Principal Cloud Database Administrator

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management. 

The Opportunity:
This position is responsible for managing highly available database clusters across geographically different on-premise datacenters. Ensure availability, scalability, and uptime requirements of database services are clearly understood and addressed. Evaluate progress and results of development efforts. Preserve the integrity and design of the databases to support mission-critical databases necessary for business operations. Under minimal supervision, produce deliverables in alignment with the overall Transformation program demonstrating mastery skills in sub-specialization.
 
You are Great AT:
•    Provide proactive knowledge and act as an escalation point for Engineering, Service Support, and Service Delivery. 
•    Resolve issues & incidents within SLA.
•    Proactively work with vendors & providers on issues identified in products and chase issues until successful resolution.
•    Independently implement approved medium and large-scale projects that align towards service and departmental goals. 
•    Lead, coordinate, and manage all aspects of the database implementation. 
•    Own technology solutions within the respective area of sub expertise including overall design, key decisions, and relations with business owners. 
•    Liaise with the company's database suppliers for prompt rectification of any problems or emergencies. 
•    Provide guidance and support to the enterprise; act as a single point of contact for DBA-related issues. 
•    Coordinate with systems admin, network engineering, and other teams towards availability, reliability, and scalability of database environments 
 
What It Takes:
•    BE in CS/EE Or/with a minimum of 8 years of experience as hands-on an Oracle DBA.
•    Excellent understanding of Oracle technologies and related products/technologies used in replication such as Dataguard and Golden Gate.
•    OCP certification is plus.
•    Must have worked in services with 99.995% or more uptime/SLA.
•    Worked in services requiring 10 minutes of Response Time to Incidents including experience in carrying on-call rotation.
•    Experience in implementing local recovery and disaster recovery.
•    Must have worked on database systems with more than 10TB Oracle RAC.
•    Working experience with Oracle 11g, 12c and 19c RAC with Active-Active setup.
•    Oracle Grid Control implementation and data collection. 
•    Hands-on experience with Golden Gate, Data Guard, and troubleshooting.
•    Experience in setting monitoring including Enterprise Grid Control.
•    Must have working experience with scripting and automation.
•    Good understanding of Linux OS.
•    Experience in setting monitoring of databases and related technologies.
•    Knowledge of MSSQL and  Postgress, database is plus.
 
 

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