Oracle Database Administrator jobs in Lansing, MI

Role: Oracle Database administrator

Location: Lansing, MI (Onsite / Hybrid).

Only Locals

Top Skills (required):

- Oracle Database Administration (19c or higher)

- RAC (required)

- OEM

- Perform Patching and Updates

- Vulnerability Remediation

Desired Skillset:

1. OEM - setting up alerts, metric extensions, and other capabilities we can leverage
2. Data masking - Utilizing OEM or other solutions
3. Experience with RAC and zero downtime patching
4. Experience with patching - GIRU, DBRU, OJVM, JRE
5. Ability to follow directions and communicate effectively
6. MS Outlook (ability to schedule MS TEAMs meetings, calendaring of implementations, etc.)
7. Documentation of processes and procedures (read, comprehend, create)
8. Linux, vi, MobaXterm (preferred)
9. Performance tuning, partitioning, advanced compression
10. TOAD and SQL Developer; other tools
11. Azure DevOps (preferred) or other ticketing system(s)
12. Vulnerability Remediation (Tenable experience preferred)
13. Ability to meet deadlines under tight time constraints

Duties of the position:

Database Storage and Capacity Planning: Monitor current space usage and contention. Perform capacity planning for future expansions of current application data and new applications needs.

• Calculate disk space requirements for existing and/or new installations and growth of complex databases (i.e., multiple databases, multiple servers). Recommend the procurement of new memory, CPUs, and servers when necessary.
• Research, analyze, and determine appropriate changes to RDBMS parameters to support future applications and database needs. Measuring current capacity, gauging the growth of capacity over time, and factoring in the anticipated capacity requirements to determine wither the existing infrastructure can sustain the anticipated workload.

Database Security: Ensure that appropriate environment and database management system security settings are in place to prevent unauthorized access, loss, or damage to data.

• Authorize the establishment of database user accounts. Monitor, audit, and/or define roles. Monitor, audit, and/or define profiles. Ensure standard password security policies are followed

Database Installation/Configuration: Install, configure, and upgrade the database software and security patches.

This position functions as a senior database & services administrator. In this capacity, the database administrator:

1. Provides technical assistance to management in database server design and in database hardware/software standards.
2. Provides technical assistance for database problems to network support staff, customer support staff, systems development staff, and all client staff.
3. Responsible for overseeing the deployment and installation of database systems, maintenance, and resolving database server networking problems (with vendors, if necessary).
4. Responsible for providing technical support when problems cannot be resolved by the client help desk and systems development staff. Occasional overtime may be required.