspects of managed database and application infrastructure operations to our clients. If you're passionate about database administration, have a strong background in Oracle technologies, and are looking for a challenging and rewarding role, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
As a Full Stack Oracle DBA, you'll be responsible for:
- Coordinating, analyzing, designing, implementing, and administering database solutions to meet customer needs
- Overseeing backup, database real application clustering, mirroring, replication, failover, and restoration and recovery of corrupted databases, developing and reviewing action plans (such as maintenance, deployment, upgrades, etc.), and completing all relevant customer documentation
- Recommending best practices for improvements to current operational processes
- Configuring and maintaining servers at the database and infrastructure level
- Troubleshooting Database operational problems
- Administering proactive database and infrastructure daily checks
- Responding to monitoring alerts
- Communicating status and planning activities to customers and other team members
- Learning different database technologies and providing support
- Providing initial support to our customers on infrastructure and database issues, troubleshooting, and resolution of problems related to performance issues for database systems
- Responding to customer's tickets in a timely and efficient manner and escalating issues with urgency when required (aligned to ITIL best practice)
- Analyzing customer's infrastructure and processes and recommending 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
- Contributing to, improving, and maintaining team documentation about customer systems and infrastructure, procedures, policies, and schedules
- Working collaboratively with teammates to contribute to the continuous improvement of our working culture
- Mentoring and cross-training teammates on technologies and processes, to improve the technical excellence of the team
- Participating in the team's rotational shift pattern and on-call coverage rotation plan
What We Need from You
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- 4+ years of database administration experience managing Oracle databases (including Oracle RAC)
- Basics of Oracle Exadata with a good foundational understanding of Oracle database technologies
- A 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 You'll Get in Return
As a valued member of our team, you'll enjoy:
- A competitive total rewards package with excellent take-home salaries, shifted work time bonus (if applicable), and an annual bonus plan
- The opportunity to hone your skills or learn new ones with an annual training allowance, 2 paid professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, and more
- A flexible work-life balance with 3 weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours
- The equipment you need to work from home, including a laptop with your choice of OS, and a 0.3 lakh INR* budget to personalize your work environment
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to the success of our clients
Why Join Us?
At Pythian, we're passionate about delivering innovative solutions that meet the unique needs of our clients. We're committed to staying ahead of the latest technologies and to providing our team members with the training and support they need to succeed. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role with a dynamic and supportive team, we'd love to hear from you.
How to Apply
If you're passionate about database administration and have a strong background in Oracle technologies, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your application through the link below.
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Disclaimer
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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