Oracle DBA - Exadata knowledge

Job Description

Mission:

The PaaS department is in charge to manage a key part of the infrastructure such the core of the servers, databases, middleware, storage and OS.

Within this domain, Oracle DBA has a relevant role, as this component is part of our baseline and cover a large part of our databases scope.

This position is focus on the Administration of Oracle databases in European scope contributing to ensure the DBA services provided to the business are stable, resilient and performant.

The DBA team is responsible for production support of all Oracle databases, most of them located in Paris. Support activities will include:

• Monitoring and capacity management
• Backup and recovery
• Performance analysis
• New database/server architecture and builds
• Ad-hoc consulting to application teams
• General incident and service request resolution
• Change Management

The candidate selected must contribute to preserve the required performance for a very demanding service with many critical databases running on it.

As part of this role, the candidate must contribute to keep a high availability environment.

During the day-to-day activities, the candidate selected must actively collaborate with technical peers to share experiences and needs, with the target being to collectively define solutions to enhance the stability or increase the performance of the services in scope. She/he must provide clear communication to the management team and when required or requested.

We are looking for people with focus on enhancing her/his core skills sets, develop new ones and share the knowledge with other colleagues.

To work following ITIL methodology is part of the daily basis in all the areas.

We are looking for all levels of seniority as long as you are willing to learn and develop your competences as part as a large international group.

Qualifications

Administration of Oracle databases (mainly Oracle 12.1 and 19) with good practical skills related to:

• Linux, UNIX based administration skills

Expertise on:

• 11g, 12c and 19c database versions
• Oracle enterprise Manager
• Oracle Exadata
• RMAN
• Oracle ASM
• Oracle RAC
• Dataguard
• Database tunning
• Linux Scripting : Python, Shell
• Automation skills (ansible, python, shell scripts, bash…)
• Delphix (database duplication & masking)

Nice to have:

• Multitenant environments
• Golden Gate
• Exadata
• Expertise on High Availability environments
• Team and collaborative working to develop and deliver appropriate solutions skills
• Experience of delivering strategic priorities within strict timelines
• Customer service-oriented skills
• Very good communication skills in English (oral and written); knowledge of French is a plus
• ITIL Foundation knowledge will be desirable
• On site presence (hybrid mode) and on call support is expected

General Skills we expect:

• Eager to learn
• Analytical mind-set
• Be able to write a clear report of your activities
• Understand and follow written instructions and procedures
• Be able to provide updates to existing documentation and procedures
• Very good communication skills and capacity to provide feedback
• Teamwork – we work together and not as individuals
• Adherence to the team schedule
• Capacity to maintain focus on given tasks
• Be proactive
• Respect the processes

Additional Information

Benefits

• Full access to foreign language learning platform
• Personalized access to tech learning platforms
• Tailored workshops and trainings to sustain your growth
• Medical insurance
• Meal tickets
• Monthly budget to allocate on flexible benefit platform
• Access to 7 Card services
• Wellbeing activities and gatherings