Senior Database Administrator (Oracle GoldenGate / Azure / PostgreSQL)
Are you a technically strong and solution-driven Database Administrator with a passion for optimizing, securing, and maintaining enterprise-grade database environments? Do you thrive in complex, high-availability systems and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive performance, resilience, and innovation? This is an exciting opportunity to join one of our top financial clients as a Senior Database Administrator, working with Oracle GoldenGate, Azure, and PostgreSQL in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Working with one of our top financial clients, this role calls for a Senior Database Administrator (Oracle GoldenGate / Azure / PostgreSQL) who can take ownership of production environments, resolve incidents, and ensure the highest levels of database integrity and performance. The successful candidate will bring a deep understanding of cloud technologies, automation, and database optimization while driving operational excellence across mission-critical systems.
Responsibilities:
- Lead technical resolutions for production incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
- Communicate complex technical issues clearly to stakeholders and Lines of Business partners.
- Ensure compliance with organizational standards for change control and database security.
- Analyze recurring incidents to identify service improvements and performance optimization opportunities.
- Provide on-call rotational support and participate in incident and change management activities.
- Participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) and Service Continuity Management (SCM) exercises.
- Conduct Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and post-mortems for critical incidents.
- Install, configure, and maintain Oracle and SQL Server databases.
- Optimize database performance through indexing, tuning, and query analysis.
- Implement security best practices, including encryption, auditing, and access controls.
- Deploy and manage native security features like TDE, Database Vault, Data Redaction, and Always Encrypted.
- Design and support RAC, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.
- Automate database monitoring, alerting, and maintenance tasks for proactive management.
Desired Skill Set:
- 5–7 years of hands-on experience in Oracle GoldenGate or Azure Cloud database administration.
- Minimum 2 years of experience with PostgreSQL in enterprise settings.
- Strong experience with installation, configuration, and tuning of database products.
- Proven expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Cloud migration experience, particularly in hybrid or Azure environments.
- Strong understanding of backup, restore, and recovery processes.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL).
- Familiarity with ServiceNow ticketing systems.
- Experience using SolarWinds for database performance monitoring.
- Azure Certification or equivalent cloud credential.
- Prior financial industry (FI) or large enterprise experience
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