Oracle DBA

For our banking client in Zurich, we are looking for a

ORACLE DBA (80% - 100%) - TRADING AREA, PB

Start date: Asap

Duration: 6months +

Location: Zurich

THE CLIENT OFFERS

- A challenging role in the 'Database Oracle Operations' team. The team provides 2nd and 3rd level support for Trading and Sales, Corporate, Retail and Private Banking Applications
- Responsibility for the technical management and coordination of issues and projects primarily involving installation, configuration and on-going administration tasks for the Oracle databases
- Upgrade and migration of Oracle databases and in taking care of configuration management and backup recovery
- Database troubleshooting, tuning and query optimization
- Participation in solving system and performance issues
- Collaboration with other Oracle team members locally and globally
- A good understanding of the business needs

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

- The individual brings a commercial mind set to the role and demonstrates a strong sense of personal accountability in providing end-to-end delivery. The person has a track record in bringing efficiency in day-to-day operations. The individual has excellent ability to work collaboratively across cultures in a global environment
- Education in IT or the relevant work experience in the database area
- More than 7 years' experience in Oracle Database Administration on Unix/Linux platforms
- Experience in Oracle 11g and with Oracle DWH environments
- Skills in Oracle Parallel execution, Oracle multi-level partioning and Oracle Wait Events
- Work experience in RMAN (restore/backup) in huge environments, as well as knowledge of copy/cloning techniques (eg transportable tablespaces, storage mirroring based DB clones
- PL/SQL and Korn-Shell development skills
- Practical experience with DB tuning/optimization in several terabyte applications
- Some Hands-on experience in Exadata infrastructure
- Excellent communication skills in English, German is an advantage

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.