What are the responsibilities and job description for the Oracle Database Administrator position at TekShapers?
Role: Oracle Database Administrator
Location: Oaks, PA
Type : Contract
Need candidate to work onsite from Day 1 (Hybrid 3 days onsite per week)
Experience: 09 years
Required Skills
- Minimum 10 years of Oracle DBA experience with production support background
- Hands-on experience in Oracle Database Administration including installation, patching, and upgrades
- Experience with Oracle Exadata Administration
- Strong expertise in SQL profiling, performance tuning, database monitoring, backup & restore
- Experience with Data Guard and Grid Control toolset
- Experience with Oracle Goldengate replication
- Hands-on experience with cloud-hosted Oracle databases (OCI, Azure)
- Knowledge of DR setup, replication, and disaster recovery exercises
- Experience with automation tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, GitLab Runner
- Proficiency in scripting (Shell, Python, Perl)
- Knowledge of Git/code management practices
- Strong understanding of monitoring tools
- Understanding of ITIL processes
- Strong technical knowledge in database domain with exposure to complementary infrastructures
Key Responsibilities
- Manage Oracle database infrastructure including installation, upgrades, patching, and maintenance
- Provide technical database support across infrastructure, applications, and related processes
- Perform performance tuning, monitoring, backup, and recovery activities
- Manage replication technologies (Data Guard, Goldengate) and DR readiness
- Participate in planning, design, and development of technical specifications and documentation
- Support application development by providing inputs on database design and emerging technologies
- Troubleshoot and resolve user issues, enforce standards, and provide operational support
- Execute and support DR drills and ensure business continuity readiness
- Utilize monitoring tools effectively to ensure system health and uptime
- Collaborate with teams and mentor junior resources in production support
Good-to-Have Skills
- Knowledge of finance/banking domain, data structures, and terminology
- Experience with other databases such as SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
- Understanding of identity frameworks
- Relevant technical certifications
- Strong learning agility and ability to adapt to new technologies
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Experience working in fast-paced production environments
Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.