Job Details: Senior Oracle DBA
| Job Title: | Senior Oracle DBA |
| Job ID: | OraDBA |
| Company: | Optimos Inc |
| Position Type: | Contract |
| Pay Rate: | Market Rate |
| Skills: | Oracle DBA |
| Date Posted: | Jul-22-08 |
Location: East Coast - CT, NJ, PA multiple clients - 50% Travel is required to various client sites. The remaining time consultants work remotely via VPN.
Duration: 12 months
Rate: Quote minimum best possible (Expenses will be paid by the client)
Details:
Senior Database Administrator
* We are seeking Senior-Level DBAs with all of the skills expected to manage Oracle and SQL Server databases in a 24x7 production environment. You will be responsible for supporting a variety of customers and working with some form of High Availability or Disaster Recovery technology on a daily basis.
* Minimum 5-years experience as an Oracle and/or SQL Server DBA in a mission-critical production environment on Windows and/or Unix platforms. This includes a strong background in SQL/T-SQL, PL/SQL, Windows and/or UNIX scripting, backup and recovery, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and export/import/bcp utilities.
* Minimum 5-years experience with database management and monitoring software, such as Oracle and/or SQL Server Enterprise Manager and Nagios.
* Experience with Oracle versions 8.x, 9.x, 10.x and 11.x and/or Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008
* Experience with Microsoft toolsets, including Office, Outlook and Remote Desktop
* Experience with Unix toolsets, including SSH and VNC.
* Experience with hardware specification/design/troubleshooting as it pertains to storage (NAS/SAN/shared storage/RAID), server design, and capacity planning.
* Good working knowledge and experience with Windows and/or Unix environments.
* Good technical documentation skills and ability to write proper customer correspondence and executive level literature.
* Excellent communication skills as it relates to corresponding with customers via email and telephone.
* Firm grasp of concepts as it relates to additional options of Oracle and/or SQL Server. Candidate should know what these tools are, how they work, and what they are used for.
* Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or computer-related field.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED
* Oracle® Certified Professional (OCP) certification.
* Microsoft® Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) certification.
* Experience with Oracle Applications (Financials, HR, etc.), Oracle Application Server or Oracle Portal.
* Experience with Oracle Data Guard/Standby Database, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Fail Safe, Oracle Advanced Replication, Oracle Text or Partitioning.
* Experience with SQL Server Replication, Log Shipping or Full Text Search.
* Microsoft® Certified System Administrator (MCSA) certification.
* System administration experience on Windows and/or Unix platforms, including O/S installation and configuration, applying patches, user management, performance tuning and troubleshooting.
* Network administration experience including management of Cisco VPN devices and configuring peer-to-peer tunnels.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Provide 24x7 support for mission-critical database systems.
* Perform installations, upgrades and apply patches to databases running on Windows and Unix platforms.
* Implementation and management of database objects including data files, tables, indexes, triggers, integrity constraints, and database authorizations.
* Extensive performance tuning against mission-critical databases. Completion of physical data model and physical database design tasks including DDL generation.
* Design database performance specifications, database backup and recovery plans, and database performance/capacity models including disk space capacity plans.
* Perform advanced database maintenance activities, such as partitioning, index reorganization, transporting tablespaces, and document search management.
* Perform database security and user management activities, including defining policies and procedures, implementing virtual private databases, and database encryption.
* Assist in recommendation and design phases of database architectures including hardware, software, and the environment architectures thereof.
* Willingness to learn new skills as it pertains to Oracle and SQL Server, be able to grasp those concepts quickly, and implement them for customers.
* Extensive communications with customers and internal staff.
Because of DBA error, an important database was created with a 2k block size, and as it is physically on a SAN with an 8k write chunk, we are dealing with unnecessary performance implications
Thanks,
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Anand, Account Manager -- ERP Practice
Optimos, Incorporated | Direct: 703-994-4138 | Work: 703-488-6888 x 757 | Fax: 703-991-5645 | AIM: anand1707
anand@optimos.com
www.optimos.com
A SEI-CMM Level-3 Company
http://solutions.oracle.com/partners/optimos
| Location: | -East Coast |
| Telecommute: | No (Onsite Position) |
| Contact Name: | Anand |
| Contact Phone: | 703-994-4138 |
| Contact Email: | anand@optimos.com |
| URL: | http://www.optimos.com/ |
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