Senior Oracle Database Administrator

About the role

An experienced Senior Oracle DBA is sought to manage and support mission-critical Oracle database environments in a full-time position within the IT Back Office Systems department in Honduras. The role covers performance tuning, high availability, security, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery in large enterprise settings.

Key responsibilities

• Install, configure, secure, upgrade, patch, migrate and administer Oracle Database 19c and 26ai, standalone and Multitenant (CDB/PDB)
• Administer Oracle Data Guard and Active Data Guard, including switchovers and failovers
• Tune database performance, troubleshoot, perform root cause analysis and handle incidents
• Design and support RMAN backup and recovery solutions
• Implement security controls, auditing and Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
• Support Oracle Enterprise Manager, Advanced Queuing and Materialized Views
• Maintain shell scripts, SQL scripts, cron jobs and DBA automation utilities
• Use tools such as Data Pump, SQL*Loader, RMAN, DGMGRL, SQLT, AHF, AWR and ADDM
• Support production environments, including after-hours maintenance and emergency response

Required profile

• 10+ years of Oracle DBA experience in enterprise production environments
• Strong experience with Oracle Database 19c and newer versions
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-demand environment and support during critical incidents

Required skills

• Oracle Multitenant (CDB/PDB), Data Guard and RMAN backup and recovery
• Database performance tuning and cross-platform migrations
• Oracle Advanced Security (TDE) and auditing, Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Linux/Unix administration, shell scripting, SQL and PL/SQL
• Commvault or similar enterprise backup solutions
• Preferred: database automation and DevOps tools, Oracle GoldenGate, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle APEX and ORDS, cloud platforms (OCI, AWS, Azure)