Technical Architect

Responsibilities

- Provides advanced database administration functions in support of the overall design and implementation of broadband OSS systems. This will include database installation, configuration, customization, patch management, performance tuning, monitoring, and application troubleshooting.

Database Administration Support

- Database support of diverse software levels and operating system platforms
- Database support of complex environments leveraging advanced database features
- Database support of high priority mission critical applications
- Database configuration
- Database monitoring
- Database security
- Database schema and object management
- Database upgrades
- Database patching
- Database backups and recoveries
- Database compatibilities
- Database vendor support
- Database documentation

Database Troubleshooting and Performance Analysis

- Database problem analysis and resolution
- Database system tuning
- Database SQL tuning

Architecture and Capacity Planning

- Database physical design
- High availability implementation utilizing DBMS features such as Oracle RAC
- Disaster recovery implementation utilizing DBMS features such as Oracle Data Guard
- Database growth and disk space utilization
- Application consultation
- Project implementation activities
- Project design and estimation
- Database product certification
- Database product or feature subject matter expert

Innovation

- Analysis of new database release features and enhancements
- Database replication utilizing technologies such as GoldenGate
- Working knowledge of tools such as Grid Control, TOAD, DBArtisan, Patrol

Technical Leadership

- DBA team consultation
- Management of escalated issues for DBA team including internal, IT, and DBMS vendor issues
- Best practices development and implementation
- Standards development and implementation
- Database security auditing

SKILLS

Required Qualifications: Familiarity with Solaris Operating Systems; Familiarity with Linux Operating Systems; Detailed knowledge of Oracle 10g and Oracle 10g RAC; Detailed knowledge of Oracle 11g and Oracle 11g RAC; Detailed knowledge of Database backup/recovery utilities; Detailed Knowledge of Oracle Data Guard; Knowledge of Oracle/DB configuration and tuning; Knowledge of SQL query optimization; Familiarity with Oracle Grid Control and DB Console. Must have expertise in the following: Oracle 9i/10g/11g, Oracle 11g RAC, Oracle Performance, SQL, Capacity Planning, Unix Operating Systems, and Shell Scripting.

Desired Qualifications: Familiarity with Oracle in a Veritas HA Cluster; Familiarity with Oracle Partitioning; Familiarity with 3rd party tools such as DBArtisan and TOAD.

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.