28 Jan
S.i. Systèmes
Toronto
Senior Oracle Database Administrator with RAC (Real Application Cluster) and DataGuard experience to support critical banking applications - 36116
Location Address: Toronto (currently remote but can change to Hybrid)
Contract Duration: 12 months (Possibility of Extension)
Schedule Hours: 8:30am-5pm regular shift in frequent support on weekends and afterhours. 37.5 Hours Per Week
Story Behind the Need
- Business group: GTS - Technology Operations & Engineering
- Supporting critical banking applications at backend in oracle database, supporting global groups with different time zone.
- Project: Supporting multiple ongoing and new projects
Typical Day in Role:
- We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the security, performance, and reliability of our database systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in database administration, with a focus on security and audit projects, and extensive hands-on experience with Oracle technologies.
- Spend a significant portion of the day monitoring and tuning database performance. This includes analyzing performance metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing optimizations.
- Work on security and audit projects, ensuring that all database systems comply with industry standards and regulations. This involves regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and implementing necessary security measures.
- Manage and support Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Data Guard configurations. This includes setting up, configuring, and maintaining these systems to ensure high availability and disaster recovery.
- Utilize Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Grid Control (13c) for monitoring and managing database environments. Document the capacity and usage in past roles.
- Work with Oracle Exadata systems, specifying the capacity and usage in previous roles. This includes setup, configuration, and ongoing support.
- Perform database upgrades and migrations across different operating systems such as Solaris, Linux, Windows, and AIX.
- Create and upgrade Oracle databases (versions 12c, 19c, and 23c). Ensure databases are optimized and running efficiently
- Manage Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Recovery Manager (RMAN) for backup, restore, and data pump export/import operations.
- Provide rotational L1 and L2 production support, addressing any issues that arise and ensuring minimal downtime.
- Set up and manage databases in cloud environments, leveraging Oracle Golden Gate for data integration and replication.
- Regularly interact with executives to provide updates on database performance, security status,
and ongoing projects.
Must Have Skills:
- 10+ years of experience as Database admin with recent 5+ years in Security and audit projects handling database performance tuning. If the candidate is forming FI & banking domain, its an asset.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with RAC (Real Application Cluster) - setup, configure and support
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Data Guard- Database replication tools, setup, configure and support
- Familiar with OEM/Grid Control (13c) -please specify in what capacity, and in which past employer
- Working experience with Oracle Exadata -please specify in what capacity and in which past employer
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle Installation - Database upgrades/migrations on different OS Solaris, Linux, Windows. AIX is nice to have
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Database creation and upgrade of Oracle database versions 12c & 19c & 23ai
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Automatic Storage Management (ASM) - setup, configure and support
- 5+ years of experience with RMAN, RMAN Catalog, backup, restore and Data Pump export/Import.
- Ability to provide 24x7 production support (L1 & L2) - rotational shift
- Oracle Golden Gate
- Database setup in a Cloud environment
- Oracle Certifications
- Experience working with executives
Education & Certificates:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field
Best VS. Average Candidate:
- Database admin in Security and audit projects handling database performance tuning - FI & Banking experience.
Interview:
- One round - MS teams - Video interview - 90mins - HM & another manager - Technical skills and soft skill - might include writing SQL quires.
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