ORACLE DBA - UNIX Environment

DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV) is the parent organization of DeVry University, Advanced Academics, Ross University, Chamberlain College of Nursing and Becker Professional Review. DeVry University, which includes Keller Graduate School of Management, offers associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs in technology, healthcare technology, business and management. Advanced Academics provides online secondary education to school districts throughout the U.S. Ross University offers doctoral degree programs through its schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Chamberlain College of Nursing offers associate and bachelor's degree programs in nursing. Becker Professional Review, which includes Becker CPA Review and Stalla Review for the CFA Exams, provides professional education and exam review for accounting and finance professionals. For more information, visit http://www.devryinc.com

Position Summary:

This position will report to the Manager of Systems Services. The DBA will work in the Oracle environment and help manage a complex production and development environment. This person will interact with many constituencies to develop database solutions to business problems. This person will assist Development DBAs with the design of tables, relationships, stored procedures and triggers. This person will work independently to ensure that the database is operating efficiently and to ensure that proper backup and disaster recovery methods are maintained.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Uses skills and knowledge of Database architecture, development, support, maintenance, plans and coordinates the activities related to running production/ development/ test/ QA Applications environments. Develops and implements solutions for database sizing/capacity, server requirements and space requirements.
• Resolves help desk tickets as assigned and provides 24-hour on-call support for problem analysis and resolution to system problems on a rotational basis.
• Designs, develops, implements, and supports physical database design structures that accommodate large transactions and high availability architecture.
• Designs, develops, implement, and test enterprise backup and recovery solution, including Disaster Recovery initiatives.
• Applies significant experience with Performance Monitoring, database tuning, identification and correction of performance bottlenecks to ensure peak performance. Creates and maintains knowledge base to improve maintenance and reliability.
• Provides input to forecasts future of database/ application administration, monitoring, and testing tools. Provides training to enhance the use and value of these tools.
• As assigned researches, plans, and performs database upgrades, application of bug fixes, and the implementation of security policies.
• Works with the Networks and Systems groups to design platforms that are robust enough to support the needs of the database.
• In accordance with established guidelines designs/ develops processes/ procedures for loading data, conversions, batch job operation, and does high level trouble-shooting of development/production system. Provides training and ongoing support of these processes/ procedures and helps to build the knowledge of less senior DBA’s.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent.

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in database administration or development, with a minimum of 3 years’ of Oracle DBA experience.

• Experience in Oracle 11i Applications (ERP, CRM, etc.)

• Experience in Oracle Portal environment a plus.

• Experience with Oracle Discoverer.

• Experience with OID and LDAP. Active Director integration experience a plus.

• Proven track record in managing and tuning large volume Oracle databases.

• Experience in UNIX environment required – SUN SOLARIS preferred.

• Excellent communications skills.

• Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery process/scenarios.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.


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