Senior Oracle DBA/Architect

JOB TITLE - SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTOR

Summary:
Duties ranging from strategic and architectural to engineering and DB platform: capacity management, platform reliability, operational efficiency, performance tuning, and upgrade/roadmap management.

- Drives continuous improvement of applications and infrastructure through for the SCADA organization to ensure optimal operations, performance, and stability of services.
- Works closely with infrastructure resources to ensure best possible resource utilization and system performance.
- Provides technical guidance related to database design, development, operation and maintenance of key application databases.
- Works with large DB application team to determine appropriate DB, storage and DR/HA solutions to support greater uptime and reliability.
- Performs capacity planning to sustain business growth.
- Participates with troubleshooting, problem solving, and performance tuning assistance to application and infrastructure teams.
- Performs database cloning, refreshes, and data migration.
- Ability to work independently and to resolve Oracle issues
- Applies R&D, oversight & direction for the implementing of various database-efficiency technologies: Examples include:
- Database upgrades
- DB cloning and snapshots
- Database monitoring and management tools
- Database Tuning and optimization
- Experience in using tools for monitoring and tuning
- Archiving and backup technologies
- DB-focused consultative services as needed.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

- PROFICIENT AND EXPERIENCED WITH ORACLE RMAN (BACKUP, RESTORE, AND CLONING)
- STRONG PRODUCTION SUPPORT EXPERIENCE & CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS
- ORACLE 11G AND 12C DATABASE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT ON LINUX ENVIRONMENTS
- ORACLE DATABASE TUNING AND PERFORMANCE - USAGE OF AWR, ADDM, ASH AND UNIX NATIVE COMMANDS
- SCRIPTING EXPERIENCE
- STORAGE CONSIDERATIONS FOR ORACLE DATABASE PERFORMANCE
- ORACLE ENTERPRISE MANAGER/GRID CONTROL FOR ENVIRONMENT STANDARDIZATION
- KNOWLEDGE OF ENTERPRISE DATA ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES
- Takes the initiative to act on issues

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

- 7+ YEARS EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING ORACLE. SQL SERVER A PLUS.
- Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or MIS.
- WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF SAN/STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES.
- WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF WINDOWS AND UNIX BASED PLATFORMS AS IT RELATES TO THE SUPPORT OF HIGHLY AVAILABLE RDBMS.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
- Outstanding team player and works well with cross functional teams.
- General business case development & financial based decision making skills.
- High degree of professionalism, respect for diversity particularly with respect to globally sourced solution providers.

LOCATION: Tulsa, OK