About the job

Job reference code: PRO22

Position name: Sr. Oracle Database Architect (Exadata)

Location: Remote, India

About role:

We are looking for an experienced and passionate technology specialist having strong technical and customer facing skills and who can work and grow within a dynamic and highly skilled professional team providing application & database management services.

Requirement:

• Multiple Database landscapes owner and focal point
• Delivery planning using global delivery teams/Architecting/solutioning DB migration, upgrade, implementation, and steady state support models.
• Various technical services delivery for multiple DB landscape such as: ORACLE, EXADATA, DB2, SYBASE, SQL, MYSQL, POSTGRESS, etc
• Implementation of Monitoring platform for database services
• Managing DB alerts on database anomalies & Incidents
• Support team in routine health and Integrity Checks
• DB Backup management services, Implementation of Best practices optimizations
• Performance Baseline & Tuning – optimization and diagnostics
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery (HA & DR) Implementation
• Installation & Upgrades (Including OS tuning)
• Ensuring a future-proof architecture
• Capacity planning
• Homogeneous Data Replication services
• Data Migration services
• Basic DB management Scripting & Automation
• Security & Compliance Checks & DB Hardening
• Auditing setup and support
• User Access Management & support
• Trusted customer adviser for an optimal and efficient DB migrations, implementations, and operations on Public/Private Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
• Basic knowledge on SAP on AWS and SAP on Azure
• Mentor to Jr team for building DB management skills and services portfolio using provided Academy model for organic growth.

MUST HAVE

• 10 to 12 years or higher of strong technical experience in database management services for platforms - ORACLE,EXADATA,DB2,SYBASE,SQL,MYSQL,POSTGRESS, etc
• Experience in day-to-day Exadata DMA activities.
• Knowledge of ASM related activities.
• Very thorough and clear understanding of Oracle Database Architecture - including the latest version of Oracle 11g, 12c & 19c)
• RAC, ASM, Exadata, Performance tuning
• DB Technical architecting – On Prem and Public Cloud
• DB Management Services - technical account management
• Operational expertise to run Enterprise Class DBs on Cloud Platform
• DB Technical Landscape ownership & support management
• Strong technical background for overall DB Administration services
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or higher
• Excellent communication skills in English - verbal and written.
• Certifications in database administration & DB management on cloud platforms
• Experience with Managed services Providers on Cloud platform is desirable.

NICE TO HAVE

• Ability to negotiate and communicate with other product support partners like SAP Microsoft, Oracle, IBM
• Strong presentation/communication/facilitation skills (oral and written)
• Must be well organized, detail oriented and capable of juggling numerous priorities.
• Works well with teams or in a team environment, with the ability to work independently.
• Primary contact for DB Management services for set of DB landscapes.
• Overall responsible for managed services SLAs like availability (proactive monitoring), Incident resolutions as per Protera SLAs, System recoverability (100%) - Backups & DR
• Prepare and manage customer specific technical procedures.
• Prepare and present Protera standard Monthly reports with interactive discussions and detailed analysis on important KPI / Exceptions
• Organize and drive ad-hoc customer meetings for managed services delivery.
• Constantly improve, continuous education and keeping up to date with the rapidly evolving Database Products industry.
• Ability to participate in projects across various teams, cultures, geographies, and time zones
• .Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Innovative problem solving & analytical skills.
• Can provide mentorship to Jr. DBAs and other colleagues for DBA related technical skills.
• Experience in any other classic RDBMS platform such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, SAP HANA will be plus.

About the company:

Protera Technologies, is a global Total IT Outsourcing Services Provider for SAP-centric organizations. The Company was formed in the mid-90s to provide comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for customers with SAP in the core of their IT resources. Protera Technologies has capitalized on its unbeatable experiences with SAP to evolve into a pioneer of end-to-end total IT Outsourcing global solutions that covers all IT needs of an organization. Since its founding in 1998, Protera Technologies is committed to enabling constant change while improving quality and reducing total cost of ownership for all IT resources of an SAP centric organization.

Vision:

Protera envisages to be the premier on-demand operational platform supporting all IT needs for SAP centric organizations.

Mission:

The company aims to deliver the best forward-thinking ITO Services Platform empowering organizations to leverage IT to drive business growth and efficiency gains.

Values:

• Impact: Create intentional and meaningful interactions to improve, innovate and inspire
• Curiosity: Stay curious about the evolution and journey of each other.
• Authenticity: High integrity individuals working together for the greater good.
• Celebration: Of our work, our people, our clients, our traditions, and our communities.