Essential Skills & Experience
Substantial commercial experience as an Oracle DBA (typically 8 years), operating as a senior technical authority or subject matter expert.
Expert knowledge of Oracle 19c (21c desirable) administration, including RAC, Data Guard, ASM and RMAN.
Proven performance tuning ability using AWR, ADDM, ASH and SQL execution plan analysis.
Hands-on experience running Oracle databases on OCI, including OCI Performance Hub, database service management and OCI networking and IAM fundamentals.
Robust automation skills: shell scripting and Python, plus Ansible and the OCI CLI, applied to real DBA operations.
Working knowledge of Git and version-controlled automation practices.
Experience with patching, upgrades and migrations, and with TDE, auditing and least-privilege security models.
Experience leading technical response to major incidents.
Robust written and verbal communication, with the ability to adapt message and detail to technical and non-technical audiences.