Principal Database Administrator
Core
Manage, maintain, and optimize mission-critical Oracle database environments ensuring availability, performance, security, and recoverability across on-premises and cloud-based systems.
Role type
Principal Database Administrator (Oracle)
Builds
Mission-critical database stack components with focus on security, resiliency, scale, and performance
Domain
Database Administration / Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
Oracle Database administration, RMAN backup and recovery, Oracle RAC, Oracle Data Guard, Linux/Unix administration, Bash shell scripting, SQL, PL/SQL, performance tuning (AWR, ASH, execution plans), database patching and upgrades, troubleshooting
Preferred skills
SRE experience supporting production cloud services, experience releasing and maintaining cloud services, experience managing systems or database environments, proficiency in Python, Perl, Unix Shell, or Rust
Technologies
Bash, Cloud Support, Linux, Oracle, Perl, Python, RHEL, Rust, SQL, Security, Unix
Responsibilities
Manage, maintain, and optimize mission-critical Oracle database environments; ensure database availability, performance, security, and recoverability; provide day-to-day DBA support, production troubleshooting, backup and recovery, and high availability; work with Site Reliability Engineering teams on shared ownership of services; design and deliver mission-critical stack components; own end-to-end performance and operability; partner with development teams to define and implement service architecture improvements; serve as escalation point for complex or critical issues; troubleshoot issues and define mitigations using understanding of service topology and dependencies
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC