Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Database Administration

- Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain Oracle databases.

- Manage Oracle database instances, schemas, users, roles, privileges, and database objects.

- Perform routine database health checks and housekeeping activities.

- Monitor database availability, capacity, and overall health.

1. Performance Management

- Monitor database performance and identify bottlenecks.

- Analyze AWR, ADDM, ASH reports and SQL performance.

- Perform SQL tuning and database optimization.

- Monitor CPU, memory, storage, I/O, sessions, locks, and waits.

- Recommend capacity and performance improvements.

1. Backup &
- Recovery

- Manage database backup and recovery using RMAN.

- Perform backup validation and restoration testing.

- Support database recovery during incidents or failures.

- Ensure backup policies meet business continuity and DR requirements.

1. High Availability &
- Disaster Recovery

- Manage and support Oracle Data Guard environments.

- Monitor primary and standby databases.

- Perform Data Guard switchover/failover activities as required.

- Participate in DR drills and ensure database recovery objectives are met.

1. Incident &
- Problem Management

- Troubleshoot database incidents, performance issues, connectivity problems, and application-related database issues.

- Provide L2/L3 support for critical incidents.

- Perform RCA for recurring or major database incidents.

- Implement preventive and corrective actions.

1. Security &
- Compliance

- Manage database access, roles, privileges, and authentication.

- Follow security and compliance standards for database environments.





- Support vulnerability remediation and database patching.

- Maintain audit logs and required operational documentation.

1. Change &
- Release Management

- Execute database changes in accordance with the approved change-management process.

- Support application releases, database migrations, upgrades, and patching activities.

- Prepare implementation, rollback, and validation plans.

1. Monitoring &
- Automation

- Monitor database alerts and proactively identify potential failures.

- Work with monitoring tools to improve proactive incident detection.

- Automate repetitive DBA activities using scripts wherever possible.

- Maintain operational dashboards and database health reports.

1. Documentation &
- Governance

- Maintain SOPs, runbooks, database architecture documents, and recovery procedures.

- Prepare daily/weekly/monthly operational reports.

- Maintain database inventory and configuration information.

- Participate in service review meetings and governance calls.

Required Technical Skills

- Strong experience in Oracle Database Administration.

- Oracle 11g/12c/18c/19c/21c administration experience.

- Strong knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL.

- Oracle RMAN backup and recovery.

- Oracle Data Guard.

- Database performance tuning.

- AWR,



ADDM and ASH analysis.

- Oracle Enterprise Manager.

- Database patching and upgrade.

- Linux/Unix operating system knowledge.

- Shell scripting.

- Storage and filesystem concepts.

- TCP/IP and database connectivity fundamentals.

- Knowledge of ITIL-based incident, problem and change management.

Valuable to Have

- Oracle RAC.

- ASM.

- GoldenGate.

- Oracle Cloud / OCI.

- Exadata.

- Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

- Database migration and modernization experience.

- Automation using Python/Shell scripting.

- Experience working with ServiceNow or other ITSM platforms.

Key Competencies

- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

- Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.

- Ability to work independently and as part of an operations team.

- Ability to handle P1/P2 database incidents under pressure.

- Strong documentation and process discipline.

- Proactive approach toward monitoring and problem prevention.

- Willingness to participate in rotational/on-call support where required.

Key Performance Indicators

- Database availability and uptime.

- SLA compliance.

- Backup success and recovery-test compliance.

- Database performance and capacity management.

- Incident resolution and MTTR.

- Change success rate.

- Reduction in recurring incidents.

- Security and patch compliance.

- Quality of operational documentation.

Education &

- Certification

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent.

- Oracle Database certification is preferred.

- ITIL certification is an added advantage.

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