Tech Mahindra

Oracle Database Administrator

Tech Mahindra$75K — $110K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Hands-on experience with Oracle database administration in production environments.
  • Knowledge of Oracle backup and recovery practices, including RMAN usage.
  • Familiarity with preventive maintenance tasks like statistics gathering and health checks.
  • Ability to perform basic health diagnostics on Oracle databases.
  • Exposure to Oracle performance monitoring best practices.
  • Experience with ITSM processes using ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

  • Provide 24/7 operational support for Oracle databases in a rotational shift schedule.
  • Assist in database administration tasks like instance startup/shutdown under supervision.
  • Execute backup and recovery operations and validate their success with guidance.
  • Perform preventive maintenance activities and scheduled routine tasks for the database environment.
  • Monitor database health metrics and flag risks for escalation.
  • Support request fulfillment activities such as access changes and schema refreshes.
  • Follow runbooks to assist with Oracle patching and parameter updates.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance.
  • Life and disability insurance coverage.
  • Paid time off including holidays and parental leave.
  • Compliance with required sick leave laws.
  • Potential variable pay and bonuses.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Role: Oracle Database Administrator

Location: Atlanta, GA & Dallas, TX

Support Model: 24/7 Operations

Education:
  • Candidate must have bachelor's degree. (Mandatory)

Skills and Experience
  • Hands-on experience assisting in the administration of Oracle databases in production or pre-production environments, including basic instance startup/shutdown and routine operational tasks under guidance.
  • Working knowledge of Oracle backup and recovery fundamentals, including RMAN backup execution, restore operations under supervision, and validation of backup success.
  • Familiarity with Oracle preventive maintenance activities, including optimizer statistics gathering, basic health checks, and execution of scheduled maintenance tasks.
  • Ability to perform basic Oracle health diagnostics, including monitoring tablespace usage, identifying storage growth trends, and flagging common availability risks for escalation.
  • Basic exposure to Oracle performance monitoring, including identifying slow SQL, observing wait events at a high level, and monitoring CPU, memory, and I/O utilization.
  • Ability to follow approved runbooks and procedures to support Oracle changes such as patching assistance, parameter updates, and controlled restarts with supervision.
  • Working understanding of ITSM processes using ServiceNow, including logging, updating, and tracking Incident and Request tickets with proper documentation.
  • Experience supporting request fulfillment activities, such as access changes, schema refresh support, and routine operational requests using defined processes.
  • Familiarity with Oracle administration tools, such as Oracle SQL Developer and basic exposure to Oracle Enterprise Manager for daily monitoring activities.
  • Demonstrated ability to escalate issues promptly and accurately to L3 Oracle DBAs with relevant logs, observations, and collected evidence.
  • This role requires providing 24x7 operational support and working in rotational shifts

Recommended Certifications
  • Oracle Database SQL Certified Associate
  • Oracle Certified Associate - Preferred
  • Windows 2019/22/ Redhat Linux 8.x/9.x
  • ITIL V4


The pay range for this role is $75,000- $110,000 per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience and location of the candidate.

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