SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Job Description

To install, tailor and maintain the organization Relational Database

Management Systems (RDBMS).

Roles and Responsibilities

Creates and maintains all databases required for development,

testing, Education and production usage.

 Performs the capacity planning required to create and maintain the

Databases. The DBA works closely with system administration staff

because computers often have applications or tools on them in

addition to the Oracle Databases.

 Performs ongoing tuning of the database instances.

 Install new versions of the Oracle RDBMS and its tools and any

other tools that access the Oracle database

Plans and implements backup and recovery of the Oracle database.

 Controls migrations of programs, database changes, reference data

changes and menu changes through the development life cycle.

 Implements and enforces security for all of the Oracle Databases.

 Performs database re-organizations as required to assist

performance and ensure maximum uptime of the database.

 Puts standards in place to ensure that all application design and

code is Produced with proper integrity, security and performance.

The DBA will perform reviews on the design and code frequently to

ensure the site standards are being adhered to.

 Evaluates releases of Oracle and its tools, and third party products

to ensure that the site is running the products that are most

appropriate. Planning is also performed by the DBA, along with the

application developers and System administrators, to ensure that

any new product usage or release upgrade takes place with minimal

impact.

 Provides technical support to application development teams. This

is usually in the form of a help desk. The DBA is usually the point of

contact for Oracle Corporation.

 Enforces and maintains database constraints to ensure integrity of

the Database.

 Administers all database objects, including tables, clusters,

indexes, Views, sequences, packages and procedures.

 Assists with impact analysis of any changes made to the database

objects.

 Troubleshoots with problems regarding the databases, applications and Development tools

 Create new database users as required.

 Manage sharing of resources amongst applications.

 The DBA has ultimate responsibility for the physical database

design.

 The Senior DBA should Liaise with other member of DBA Team and

should mentor as and when required.

Educational Qualifications and Certifications-

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Information Systems ,Computer

Science/IT, or a related field

 Oracle Certified Database Professional is a must

Experience

Minimum 7 years of experience in Database Administration in 24×7

Environment.

Required Skills

Good experience and knowledge with Oracle database

Installation, migration, up-gradation and administration (10g,

11g,12c)

 Very Good experience and knowledge in Implementations and

Upgrade projects of Oracle Application Servers and Oracle

Database 10g /11g / 12c with RAC.

 Good experience and knowledge with Oracle 10g Application

server and Oracle Weblogic server Administration.

 Good experience and knowledge in Oracle Database 10g/11g/12c

Performance Tuning.

 Good experience and knowledge in High Availability Environments

(Using Oracle MAA) – Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Data

Guard.

 Good experience and knowledge with Oracle RAC and Oracle

Grid Infrastructure.

 Good experience and knowledge in Grid Infrastructure, OEM-Grid

control and Oracle enterprise Manager

Good experience and knowledge in Automatic Storage

Management (ASM) and RAW Device shared storage in RAC

Environment.

 Good experience and knowledge with RMAN, and other backup

and recovery technologies.

 Good experience and knowledge with Oracle with different Linux,

Solaris, HP-Unix, IBM-AIX and Windows Platforms.

 Good experience and knowledge in Database Designing,

Installation, Cloning, Migration, Patching, Space management,

ASM, ADDM, AWR, Security management, Performance tuning

and Troubleshooting any inconsistencies in the database.

 Very good experience and knowledge about Oracle Server

Internals.

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Manama

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