The database administration function provides in-depth technical expertise in Oracle Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), including database architecture, installation, and technical support of RDBMS software. Responsible for designing, building, securing, and maintaining data structures used to store company computerized systems data. Proficient in backup and recovery. Perform database administration activities such as modifications, enhancements, expansions, capacity planning, and lifecycle. Responsible for compliance with applicable company policies and procedures. Deliver advanced technical expertise for the maintenance, support, and performance optimization of Oracle database software. Offer technical assistance to IT clients in the design and tuning of application systems, as well as support for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes. 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. 

• Review, validate and enhance logical database designs. Define and implement physical databases. 

• Perform database administration activities (e.g., modifications, enhancements, expansions). 

• Conducts production database performance monitoring and capacity planning. Install, test and upgrade database releases and associated products. 

• Diagnoses database-related issues (e.g., database outages, application performance). 

• Lead the development of database standards and procedures. Evaluate and recommend new database software, utilities, and tools. 

• Daily interaction with clients on divisional and enterprise wide projects and peer resources in other technical support organizations (e.g. hardware, storage, etc.). 

• Responsible for administration, security, configuration, and maintenance of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) infrastructure. Focus on company database performance monitoring, automation of routine tasks, and ensuring high availability. Key duties include company Oracle database patching via OEM, incident configuration and management, and utilizing shell scripting to support operations in a 24/7 environment.