Lead Oracle Apps DBA at Kobby Technologies Limited

Reporting to: Head of Projects & Operations

Probation Period: 6 months

In this capacity, the professional will:

• Lead a team of Oracle DBAs to offer enterprise database consultancy to clients in a way that ensures integrity, performance, and reliability.
• Coordinate activities performed by the team, track, and report on team activities, define and document team processes, troubleshoot escalated issues and will be hands-on in operational Apps and Core DBA tasks which involves database monitoring, performance tuning, backup and recovery, installation, maintenance, and disaster recovery for Oracle EBS and Database.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead other Oracle DBAs in the execution of assigned projects.
• Defining, documenting, and maintaining Oracle DBA team processes.
• Reporting to the Head of Projects and Operations on the Oracle DBA projects and team activities
• Installation, configuration, upgrading, administrating, monitoring, troubleshooting, cloning, Patching, Backup, and restoring Oracle EBS. Would be responsible for reviewing application/databases, identifying performance bottlenecks and fixing those.
• Resolving complex issues involving database performance, database capacity, resiliency, stability, replication, and other key aspects of distributed database technology.
• Responsible for physical database design and implementation, database security implementation and monitoring.
• Provides hands-on technical expertise, provides senior-level technical guidance to staff, project leaders and other teams as necessary.
• Researching and recommending solutions that best meet business needs and enterprise operational requirements for clients.
• Work closely with multiple application development/implementation team(s) to implement and support data-oriented development efforts.
• Good knowledge of OEM & product licensing.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Extensive experience in Oracle Apps Database Administration with at least 3 years in client-facing roles.
• Demonstrable experience in Oracle Database and EBS upgrades from 11g/12c to 19c.
• 2+ years of direct IT experience supporting database environments on a UNIX/Solaris platform
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) desirable.
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Management Information Systems, Computer Sciences, Information Technology, or other Information Technology related major.
• Experience with features such as Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), ASM and Active Data Guard, WebLogic, etc.
• Ability to successfully manage/lead a team of technical IT resources with demonstrated progression of increased scope and complexity.
• Proficiency with working with MS Excel, MS Word, and MS outlook.
• Capable of understanding the technical aspects of a complex system
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills and problem-solving. Demonstrates the ability to think through situations outside the norm and develop appropriate solutions for isolating the root cause.
• Must have excellent communication skills and a passion for providing world-class service.
• Must be able to work independently as well as with others, as part of a domestic and international team.
• Excellent time management, decision making, prioritization and organization skills.
• Good knowledge in Oracle database/E Business suite architecture and components.
• Good knowledge of PLSQL, and SQL
• Ability to fine-tune the concurrent processing in a large EBS environment.