Job Details for Reference Number 31897:

Job Type: Contract

Position: Sr. Database Administrator - Oracle

City: Atlanta

State: GA

Start Date: 9/1/09

End Date: 9/1/10

Degree Req'd:

 none

Job Status: Active

Job Description

MDI, a leader in technology services, is currently hiring for one of our

Client’s in the downtown Atlanta area. Our Client is a major producer of

news, entertainment, and programming for the basic cable industry around the

world. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a respected and well

known leader in the entertainment industry.

Our Client is currently in need of an Oracle Database Administrator to fulfill

a 12 Month contract opportunity in Atlanta, GA.

Position DescriptionThe Senior Database Administrator will have a high skill

level in Oracle database administration, implementing enterprise databases on

enterprise storage solutions. Must be able to manage large multi-gigabyte

databases and cluster solutions.

Key Responsibilities

· Administer production, test, development and internal (support) databases.

· Engage in forward looking research and training activities aimed at

increasing efficiency of database services.

· Engage in capacity planning for the Database environments.

· Create materials and opportunities for mentoring less senior team members.

· Monitor database performance and tune database and applications as

necessary.

· Enforce, and where necessary, make recommendations to enhance, change

management principles and policies.

· Install, upgrade and patch database instances in all environments as

required.

· Work closely with system and network engineers during software installation,

upgrades and server stand-ups.

· Ensure availability of databases in accordance with service level

agreements.

· Correct problems in databases quickly and correctly.

· Support and install software in the production, test and development

environments.

· Provide assistance to developers in development and tuning of database

queries.

· Assist in design of reports in co-operation with customers/developers.

· Develop, document and maintain standards, procedures and processes.

· Help team to deliver deployment strategies and documentation.

Other Responsibilities/Requirements

· Carry a mobile phone/pager during non-business hours frequently.

· Engage and interact with user groups for Oracle and related technologies.

· Work outside regular office hours occasionally.

· Work from remote locations (remote offices, home) occasionally.

· Coordinate and communicate with Internet Operations team members, help desk

and others.

· Prepare status reports for the supervisor.       

Qualifications (background, education, experience, and other

requirements)

· Bachelors degree in Computer science, MIS, Engineering or related fields, or

equivalent education and relevant experience plus six years of relevant

experience in database administration, systems administration or software

development.

· 5+ years experience in Oracle Database administration.

· 2+ years experience in any of the following: MYSQL, DB2, Informix, Sybase,

MS SQL server or Teradata administration.

· Experience in software development or supporting application developers with

database design and consulting.

· Ability to work with minimum supervision and to comprehend the full scope of

project and task requirements.       

Technical Knowledge and Skills Required

· Ability to install, configure, and administer Oracle 10g and 11g on UNIX,

Linux and Windows server platforms.

· Ability to perform instance level and SQL, PL/SQL performance tuning.

· Ability to quickly diagnose database related problems and implement

appropriate corrections.

· Minimum 5 years of data modeling experience. Experience using data modeling

tools and comprehension of ER diagrams.

· Oracle networking: Fundamental understanding of networking including TCP,

connection pooling, SQL*Net and Java client concepts.

· Detailed knowledge and experience in backup and recovery, RMAN,

export/import, datapump, tools and techniques. Ability to perform all types of

data and instance recoveries under various scenarios.

· Knowledgeable on high availability principles and techniques; e.g., RAC,

Dataguard administration and configuration.

· Highly proficient in SQL and PL/SQL development of packages, procedures,

Java procedures, external procedures.

· Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux administration (e.g., scripting, security,

networking, directory structures).

· Understanding principles of RAID, NAS, SAN storage and virtualization

technologies and virtual machines.

· Ability to support a 24x7 mission-critical database environment.

· Ability to design, implement and support high availability architectures

utilizing RAC, Dataguard, Streams.

· Familiarity with networking protocols and hardware.

· Proficient in UNIX/Linux shell scripting and commands.

· Proficient in PERL or awk/sed, UNIX/Linux string manipulation tools.      

Personal Skills Required

· Thorough, efficient and detail-oriented.

· Excellent analytical ability.

· Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment with potentially

conflicting priorities.

· Ability to take initiative.

· Self-directed.

· Excellent interpersonal skills.

· Comprehension of written technical material.

· Effective communication skills (both written and oral).