Principal Database Administrator

2 weeks ago


Mississauga, Canada opentext Full time

**OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY**

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.

**The Opportunity**
This position is responsible for managing tens of highly available database clusters across geographically different datacenters. Ensure availability, scalability, and uptime requirements of database services are clearly understood and addressed. Evaluate progress and results of development efforts. Preserve the integrity and design of the databases to support mission-critical databases necessary for business operations. Under mínimal supervision, produce deliverables in alignment with the overall Transformation program demonstrating mastery skills in the area of sub-specialization.

**You are Great At**
- Provide proactive knowledge and act as an escalation point for Engineering, Service Support, and Service Delivery.
- Resolve issues & incidents within SLA.
- Proactively work with vendors & providers on issues identified in products and chase issues until successful resolution.
- Own technology solution within the respective area of sub expertise including overall design, key decisions, and relations with business owners.
- Liaise with the company's database suppliers for prompt rectification of any problems or emergencies.
- Provide direction for the DBA team in support of database operations.
- Provide guidance and support to the enterprise, act as a single point of contact for DBA-related issues.
- Coordinate with systems admin, network engineering, and other teams towards availability, reliability, and scalability of database environments
- Recommend and execute modifications to database infrastructure in order to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance.
- Keep current with related technologies and releases.
- Develop and execute test plans to check infrastructure and systems technical performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement.

**What It Takes**
- BE in CS/EE with a minimum of 8 years of experience as hands-on an Oracle DBA.
- Excellent understanding of Oracle technologies and related products/technologies used in replication such as Golden Gate.
- OCP certification (at least in past).
- Must have worked in services with 99.995% or more uptime/SLA.
- Worked in services requiring 10minutes of Response Time to Incidents including experience in carrying on-call rotation pager.
- Experience in implementing local recovery and disaster recovery
- Must have worked on databases systems with more than 10TB Oracle RAC.
- Working experience with Oracle 12C, 11g & 10g RAC with Active-Active setup.
- Oracle Grid Control implementation and data collection
- Hands-on experience with Golden Gate, Data Guard, and troubleshooting.
- Experience in setting monitoring of databases and related technologies.
- Knowledge of MSSQL, Postgres, and Hadoop databases will be an advantage.

Subject to applicable laws and regulations, OpenText’s global vaccination policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter an OpenText office to maintain a safe workplace for our employees.



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