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Oracle Database Administrator

BioSpace
North Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/20/2026
Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

Job Description

Thedatabase administration function provides in-depth technicalexpertiseinOracle Relational DatabaseManagementSystem (RDBMS), including database architecture, installation, and technical support ofRDBMS software.Responsible for designing, building, securing,andmaintainingdata structures used to storecompanycomputerized systems data. Proficient in backup and recovery. Perform database administration activities such as modifications, enhancements, expansions, capacity planning, andlifecycle. Responsible for compliance with applicable company policies and procedures.Deliver advanced technicalexpertisefor the maintenance, support, and performance optimization of Oracle database software. Offer technicalassistanceto IT clients in the design and tuning of application systems, as well as support for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
  • Review,validateand enhance logical database designs. Define and implement physical databases.
  • Perform database administration activities (e.g., modifications, enhancements, expansions).
  • Conducts production database performance monitoring and capacity planning. Install, test and upgrade database releases and associated products.
  • Diagnoses database-related issues (e.g., database outages, application performance).
  • Lead the development of database standards and procedures. Evaluate and recommend new database software, utilities, and tools.
  • Daily interactionwith clients on divisional andenterprise wideprojects and peer resources in other technical support organizations (e.g.hardware, storage, etc.).
  • Responsible for administration, security, configuration, and maintenance of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) infrastructure. Focus on company database performance monitoring, automation of routine tasks, and ensuring high availability. Key duties include company Oracle database patching via OEM, incident configuration and management, andutilizingshell scripting to support operations in a 24/7 environment.


Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelors Degree with 6 years experience; Masters Degree with 5 years experience; PhD with 0 years experience.
  • Experience with Database design,building, implementation, administration,performance andtuning, patching,backupand recovery.
  • Experience with data retrieval and data access methods, testing, etc.
  • Experience with Unix shell and PL/SQL scripts.
  • Experience with OracleDBA.
  • Excellent analytical,communicationand consultative skills and the ability to work efficiently with clients and other IT management andstaff.
  • Excellent analytical,communicationand consultative skills and the ability to work efficiently with clients and other IT management andstaff.


Preferred

  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science(or equivalent experience), Masters preferred.
  • 7 years of experience asOracleDBA. MS SQL and/or NoSQL.
  • Knowledge/experience with Application Development andthe systems development life cycle.
  • Experienceestablishingguidelines,proceduresand standards for databaseadministration,writing technical documentation.


Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.
  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.


Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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