Exadata Database Machine Administrator

Innovate in Bengaluru

This position is based at our on-site office in Bengaluru. Lowe's offers an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site gym and clinic, and other perks to enhance your work experience. 

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com

Lowe’s India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe’s Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience. From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowe’s India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India

About the Team

Behind every seamless home improvement project at Lowe’s is a world-class technology ecosystem. At the heart of it is the Engineering Platform – Database Engineering Team.

We architect, build, scale, and optimize the critical data platforms that power millions of customer interactions and business decisions every day. Our team is responsible for delivering high-performance, highly available, and secure database platforms that enable Lowe’s applications to operate reliably at enterprise scale.

From driving cloud modernization and automation to ensuring operational excellence, security, and performance, we solve complex engineering challenges behind the scenes so our customers and business teams can focus on what matters most.

Whether it's designing resilient database architectures, optimizing performance, enabling next-generation data platforms, or supporting mission-critical applications, our engineers are passionate about building technology that makes a real impact across the enterprise.

We're not just managing databases—we're engineering the data foundation that powers Lowe's digital future.

Job Summary:

executing direction from leadership, delivering results that align with strategic objectives, communicating critical information to other teams, managing vendor relationships, developing processes that align to organizational goals, specific technical skills required for managing a process.

We are seeking a highly experienced Exadata Database Machine Administrator (DMA) to support, maintain, and optimize Oracle Exadata environments in a mission-critical enterprise infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Oracle Exadata X8 and X8M Database Machines, Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA), and Exadata Full Stack Patching (FSP). This role requires advanced troubleshooting skills, strong operational discipline, and the ability to lead complex maintenance and upgrade initiatives while ensuring maximum system availability and performance.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and support Oracle Exadata X8 and X8M Database Machine environments.

• Perform Exadata Full Stack Patching (FSP) for compute nodes, storage servers, InfiniBand/RoCE networking, firmware, operating systems, and Grid Infrastructure.

• Manage Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA), including backup configuration, recovery validation, monitoring, capacity planning, and performance optimization.

• Monitor and optimize Exadata performance using Oracle Enterprise Manager, ExaWatcher, AWR, ASH, and other Oracle diagnostic tools.

• Plan and execute hardware and software upgrades with minimal downtime.

• Configure and maintain Oracle ASM, Grid Infrastructure, Clusterware, and RAC environments.

• Troubleshoot complex hardware, operating system, networking, storage, and database issues across the Exadata stack.

• Collaborate with database administrators, application teams, system administrators, storage engineers, and Oracle Support to resolve critical production issues.

• Develop and maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, architecture diagrams, and patching runbooks.

• Implement and maintain high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and recovery strategies.

• Participate in on-call support and scheduled maintenance activities.

• Lead technical initiatives involving Exadata lifecycle management and infrastructure modernization.

• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards and Oracle best practices.

Years of Experience:

3 to5 years of Exadata Database Machine Administration (Exadata DMA)

Required Minimum Qualifications:

o    Expert-level experience with:

o    Oracle Exadata X8 Database Machines

o    Oracle Exadata X8M Database Machines

o   Exadata Full Stack Patching (FSP)

Strong knowledge of Exadata architecture, storage cells, Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression, Flash Cache, IORM, and CellCLI.

  Experience planning and executing rolling maintenance and patching with minimal service interruption.

Advanced troubleshooting skills across hardware, networking, operating systems, storage, and Oracle database technologies.

Experience working with Oracle Support and managing Service Requests (SRs).

Skill Set Required

Primary Skills (must have)

• Oracle Exadata X8/X8M

• Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA)

• Exadata Full Stack Patching

• Oracle Database 19c and newer

• Networking fundamentals (InfiniBand/RoCE)

Secondary Skills (desired)

• Oracle RAC

• Oracle ASM

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure

• Oracle Linux

• CellCLI

• DCLI

• ExaWatcher

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

• RMAN

• Shell scripting (Bash)

• Python (preferred)

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under state or local law. Lowe’s wishes to maintain appropriate standards and integrity in meeting the requirements of the Information Technology Act’s privacy provisions.

Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.