Sr. DBA Oracle

Seattle-based Varolii is the leading provider of enterprise customer communication solutions that enable dynamic conversations between companies and the customers they serve. Our interactive communication solution is a blend of advanced multi-channel applications built upon enterprise software. It delivers its services through a software service model. Businesses use Varolii’s technology to leverage their rich enterprise-level customer data to proactively and personally interact with their customers with timely, relevant information.

Job Summary: 

We are looking for a skilled senior database administrator with a minimum of four to six years Oracle experience.  Must be able to work well under pressure and multi-tasking considered a strength.

This position is full-time and requires flexible shift work.  Salary commensurate with experience.

Primary Responsibilities: 

· Provide project management for all major DBMS activities (i.e. data center moves).

· Provide design of high availability database systems.

· Provide design and development assistance to engineering teams for new products.

· Proactively recommend process and development methodology improvements, ensuring proper technical design and documentation.

· Create and/or customize complex database monitoring application systems.

· Provide encapsulation of all deployment components of databases (binaries, baselines, scripts, documentation).

· Regular management updates of technical issues and their impact to the Company.

· Critical decision-making and resolution in emergent situations.

· 24X7 database administration for all production Oracle databases and supporting software.

· Disk space, performance and availability monitoring for all production databases.

· Preventative maintenance on all databases.

· DBMS Performance tuning.

· Mentor other DBA’s 

Requirements (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities): 



· Expert knowledge of data retention and recovery practices for Oracle databases.

· In-depth knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of High Availability methods.

· Strong commitment to 24X7 environment monitoring, metrics generation and logging, on-call rotation schedule.

· Experience as a DBA in a 24X7 production environment multiple recent years.

· Proficient at capacity monitoring and management capabilities.

· Experience in disaster recovery.

· Experience with terabyte databases.

· Experience with mass storage systems.

· Extensive experience with high-volume OLTP database systems.

· Extensive UNIX shell scripting, PLSQL, and SQL skills.

· Highly motivated to solve problems quickly and completely.

· Proven troubleshooting skills and ability to analyze problems quickly, completely, and independently by type and severity, and understand complex relationships between various infrastructure components.

· Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with team members & vendors.

· Expert understanding of Oracle database administration best practices (e.g., schema management, index optimization, and use of hints).

· Understanding Data Warehouse Architecture and concepts and experience with high volume data analytics.

· Strong understanding of Oracle 9.2 and 10.2 RDBMS on Sun Solaris.

· Solid generalized understanding of all major Oracle DBMS components (optimizers,replication, backup, etc.)

· Experience with database support software and procedures (i.e. Veritas Volume Manager, SQL Loader, etc.)

· Understanding of Oracle database administration best practices.

· Experience with high-volume OLTP database systems.

· Experience in deploying database changes for new database releases with minimal downtime.

· Strong documentation skills and ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.

· Attention to detail, process, and quality.

· Ability to manage multiple tasks with shifting priorities.

Education / Experience:

· Requires a BS/BA in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.