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This role spans the full DBA lifecycle installation, patching, performance engineering, high availability, disaster recovery, security hardening, and automation with hands-on accountability for databases underpinning Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel CRM, Billing & Revenue Management (BRM), and Fusion Cloud applications.\nKey Responsibilities\nOn-Premises Database Administration\nInstall, configure, and manage Oracle Database (19c, 21c, 23ai) on Linux (OL/RHEL) and Solaris/AIX environments.\nAdminister Oracle RAC and RAC One Node clusters including clusterware, voting disks, OCR, and SCAN listeners.\nManage ASM disk groups, rebalancing, failure groups, and storage allocation across database workloads.\nPlan and execute database patching (RU/RUR, one-off patches) using OPatch and opatchauto with minimal downtime windows.\nAdminister Oracle Grid Infrastructure, TNS networking, listener configurations, and database link management.\nManage Oracle Multitenant architecture (CDB/PDB) including provisioning, cloning, plugging/unplugging, and resource management.\nOCI Database Services Administration\nProvision and manage OCI DB Systems (VM/BM), Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS), and Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC).\nAdminister Oracle Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) including scaling, cloning, refreshable clones, and workload management.\nManage OCI Database tooling: Database Management, Operations Insights, Performance Hub, and Management Agent.\nAutomate database provisioning and lifecycle operations using Terraform (OCI provider) and OCI CLI.\nConfigure and manage OCI networking for database tier: private subnets, NSGs, service gateways, and private endpoints.\nManage database backups to OCI Object Storage and configure automatic backup policies.\nOracle Application Database Support\nAdminister databases underpinning Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) including EBS-specific schemas, concurrent managers, AD utilities, and database-tier patching aligned with EBS release cycles.\nManage databases for Siebel CRM Siebel schema optimization, table space management, index maintenance, and Siebel-specific parameter tuning.\nSupport Oracle BRM (Billing & Revenue Management) databases pipeline-intensive workload tuning, BRM schema management, partition strategies for CDR/event data, and purge/archive automation.\nAdminister databases for Oracle Fusion Cloud integrations managing landing/staging databases, OIC connectivity, and hybrid database links between on-prem and Fusion SaaS.\nCoordinate with application teams on release deployments, schema changes, data migrations, and application-driven database changes.\nHigh Availability & Disaster Recovery\nImplement and maintain Oracle Data Guard (Physical/Logical Standby, Active Data Guard) for on-prem and OCI.\nDesign and execute switchover/failover runbooks including cross-platform DR scenarios (on-prem ↔ OCI).\nManage RMAN backup and recovery strategies including backup to disk, tape (OSB), OCI Object Storage, and ZDLRA.\nConfigure and maintain Oracle Flashback technologies (Flashback Database, Flashback Table, Restore Points).\nImplement Oracle GoldenGate for real-time replication, zero-downtime migration, and active-active configurations.\nPerformance Engineering & Tuning\nPerform proactive performance analysis using AWR, ASH, ADDM, SQL Tuning Advisor, and SQL Plan Management.\nTune SQL workloads, execution plans, and optimizer statistics for application-specific patterns (EBS, Siebel, BRM).\nConfigure and optimise Resource Manager plans for multi-workload consolidation and PDB-level resource isolation.\nMonitor and tune I/O, memory (SGA/PGA), and concurrency across RAC instances.\nConduct capacity planning and trending analysis to inform scaling and consolidation decisions.\nSecurity & Compliance\nImplement Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Oracle Key Vault, and network encryption (SQL*Net encryption).\nConfigure Oracle Database Vault, Privilege Analysis, and Unified Auditing for compliance-driven environments.\nApply CIS Oracle Database benchmarks and security patching aligned with change management processes.\nManage database user security, role-based access, profiles, and password policies across environments.\nAutomation & Tooling\nDevelop and maintain automation scripts using Bash, Python, and PL/SQL for routine DBA tasks (health checks, space management, patching, provisioning).\nAdminister Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 13c Cloud Control targets, monitoring templates, metric thresholds, jobs, and compliance standards.\nBuild self-service database provisioning workflows using OEM, Terraform, and Ansible.\nImplement database CI/CD practices schema version control (Liquibase/Flyway), automated deployments, and test environment refresh automation.\nGeneral\nDevelop and maintain operational runbooks, DR test plans, and architecture documentation.\nParticipate in on-call rotations, incident management, root cause analysis, and problem management.\nCollaborate with solution architects, application teams, and client stakeholders on platform decisions.\nMentor junior DBAs and contribute to knowledge sharing within the practice.\nRequired Skills & Experience\n8-10 years of progressive experience in Oracle Database Administration with hands-on expertise across on-premises and OCI-hosted environments.\nExpert-level knowledge of Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, RMAN, and Grid Infrastructure.\nStrong experience with Oracle Multitenant architecture (CDB/PDB) and database consolidation.\nProven experience administering databases for at least two of: Oracle EBS, Siebel CRM, Oracle BRM, or Fusion Cloud.\nHands-on experience with OCI Database Services (DB Systems, ExaCS, Autonomous Database).\nStrong proficiency in database performance tuning using AWR, ASH, ADDM, and SQL Tuning Advisor.\nExperience with Oracle GoldenGate for replication and migration scenarios.\nProficiency in Bash and Python scripting for DBA automation.\nWorking knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 13c Cloud Control administration.\nStrong understanding of Linux system administration (Oracle Linux / RHEL).\nExcellent communication skills with the ability to produce clear operational documentation and engage with application and client stakeholders.\nPreferred Skills\nOracle certifications: Oracle Database Administration Certified Professional (19c/23ai), Oracle RAC Certified Expert, Oracle Cloud Database Services Certified Professional.\nOCI certifications: OCI Architect Associate, OCI Database Professional.\nExperience with Oracle ZDLRA (Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance).\nFamiliarity with Terraform (OCI provider) for database infrastructure automation.\nExperience with database CI/CD tooling (Liquibase, Flyway) and GitOps workflows.\nKnowledge of Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) best practices.\nExperience with Oracle Database 23ai new features (AI Vector Search, JSON Relational Duality, True Cache).\nFamiliarity with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and hybrid integration patterns.\nExperience with Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting for non-production environments.\nITIL Foundation or equivalent service management awareness.\nExperience working in managed services, telecom, or consulting delivery environments.\nAt DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.\nRecruitment fraud is a scheme in which fictitious job opportunities are offered to job seekers typically through online services, such as false websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from the company. These emails may request recipients to provide personal information or to make payments as part of their illegitimate recruiting process. DXC does not make offers of employment via social media networks and DXC never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process, nor ask a job seeker to purchase IT or other equipment on our behalf. 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