Oracle DBA
At a glance
Mid-level Data Architecture & Governance role at Procom Consultants Group. Houston · contract.
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What you'll do
- Administer Oracle and SQL application databases through installation, upgrades, maintenance and daily operations
- Track backups, logs, archives, users, security, storage and performance across the database environment
- Tune Oracle databases and SQL queries, resolve production incidents, and improve end-user response and connectivity reliability
- Design and maintain highly available databases, translating logical data models into physical structures that meet enterprise standards
- Maintain recovery and restore procedures, join disaster recovery tests, and provide after-hours on-call support
What you bring
- At least five years administering Oracle databases running version 10g, 11g or 12c
- Hands-on experience installing, upgrading and maintaining multiple Oracle and SQL application databases
- A computer science, engineering or related degree, or equivalent professional experience
Who this fits
This mid-level contract role suits an Oracle DBA comfortable with database operations, performance tuning and recovery work. The position is based onsite in Houston and includes after-hours on-call support.
From the employer
Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.
With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company.
Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include:
• Application Development
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Business/Systems Analysis
• Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
• Infrastructure & Network Services
• Risk Management & Compliance
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Security & Privacy
Specialties• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
• Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
• ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
• Flextrack (Vendor Management System)
Oracle DBA
- On behalf on our client in the Oil and Gas sector, Procom Services is looking for one Oracle DBA for a long term contract in Houston TX.
Oracle DBA Job Details
- Database Administration for Oracle 10g, 11g or 12c.
- Monitor and manage database and file system backups, logging and archiving, database users and security, database storage, and database performance.
- Perform performance tuning; implement performance improvements; investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve production database incidents.
- Support multiple Oracle and SQL application systems databases in installation, maintenance, upgrades, and day-to-day administration capacities.
- Identify, monitor, recommend and implement changes to database applications that insure a satisfactory end-user response time and reliability in database connectivity.
- Provide expertise and recommendations for physical database design, systems architecture, testing, performance tuning, and implementation, including table and server operating system maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Prepare and/or review database activity, progress and performance reports; keep accurate documentation.
- Perform SQL monitoring, debugging and tuning including query performance. Provide recommendations for enhancements and implement configuration changes.
- Optimize the database environment with respect to data access methods, data integrity, system performance and system availability.
- Participate in the evaluation, installation, support and on-going system administration and maintenance of monitoring tools and technologies.
- Design, implement, and maintain complex and highly available databases (production and non-production), translate logical data models into physical designs.
- Ensure detailed physical design of data structures and databases comply with enterprise standards, guidelines, procedures, and processes and are successfully implemented.
- Improve database recover-ability time by creating, maintaining and updating recovery and restore processes.
- Participate in Disaster Recovery planning and testing.
- Provide after-hours enterprise database and general system on-call support.
- Designs and deploys best practices for new technologies and implementations as well as knowledge transfer and mentoring to other team members.
Oracle DBA Mandatory Skills
- Experience with multiple Oracle and SQL application systems databases in installation, maintenance, upgrades, and day-to-day administration capacities.
- BS Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline and/or equivalent work experience required.
- Minimum of 5 years of Oracle DBA experience with Oracle 10g, 11g, or 12c.
Oracle DBA Nice to Have Skills
Oracle database certifications/experience preferred
Oracle DBA Start Date
January 2016
Oracle DBA Assignment Length
12 month + contract
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only.
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