Enterprise Database Administrator

Essential Job Duties

The Enterprise DBA position serves as an experienced member of the team supporting the OIT Oracle enterprise databases, with specialized responsibility for Oracle Exadata engineered systems. This role requires technical expertise in enterprise-class database platforms to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and security across the university's mission-critical applications. Responsibilities include:

Enterprise Database Administration

• Ensure the availability, performance, security, and recoverability of 19C+ enterprise Oracle databases (including RAC and multitenant) through proactive monitoring, OEM management, patching, and incident response.
• Design, implement, and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies aligned with enterprise SLAs and compliance requirements.
• Diagnose and resolve complex database performance and reliability issues, collaborating with application teams, infrastructure teams, and Oracle support as needed.
• Apply Oracle security technologies to protect enterprise data and mitigate risk.
• Participate in an after-hours on-call rotation to support critical database services.
• Collaborate with team members, peers, customers, and management on processes, procedures, documentation, and strategic direction.
• Contribute to technology planning by recommending improvements to database platforms, standards, and long-term strategy.

Exadata Administration

• Administer and optimize Oracle Exadata engineered systems to maximize performance, availability, and resource efficiency.
• Perform system-level administration, including patching, capacity planning, health checks, and integration with enterprise monitoring and backup solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex Exadata incidents spanning database, storage, network, and operating system layers.
• Support the Linux operating system underpinning Exadata environments, coordinating OS patching and performance tuning.
• Apply Exadata-specific capabilities and best practices to support enterprise workloads and service levels.