Oracle DBA

1st job – Oracle DBA / sysadmin She would like someone who has some linux admin experience in addition to the oracle. Essential Job Functions : - Oracle Database Administration - Database Backup and Recovery - Database performance tuning - Establish and test Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans - OS Administration(Linux and Windows) - Scripting with shell, Perl or Python - Experience automating database maintenance functions - Setup and support of Backup software - Migrating new software releases into Production - Maintain development and QA environments for Enterprise system - Provide first line support for Enterprise applications. Minimum requirements : - BS in Computer Science or related field of study and / or equivalent practical experience. - Extensive Oracle Database Administration experience essential in a High Volume, Very Large Scale Database (terabyte), Mission Critical Database (must have experience supporting SLA’s) - Experience with datawarehouses and datamarts - Database Backup and Recovery experience required - Database performance tuning experience required - Scripting with shell, Perl or Python essential - Experience in setting up and testing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans - Experience co-ordinating the development and testing of projects required - Experience migrating new software releases into Production required - Experience maintaining development and QA environments for Enterprise system required - Experience in database clustering - OS Administration skills (Solaris, Linux and Windows preferred) - Some Data Modeling experience; database normalization - Programming Experience in a higher order language required; - SDLC - Experience Installing Oracle - Experience tuning SQL queries and mentoring programmers in tuning SQL queries - Experience with monitoring software preferred - Experience in Backup software - Knowledge of Webservers (Apache, IIS) and Application Servers (WebSphere, JBoss, Oracle) is a plus - Excellent communication skills - Ability to work on multiple tasks in a team environment.