Oracle DBA job description

Pontis Corporation is currently looking for a Senior Oracle Database Administrator for a full-time or contract position. This person will be responsible for providing database administration support for the system of multiple clients of our company running on different platforms and different versions of the Oracle databases. This person will be based at our downtown Toronto office.

Job/Duties/Deliverables:

Provide production support of multitude of Oracle database systems for different organizations
Respond to trouble tickets communicated via phone call or ticketing tool and effectively communicate directly with client representatives
Participate in analyzing systems or problems having large or total organizational impact
Proactively update the status of a particular issue/problem to appropriate stakeholders
Research and identify potential resolutions to issues through external resources (knowledge base, internet, Metalink, etc)
Adhere to Service Level guidelines to effectively and efficiently assist with resolving issues and propagate that to the rest of the team.

Must Have:

Experience as a Oracle DBA including 9i/10g/11g (4+ years)
SQL and PL/SQL (2 - 4 years)
Standby database and DataGuard
RMAN
Oracle RAC and ASM
Unix Shell Script programming (2 - 4 years)
Knowledge and experience working with *nix systems
Experience supporting Oracle Applications systems
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to properly document systems, processes and procedures

Nice To Have:

Oracle Technologies: iAS, OEM
Development tools: Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Developer Suite
Applications: Oracle Applications. Functional experience is a plus
Experience in working directly with customers
Any other RDBMS experience

Attributes:

Analytical thinker, detailed oriented, with good problem solving skills
Good time management skills
Effective at managing stress and change
Strong interpersonal skills
Innovative and creative thinker
Ability to function independently