Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Oracle Exadata Technical Lead to oversee the architecture, deployment, performance, and availability of Oracle databases running on Oracle Exadata (19c). The ideal candidate will lead a team of DBAs, provide expert-level support and performance tuning, and ensure the optimal utilization of Exadata engineered systems across production and non-production environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, implementation, and administration of Oracle Exadata systems (X7 X8 X9 X10) running Oracle Database 19c.

• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and capacity planning of Exadata environments.

• Manage and support OracleRAC, ASM, Data Guard, and GoldenGate configurations.

• Perform patching (Grid Infrastructure, DB, and Exadata firmware), one-off fixes, and quarterly PSU/ RU updates.

• Optimize storage and compute usage via cell offloading, smart scans, Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC), and IORM.

• Troubleshoot performance issues using AWR, ASH, OEM, SQL Monitor, and Exadata logs.

• Oversee and guide database cloning, refresh, and migration activities using RMAN and Data Pump.

• Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to support new project rollouts, upgrades, and go-lives.

• Provide hands-on leadership in incident resolution, root cause analysis, and preventive maintenance.

• Lead efforts around disaster recovery drills, Exadata snapshot creation, and backups/restore validation.

• Maintain and enforce IT security policies, user access management, and auditing.

• Document architecture, configuration, SOPs, and knowledge transfer to junior DBAs.

• Provide on-call support for critical production databases and coordinate L2/L3 issue resolution with Oracle Support (MOS/SR).