Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Job description

📢 ALCHEMY is Hiring! 📢

🏢 Position: Senior Oracle Database Administrator
📍 Location: Dubai, UAE
💰 Salary: AED 14,000 - AED 16,000

🔍 Job Description:
ALCHEMY is seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator with significant exposure to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience as an Oracle Apps DBA, with strong knowledge in database administration, performance tuning, and database security.

📝 Responsibilities:
   - Address and resolve issues received through Call/Email/ITSM tickets related to applications and databases.
   - Troubleshoot and resolve application or database connectivity issues, performance problems, workflow disruptions, and other related issues.
   - Provide comprehensive support for all production and non-production applications and databases.
   - Ensure availability and provide 24/7 support for the team during critical issues or planned major activities on production instances.
   - Perform regular support and maintenance activities, including daily health checks, reviewing database and application logs, and executing maintenance tasks to clean up obsolete logs as per retention policies.
   - Monitor and manage daily backups for all production instances, designing backup strategies in line with the organization’s RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective) requirements.
   - Implement preventive measures to avoid repetitive issues by configuring appropriate alerts and monitoring systems.
   - Support activities related to instances on-premise and in the cloud, ensuring smooth operations across environments.
   - Perform tasks specific to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, including instance management and maintenance.
   - Test patches related to applications or databases for any bug fixes reported by the technical or functional team.
   - Migrate tested patches to production during off-hours, ensuring minimal downtime and obtaining necessary approvals.
   - Clone non-production instances from production upon ad-hoc requests across different tenancies.
   - Perform code movements as requested by the technical team, typically twice a week.
   - Conduct monthly ASCP (Advanced Supply Chain Planning) tasks as required.
   - Coordinate with functional, technical, and infrastructure teams for in-depth analysis and resolution of issues.

🎓 Qualifications:
   - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
   - 8+ years of experience as an Oracle Apps DBA.
   - Significant exposure to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
   - Strong knowledge of Oracle database administration, including backup and recovery, performance tuning, and database security.
   - Experience with Oracle ERP instances and related support activities.



Join ALCHEMY and contribute to our success by ensuring the smooth operation and maintenance of our Oracle database systems!