.Job Description Worksheet
| Job Title | Senior Database Administrator |
| Position Type | Full-time |
| Experience | Intermediate to Advanced (5–8+ years) |
| Shift Timings If Any | Standard business hours with on-call support as required |
| Department | Database Operations / Infrastructure Services |
| Immediate Supervisor | To be Defined |
| Location | To be Defined |
| Shared Manager & Location | To be Defined |
| Reports to (Position & Location) | To be Defined |
| Travel Required | No |
| Direct Reports | To be Defined |
| Indirect Reports | To be Defined |
Job Summary
We are looking for a Senior Operational DBA to take a lead role in the stability, performance and maintenance of our Oracle database estate. The role is focused on operational excellence, production stability and continuous improvement of database operations.
Scope
Responsible for operational database administration, Exadata support, performance tuning, Data Guard management, monitoring optimisation, backup and recovery, operational procedure refinement and mentoring of DBA staff.
Job Duties / Key Accountabilities
• Operational maintenance including RMAN backup validation and restores
• Exadata administration across On-Premises, OCI and Cloud at Customer
• Performance and SQL tuning using AWR, ASH and ADDM
• Oracle Data Guard administration for high availability
• Monitoring optimisation and alert refinement
• Procedure improvement including partitioning and archiving
• Mentoring and knowledge sharing
Qualifications / Skills / Knowledge – Required
• 5–8+ years Oracle DBA experience
• Oracle Exadata experience
• Oracle Data Guard expertise
• Advanced performance tuning capabilities
• RMAN backup and recovery experience
• Linux-based Oracle administration
Qualifications / Skills / Knowledge – Desired
• Oracle OCP certification
• Experience supporting databases with hundreds of millions of records
• Cloud at Customer experience
Authority / Decision Making
Acts as technical authority for Oracle database operations, monitoring standards, recovery procedures, tuning recommendations and operational best practices.
Key Contacts
Internal: Operations Teams, Infrastructure Teams, Application Support, Service Management. External: Oracle Support, Vendors and Service Providers.
Language Skills
Required: English. Desired: Additional language skills beneficial.
Job Conditions
Supports critical production systems and may participate in on-call support, disaster recovery activities and major incident response.
Professional Profile
The Signal-to-Noise Expert; Operational Mindset; Mentor.
