Database Operations and Site Reliability Engineering Manager

This is a hands-on position with the successful applicant ready and able to assist with time-sensitive project issues and customer escalations.  The role will look for efficiencies to improve quality and opportunities to advance the team capability through automation and education.  This role requires excellent organizational skills and an ability to manage many concurrent projects.

The applicant will spend most of their time managing the day-to-day operations of the team, responding to the needs of the customer base on an as-needed basis.  The tasks may concern routine database maintenance, rapid response to unexpected outages or availability issues, or identifying and managing projects to continuously improve the quality of service provided to our users. 

Top skills to be successful:

• Leadership and people management
• Ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment. 
• Ability to work calmly under pressure with customers
• Ability to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)

Technical skills required:

• Oracle Database
• Oracle Grid Infrastructure, ASM & RAC
• Oracle Goldengate
• Dataguard and Maximum Availability Architecture best practices
• Oracle Cloud and Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS) Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB)
• Oracle Data Management (Partitioning, Compression)

Education, certifications, or experience (preferred/required):

• 6+ years of progressive leadership of Oracle Database administration teams
• 8+ years of experience as Oracle DBA
• Bachelor’s degree/master’s degree (Information Technology/Computer Science/Computer Software/Computer System Engineering)
• Managing production databases running on LINUX flavors
• Experience with production operations and best practices for change management and escalation procedures) 
• Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of Oracle database systems 

Career Level - M2

Manages a team maintaining and/or implementing software project(s) and/or internal systems. Defines, documents and manages scope, expectations, implementation approach, deliverables and acceptance testing criteria.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $80,500 to $199,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

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