Oracle DBA Job Posting

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Job Title:	Oracle DBA
Job ID:	GAN123
Company:	Global Access Now
Position Type:	Contract
Pay Rate:	Competitive
Date Posted:	Aug-28-09

A top-notch Oracle DBA with respectable SQL Server skills is needed for a long term engagement. The ideal candidate must demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of database administration concepts on a Microsoft platform. This individual will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of new databases, monitoring and maintaining existing databases, resolving complex database issues, optimizing performance, and implementing protocols for disaster recovery, configuration management, and security, and will provide leadership and expertise to other team members on best practices and advanced techniques.

This individual must also provide technical leadership in the configuration, administration and maintenance of Oracle Application Servers.

Requirements:

· At least 5 years experience of database development and administration experience with Oracle 9i and 10g, at least 2 years experience of database development and administration experience with SQL Server 2000, and at least 8 years of development experience in a business and technical environment.

· Extensive background in the development and testing of complex queries in Oracle PL/SQL.

· Extensive experience with Oracle Application Server 9i and 10g: installation, configuration, administration, fine-tuning, troubleshooting. Hands-on experience with mod_plsql, http server, oc4j instance.

· Review the proposed logical and physical database models, consult with the data architect, and participate in creation of the final database structure as necessary.

· Maintain database performance by monitoring space, CPU usage, fragmentation of data, and by tuning queries, scheduling jobs, setting alerts, etc.

· Develop, communicate, and carry out procedures designed to facilitate recovery from database failure, such as online backups, archiving, and exports.

· Establish database change control and versioning procedures and work with data architects and developers to migrate database changes into test, acceptance, and production environments.

· Establish standards and policies to ensure enterprise information assets are properly secured and protected by appropriate access management and privacy controls.

· Candidates should have excellent oral and written communication skills.

· Undergraduate degree in computer science or related area of study. Graduate degree in similar discipline is preferred.

Preferred Skills:

· Extensive background in the development and testing of complex Transact SQL queries in SQL Server.

· Certification in database administration for Oracle and/or Microsoft

· Experience with Oracle Dataguard

· Experience with data modeling and query tools such as ERwin, Embarcadero, TOAD, SQL Navigator, etc.

· Experience with Microsoft Analysis Services and Data Transformation Services is a plus

· Experience with dimensional database design, online analytical processing, and business Intelligence tools and/or technologies such as Cognos, Business Objects, Brio, etc. is a plus.

Location:	US-GA-Atlanta
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name:	Ramona Benson
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:	resume@globalaccessnow.com
Contact Comments:
Please put the Job Title in the Subject heading of the email and the Job ID. This position needs to be filled asap!

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