Oracle DBA

InnoSoul•Lansing, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Hybrid/Local Oracle DBA with expertise in Modeling, Data warehouse, Golden Gate, PL/SQL, LINUX, RAC, Data Guard, data migration/conversion/encryption, ETL, Data Mart, and CJIS/PCI experience for a 12-month contract role in Lansing, MI. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and supervising the development of Data Marts and Oracle-hosted dimensional models, creating ETL designs for easy data access, troubleshooting data model issues, and maintaining data marts according to agency requirements. This role involves creating database models, developing data warehousing platforms, integrating systems, and translating business requirements into data warehouse designs. The DBA will also design and oversee data transformation procedures, establish data standards, develop strategies for cost-effectiveness and system efficiency, and evaluate data reusability while maintaining integrity and confidentiality. Additionally, the role includes providing maintenance and support for clustered database failover, replication, and backup solutions, installing database management software and patches, and implementing security patches to ensure CJIS, PCI, and Michigan Cyber Security compliance. Responsibilities also encompass establishing database space allocation standards, forecasting capacity, researching and recommending DBMS and hardware changes, implementing data encryption, performing data export/import/load operations, and managing production data file transfers. Performance tuning, monitoring database jobs, and coordinating with vendor support are also key aspects of this position.

Requirements

Experience in Oracle Database administration, PL/SQL, packages, security, and stored procedures, Required 12+ years.
Vast experience in LINUX systems, Required 10+ years.
Experience in Data Replication using tools like Oracle Golden Gate, Required 8+ years.
Extensive working experience in RAC environments, Required 10+ years.
Experience using Oracle Data Guard / Fast Start Failover, Required 5+ years.
Experience in Data Modeling and designing Datawarehouse databases, Required 8+ years.
Experience in performance tuning, Required 10+ years.
Database programming experience in data migration and conversion practices, Required 8+ years.
Writing Oracle packages, procedures, and functions, Required 10+ years.
Designing, creating, normalizing and maintenance of oracle database objects, Required 10+ years.
Designing logical and physical database model, Required 10+ years.
Data analysis and management, Required 10+ years.
Experience in developing using ETL software. Desired 8+ years.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in design, development, implementation, and documentation of data systems.
Must have thorough knowledge of Oracle materialized views, Oracle partitioning.

Responsibilities

Design and supervise overall development of Data Mart and Oracle-hosted dimensional models.
Create ETL designs to provide easy accession to data marts.
Troubleshoot and resolve data model issues.
Test and monitor alterations in designs.
Maintain data marts in accordance with agency requirements and practices.
Create database models which serve as blueprints for project engagements of all complexities.
Develop data warehousing hardware and software platforms and integrate systems to ensure that integration is effective and meets client specifications.
Translate business requirements and models into feasible and acceptable data warehouse designs.
Design and oversee the implementation of data transformation and change processing procedures to ensure that data from multiple sources is aggregated, normalize, and update and then publish to multiple target environments.
Establish data standards and policies, data modeling, systems architecture design, and migration system architectures to ensure access to and integrity of data assets.
Develop strategies and parameters, to ensure cost effectiveness and system efficiency.
Evaluate reusability of current data for additional analysis, while maintaining integrity and confidentiality of information.
Provide maintenance, support, and assistance to specialist DBAs with installation and configuration of clustered database failover, database replication solutions, and database backup solutions.
Install database management software and database patches in any environment.
Review, install, analyze, and implement security patches to be applied to remain CJIS compliant, Payment Cared Industry (PCI) compliant, and Michigan Cyber Security compliant.
Establish standards and guidelines for database space allocation based on best practices and implementation considerations based on business requirements.
Measure and/or forecast current capacity, gauge the growth of capacity over time, and factor in the anticipated capacity requirements to determine whether the existing infrastructure can sustain the anticipated workload.
Research, analyze, and determine appropriate changes to DBMS parameters to support future application and database needs.
Research, analyze, and determine appropriate hardware changes to support future application and database needs. Report recommendations to appropriate DBA specialist and/or technical services.
Implement data encryption.
Perform Data Export/Import/Load and data transformations between databases in production environments.
Perform production data file transfers between different systems, across state agencies, federal government, vendors, etc.
Perform database performance tuning by identifying index candidates, updating database statistics, using appropriate optimization techniques, optimizer hints and other methods. Document tuning procedures.
Implement defined initialization parameters, database instance memory structures and physical data layout for optimal performance.
Monitor database jobs and scheduled processes, perform troubleshooting and provide resolution for any issues with jobs/processes as necessary. Document solution and provide root cause analysis.
Coordinate with vendor support to address technical issues that could not be resolved in-house.