Tech Stack
AWSCloudEC2LinuxMS SQL ServerOracleSQLVMware
About the role
- Manage, configure, and support Oracle and SQL Server databases across private and public cloud platforms
- Oversee database provisioning, upgrades, patching, migrations, and decommissioning
- Implement and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions (e.g., Oracle Data Guard, Always On Availability Groups)
- Perform performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning to ensure maximum database efficiency and uptime
- Design and implement database solutions in IaaS, PaaS, and hybrid cloud environments
- Support migration and modernization initiatives, including lift-and-shift and re-platforming of databases to cloud-native services
- Collaborate with cloud engineering teams to ensure secure, cost-effective, and scalable database deployments
- Implement database security policies, including access controls, encryption, auditing, and compliance with regulatory standards
- Conduct regular security assessments, vulnerability reviews, and remediation activities
- Establish and enforce database standards, policies, and procedures
- Develop and maintain proactive monitoring and alerting solutions
- Automate routine database tasks using scripting
- Continuously improve operational processes through automation and orchestration
- Work closely with DBA Team, application and infrastructure teams to design scalable and resilient database solutions
- Mentor junior DBAs and contribute to knowledge sharing and documentation
- Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation (typically every 4 weeks) for support, go live project work, and incident response
- Ability to work with and communicate with customers
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on DBA experience with Oracle Database (12c/19c+) both Linux and Windows, and Microsoft SQL Server (2016+)
- Expertise in private cloud environments (VMware, OLVM) and public cloud (AWS EC2, AWS RDS, OCI)
- Proven experience with HA/DR solutions, database clustering, replication, and backup/recovery strategies
- Strong skills in performance tuning, query optimization, troubleshooting, and problem solving
- Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, and scripting languages
- Knowledge of database security best practices and compliance standards
- Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Oracle DatabaseSQL Serverperformance tuningquery optimizationscriptingdatabase clusteringreplicationbackup/recovery strategiesautomationinfrastructure-as-code
Soft skills
problem solvingmentoringcollaborationcommunication