Job title: principal database administration
Location: dallas, tx, us remote options (if applicable): flexible remote options
Req id: 55613
Job family: information technology/software development
Sabre corporation is a leading technology provider to the global travel and tourism industryHeadquartered in southlake, texas, usa, sabre operates offices in approximately 60 countries around the worldAt sabre, we make travel happenPositioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their livesToday, sabre is creating a new marketplace for personalized travelIt is our people who develop and deliver powerful solutions that meet the current and future needs or our airline, hotel and travel agency customersJoin our journey!
What you will achieve
Principal spanner dba - we are looking for a senior, experienced, oracle database administrator to join our shs service operations oracle exadata team!
In the role of principal oracle dba, you will act as the sme for oracle database administration and support the production and other environmentsYou will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the best talent in the industry to create innovative high quality and defect-free solutions to meet our clients’ business needsYou will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.
Location for this position is dfw usa
If you are motivated to learn oracle exadata (both physical and virtualized) and you are a person with a positive can-do attitude - this is the opportunity for you! we are currently growing our team to meet the increasing cross-market business demandBy joining, you step into a very exciting project, where you can develop your skills and stamp your mark if you are up to a challenge.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the oracle/exadata database environments (exadata on-premise and cloud based exacs plus google cloud gce)
Proactively monitors database environment (via oem 13cr3) to ensure minimum downtime
Responsible for enhancements, maintenance and upgrades to the database environment
Engages in technical problem solving across multiple technologies
Works with business, architecture, development and technical colleagues to manage and implement changes
Escalates problems to third-party support when necessary acting as a point of contact.
Investigates and develops methods for performance optimization and the prevention of recurring problems
Provides regular trend analysis to track database performance and throughput, for capacity planning purposes
Develops automated housekeeping and monitoring/alerting tasks to reduce the need for manual intervention.
Works closely with support team colleagues to ensure that the associated hardware resources for the database environment are configured for optimum performance and availability
Develop and maintain runbooks for high availability and disaster recovery tests and is responsible for planning and running these tests.
Provide database expertise to the development team (internal) regarding development around database technology, covering deployment best practice and configuration for applications
Work with the architecture team to provide technical expertise to define and implement a global infrastructure to support existing and future projects
The successful candidate will have
Required experience:
10+ years of related oracle dba experience in oracle database administration and support
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or related field
Results focused – ability to work with cross functional teams to complete complex projects and initiatives on time with high quality output
Excellent analysis, debugging and troubleshooting skills, and persistence in problem solving
Good written and verbal communication skills
Outstanding problem solver
Required technical skills: the role we are offering is composed of database and operating system management in one.
The skills required cover:
Hands on experience in supporting large & highly transactional production databases using oracle real application clusters (rac), asm and expert in troubleshooting with grid infrastructure
Excellent oracle database dba skills (ocp level preferred, no certificate required) in 11gr2, 12c and 19c administration, configuration, performance tuning, backup, restore and recovery
Experience of implementing and supporting high availability solutions
O configuration and administration of data guard, standby database and golden gate
Expert in identifying root cause of the performance issues and providing resolution across all area of database and infrastructure
Oracle database performance tuning, addm, awr, ash, tkprof, snapper and other tuning tools and methodologies.
Well experienced in database upgrades
Experienced with patching oracle grid infrastructure and oracle home plus and exadata ess (as part of exadata qfsdp)
Backup strategy management as well as drp creation and testing.
O rman backup and recovery, switch over/switch back etc.
Oracle enterprise manager cloud control 13cr3
An added advantage if candidate has knowledge and worked on oracle engineered systems like: exadata, oda and oracle cloud (exacs).
Very good knowledge of linux operating systems (redhat, oracle enterprise linux) in terms of administration and configuration (rhcsa level preferred, no certificate required)
Oracle 11g, 12c or 19c ocp dba certification is a plus.
Scripting in ksh/bash or perl requiredSql queries and pl/sql programming experience/knowledge is an asset.
Google cloud platform (gcp) and/or oracle cloud (oci) migration desirable
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Sabre offers the following outstanding benefits
Very competitive compensation
Generous paid time off (5 weeks pto your first year!)
4 days (one day/quarter) of volunteer time off (vto)
We offer a comprehensive medical, dental and wellness program
12 weeks paid parental leave
An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements
Formal and informal reward, recognition and acknowledgement programs
Lots of fun and employee development events
Reasonable accommodation
Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilitiesApplicants applying for a sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact sabre`s compliance office at compliance.office@sabre.com.
Affirmative action
Sabre is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans, and disabled individualsEeo is the law
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