Database Administrator I

Database Administrator I-90194

Description

The ideal candidate will be an Oracle DBA with a production support background. 1-3 years experience required.

Required technical skills:

Oracle Enterprise Manager Administration knowledge required.

Production Support for Oracle 11g experience required.

Basic knowledge of Oracle software installation, backup and recovery, Oracle software upgrades processes.

Some Unix experience required - any flavor of Unix. Minimal Shell Scripting experience preferred

Basic knowledge of Advanced Features such as Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, RAT a plus

Entry level experience with Database creation, diskgroup creation, adding disks to diskgroups in ASM

Backup and recovery using both RMAN and sqlplus

Oracle Data Guard experience with physical standby preferred. Broker experience not essential.

Optional:

Patching clusterware - major patchsets, PSUs and CPUs.

Experience in prior/newer versions such as 10g and 12c is a plus.

Planning/participation in major Oracle database upgrade/migration projects

Good understanding of storage technologies

Good understanding of network components

Audit compliance, such as SOX, PCI, SAS-70 (SSAE16) etc.

Interpersonal and other skills

Must be a team player.

Must be able to multi-task and work on multiple work streams in a given day. Must be able to switch from one task to another as situations arise

Must be able to work in a highly stressful environment, and deal with a user base with high strung personalities

Good communication skills, both verbal and written

Must be methodical, and willing to follow documented procedures for repeated technical work, such as software installation, patching, DR etc.

Ask for help and/or seeks advice.
Listen well and utilize information.
Contribute/share ideas and information.
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Job Desc:

Participation in production support oncall rotation. Weekly rotation (7 member team at full strength).

Participation in monthly outage rotation - 10 outages a year, spread out amongst team. Monthly outages from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Sundays.

Participation in patching outage windows. All non-prod envs will be patched on Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Production will be patched in the monthly outages. Patching is spread out amongst the team. Typical patch workload per DBA per calendar year = 3-4 Thursdays for non-prod, and 2 monthly patch windows scheduled in the monthly outage.

Long weekend oncalls are drawn by lottery, with the caveat that no DBA will take oncall for the same long weekend two years in a row.

Typical workday is from 8:30 to 5:00. Some early and late workday slots may be available

Standard 2 week vacation, 10 days sick/personal - for other benefit details, please refer to the documentation provided to the vendor.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

Four year college degree and no related experience or 2 or more years specialized training or professional experience is required.

Behaviors

Teamwork

Cooperates in a team environment

Demonstrates initiative

Understands the importance of quality customer service

Develops job knowledge

Treats others with respect

Takes responsibility for his/her actions

Manages and resolves conflict

Embraces diversity

Adaptability

Portrays a positive attitude

Flexible; adjusts to change

Ability to follow direction

Accepts supervision/guidance

Complies with Company standards/policies/procedures

Displays professionalism in both conduct and dress

Performs well in critical situations

Communications

Effective verbal/oral written communication

Provides timely updates on projects to management

Asks for help/seeks advice

Listens well/utilizes information

Shares ideas and information

Develops rapport with customers

Develops correspondence skills

Participates in Right Steps process

Attends required meetings as specified in TM-M

Attends team, department, division meetings

Skills and Competencies

Develops analytical and logic skills

Good technical skills (ie industry products, testing, etc )

Develops extensive knowledge of TSYS

DB2 (DB2 related vendor products, QMF, File-aid DB2, SQL)

IMS (DBDGEN, PSBGEN, ACBGEN, IDCAMS, DL/I, File-aid IMS)

Oracle

Associated relational database competencies
Organization:
Attends to detail

Manages time and priorities productively

Conducts meetings effectively

Multitask oriented

Manages multiple tasks effectively

Creates and maintains accurate documentation

Working Conditions

Irregular hours

Use of a pager when on call

Decision Making

Participates in the decision-making process and acts quickly to carry out decisions.

Demonstrates effective problem solving skills

Practices confidentiality.

Follow through with tasks assigned

Recognizes problems/issues and brings to management's attention

Job: Technical Support
Primary Location: US-GA-Alpharetta
Organization: Total System Services, Inc.
Schedule: Full-time
Job Posting:
Unposting Date:
Recruiter: Stephanie Danielle Johnson