Senior Oracle Database Administrator

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From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role: 
 
Our Media Platform Operations team is looking for a highly capable Senior Oracle Database Administrator that can operate effectively without day-to-day supervision. You will be creating and implementing standardized database management procedures, and overseeing the installation, security, and upgrading of our database.  You will be working with a global team of professionals to design and develop database systems and to provide guidance to customers on database structures and features. You will create standard procedures to enhance scalability and performance of existing database architecture. You will need to be able to troubleshoot complex database issues in accurate and timely manner. You will need to develop and maintain database disaster recovery procedures to ensure continuous availability and speedy recovery.  You will also need to stay up to date with new database technologies and analyze such technologies to bring into scope of existing infrastructure. 

Your Role Accountabilities: 
OPERATIONS/PROJECT MANAGEMENT 

•    Coordinates Oracle DBA activities with the infrastructure team to ensure database servers are built according to customer requirements in a timely manner. 

•    Participate in New Projects - Defining database strategy, architecture, standards, and procedures to uphold the integrity and security of company data resources. 

•    Working effectively with a team that is globally dispersed. 

•    Manage and support Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) applications. 

•    Perform system administration activities including patching, cloning, backup, and recovery. 

•    Troubleshoot and resolve issues within EBS and integrated applications. 

•    Deploying, upgrading, relocating, and decommissioning database servers both on-prem and in the cloud. 

•    Serves as a mentor for Database Administrators and Associate Database Administrators. Provides additional support and guidance to DBAs/Associate DBAs with regards to problem solving, escalations and day to day work related challenges. 

•    Being part of the team that includes participation in an On-Call rotation to provide our customers 24/7 support. 
STRATEGY 

•    Reviewing the existing database monitoring and backup strategy and come up with a new strategy based on the business requirements.  

•    Provide advanced technical support for Oracle EBS and database issues. 

•    Participate in developing and maintaining Oracle for monitoring database conditions and activities. 

•    Collaborate with IT and business leaders to define the architecture and roadmaps for future Oracle projects 

•    Participate in identifying, proposing and implementing new and emerging technologies to support ongoing projects and business operations. 

•    Plays a significant role in the research, development and implementation of new technologies to support new/upcoming projects. 

•    Document technical solutions and articulate these solutions to both a business and technical audience. 

•    Takes the lead in communicating with internal and external stakeholders. 
ANALYTICS  

•    Work with the team leads to designing, implementing, and testing high availability and business continuity plans for our Tier 1 applications. 

•    Takes the lead in developing and maintaining SQL and Linux programs for monitoring database conditions and activities. 

•    Takes the lead in identifying, proposing and implementing new and emerging technologies to support ongoing projects and business operations. 

•    Creating, reviewing and maintaining database documentation.  

•    Perform and plan upgrades and re-platforms to align with the company's vision. 

•    Creating, reviewing and maintaining operational documentation that can be used by our 24/7 operations team and junior database administrators. 

Qualifications & Experiences: 

•    Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. 

•    5+ years of experience in implementing, performance tuning, and supporting databases, with a focus on oracle. 

•    Expert experience in Oracle database administration. Experience of the various other database platforms (SQL Server, SAP Hana, db2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, snowflake, & databricks) is a plus.  

•    Strong proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, and Oracle database tuning. 

•    Experience with Oracle EBS R12, Oracle RAC, and Data Guard. 

•    Familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems. 

•    Solid understanding of IT security principles and best practices. 

•    Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. 

•    Experience working on and maintaining EXADATA platform. 

•    Experience working on databases that are hosted both on-perm and AWS cloud. Good working experience AWS RDS databases is required. 

•    Experience automating, scripting, and streamlining processes for efficiency and accuracy utilizing Unix shell scripting and Windows BAT. 

•    Ability and experience with the development of processes and procedures to standardize Database installations and configuration. 

•    Ability to work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious. 

•    Capable of handling multiple projects and deadlines. 

•    Worked with high availability setups (including RAC and Oracle Data Guard) 

•    Self-motivated with strong team orientation and the ability to learn quickly 

•    Good interpersonal, communication and documentation skills 

•    Ability to provide 24/7 support. 

Not Required but preferred experience: 

•    Experience with other technologies like Oracle, SAP Hana, db2, mysql, Potgresql, snowflake, and databricks will be considered a plus. 

•    Experience working on databases that are hosted on-prem as well as the AWS or Azure cloud (PASS and SASS implementations). 

•    Experience automating, scripting, and streamlining processes for efficiency and accuracy utilizing Powershell scripting and Windows BAT. 
 

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