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Oracle Database Administration Senior Advisor - Evernorth Health Services - Hybrid

Oracle Database Administration Senior Advisor - Evernorth Health Services - Hybrid

The Cigna GroupSt. Louis, MO
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Please note, candidates must be local to a Cigna employee office.

Enterprise Database Services is looking for a Senior Oracle Database Engineer to partner and help drive the vision of providing a best in industry array of database platform offerings that align with Cigna’s business needs across the enterprise and provide them in a secure and automated way.

Requirements :

  • Provides counsel and advice to management and Engineers on significant Database Administration & Management matters, often requiring coordination between organizations.
  • Collaborate with Stakeholders, Tech lead and Team members to discuss the requirements and implement in an efficient way.
  • Analyzes, designs, creates and implements solutions for complex environment including automated installation, configuration, maintenance and operation of all infrastructure services in a way that supports speed, agility, security and resiliency.
  • Interprets internal or external issues and recommends solutions / best practices.
  • Liaisons with database software vendors and external technical support on issues such as software upgrades, problems and potential solutions.
  • May participate in vendor selection and relationship management.
  • Focuses on providing thought leadership and technical expertise across multiple disciplines.
  • Automate configuration management and deployments using Ansible playbooks and YAML for resource declaration, creating roles and updating Playbooks to provision Infrastructure.
  • Use Ansible Tower for scheduling playbooks and used GIT repository to maintain and store the playbooks.
  • Build, maintain and monitor configuration standards.
  • Document and design various Infrastructure automation processes; update existing automation processes.
  • Configuring metrics and alerts for monitoring and develop ways to improve.
  • Recognized internally as “the go-to person” for the most complex Database Administration solutions.

Qualifications :

  • 8+ years of relevant experience and knowledge of Oracle database administration is required, other database technologies like PostgreSQL, MongoDB is a plus.
  • Must have hands-on Oracle 19c experience with latest tuning and optimization techniques
  • In-depth knowledge in OS and Storage internals that influence database activity.
  • Hands-on Oracle DB upgrade experience, Oracle 11g / 12c to 19c
  • Expertise in Exadata, Oracle 19c, Oracle RAC, and ASM in Linux is required.
  • Expertise in database performance monitoring and tuning skills, SQL and Stored-Procedure tuning.
  • Excellent PL / SQL and SQL PLUS development and tuning skills are a must.
  • Skilled at both logical and system levels desired.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Automation tools and technologies like Ansible, Ansible Tower, GitHub, and Application program Interfaces etc.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure or other cloud technologies required.
  • Strong detailed analytical skills
  • Ability to stay very organized while managing multiple tasks and activities
  • Takes initiative and is a self-starter
  • Dealing with ambiguity and problem solving
  • Adapt communication style for the audience and topics
  • Exemplary Written and Verbal Communications
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