Oracle-Exadata Database Administrator
COGNIZANT OVERVIEW
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming customers’ business, operating, and technology models for the digital economy. With annual revenues of ~$16 billion and a market value of ~$35 billion, the company aids prominent clients in adapting to shifts and disruptions within their markets. Cognizant has a 25-year record of industry-leading growth (both organic and through acquisitions) and was recently named to the top 20 of the Fortune Future 50 list – a ranking of U.S. companies with the best prospects for breakout growth.
At Cognizant, we give organizations the insights to anticipate what customers want and act instantly to deliver on those demands so our clients can achieve the goal of every modern business: staying one step ahead of a constantly evolving world. In addition to honors such as being listed #194 on Fortune’s 2022 Fortune 500, Cognizant was again named on Fortune’s List of the Global Most Admired Companies for 2022.
About the group:
Cognizant’s Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about embracing digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment.
Location – Remote (within USA)
Role and responsibilities:
- Exadata Patch and release management (database, storage node, server, network, Oracle Exadata)
- Develop and maintain system documentation related to your Oracle Exadata and software configuration.
- Establish appropriate procedures and guidelines to pursue, track, and document service requests.
- Evaluating overall Exadata system performance and providing recommendations for improving performance
- Monitor and maintain critical hardware information for the compute nodes.
- Monitor and address database machine alerts For Oracle Exadata New database instance creation, backup.
- and recovery procedures implementation, Database administration, Performance
- tuning of the database
- Monitor and manage infiniband/ROCE performance.
- Set up alerts and threshold criteria in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
- Database upgrade from 19C to later. Proficient in database refresh, RMAN backup, database migration and the likes
Required experience:
- Experience with Oracle RAC 19c and later (Administration/Upgrade/Patching).Oracle ASM (Administration/Upgrade/Patching).
- Disaster Recovery Oracle DataGuard (Administration/Upgrade/Patching).
- Oracle Enterprise Monitoring 13C
- Excellent knowledge of Oracle Database and Exadata Administration.
- Oracle Database Upgrade/Patching
- Oracle Database backup and recovery tools (exp/imp, datapump, RMAN etc).
- Excellent Database performance tuning skill is desired.
- Administering Oracle DB on Unix environment.
- Knowledge of shell scripting.
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : Apr 15 2024
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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