Senior Oracle Exadata DBA – Hybrid - Durham County, NC
About The Position
Creative Information Technology Inc. is seeking a Senior Oracle Exadata DBA for the State of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The role supports migration and development activities for applications used by North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST). The work schedule is hybrid in Durham County, North Carolina. The DBA will lead the migration of large Oracle 19c databases (100+ TB) from standard AWS environments to Oracle Exadata in AWS. The role administers, optimizes, and supports Exadata platforms across development, test, and production environments, with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability across a large application portfolio. The DBA will collaborate with engineering and application teams to modernize database architecture, streamline data models, and apply best practices for mission-critical systems on Exadata in AWS. Evening and weekend on-call work is required as business needs dictate.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of deep understanding of Oracle Exadata architecture, including storage cells, InfiniBand networking, Smart Scan, and Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC).
- At least 7 years of experience managing storage with Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and monitoring ASM disk groups.
- At least 3 years of experience applying Exadata storage cell, compute node, and firmware patches, as well as database-level PSU/DBRU/Release Updates.
- At least 3 years of experience with performance tuning at both the database and Exadata storage layers.
- At least 5 years of experience troubleshooting complex issues across database, operating system, and Exadata storage components.
- At least 2 years of demonstrable expertise designing database schemas, access patterns, indexing, locking strategies, and tuning Oracle databases.
- At least 2 years of experience using OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager) or Cloud Control for monitoring and diagnostics.
- At least 2 years of experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining GoldenGate.
- At least 5 years of strong SQL writing skills.
- At least 5 years participating in an on-call rotation and weekend work.
- At least 2 years of experience with advanced security and Oracle Data Guard replication.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end migration of large Oracle 19c databases to Oracle Exadata in AWS, including planning, execution, cutover, and validation.
- Design and implement Exadata-optimized database configurations, storage features, and performance strategies.
- Manage Exadata environments across development, test, and production, including schema design, data modeling, and SQL optimization.
- Perform advanced performance tuning using AWR/ASH analysis, indexing, partitioning, and resource management.
- Administer high-availability and disaster-recovery configurations using Oracle Data Guard.
- Implement and manage replication solutions such as Oracle GoldenGate.
- Troubleshoot performance, configuration, and availability issues across Exadata and Linux platforms.
- Execute backups, restores, patching, and upgrades for Exadata environments.
- Participate in on-call coverage for evenings and weekends as required by business needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
