ExaCC DBA and ExaCC administration with Oracle DBA.

Cognizant; Chennai District, Bengaluru, Pune District; Hybrid; INR 8,00,000 - 12,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational technology company is seeking Oracle DBA professionals to manage ExaCC infrastructure in Chennai. Responsibilities include installation and configuration as well as performance tuning. Candidates should have experience with security management and high availability solutions. Key tasks involve troubleshooting and effective collaboration with various engineering teams to ensure optimal performance and availability of database systems.

Responsibilities

• Provision ExaCC infrastructure and configure VM clusters.
• Apply patches, firmware upgrades, and monitor health.
• Use Oracle Enterprise Manager and OCI monitoring tools.
• Diagnose alerts and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with system admins, network engineers, and Oracle support.

Skills

Installation, configuration, backup/recovery, cloning, patching

Performance Tuning: SQL optimization, execution plans, wait events

User management, auditing, encryption

RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate

Exadata Storage Server administration

Provisioning databases via OCI Console/API

Familiarity with OCI CLI, console, APIs

Job description

Location

Pune/Bangalore/Chennai

Oracle DBA Skills

• Installation, configuration, backup/recovery, cloning, patching.
• Performance Tuning: SQL optimization, execution plans, wait events.
• Security & Compliance: User management, auditing, encryption.
• High Availability: RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate.

ExaCC-Specific Skills

• Exadata Infrastructure: Exadata Storage Server (Cell Server) administration, Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression, I/O optimization.
• Cloud@Customer Administration: Provisioning databases via OCI Console/API, managing VM clusters, networking, and storage vaults, applying quarterly patch bundles (database + infrastructure).
• OCI Integration: Familiarity with OCI CLI, console, APIs, Networking requirements (VCN, subnets, QinQ VLAN tagging), Storage configuration and Exascale Vault setup.

Operational Responsibilities

• Deployment & Configuration: Provision ExaCC infrastructure, configure VM clusters.
• Maintenance: Apply patches, firmware upgrades, monitor health.
• Monitoring: Use Oracle Enterprise Manager, OCI monitoring tools.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose alerts, resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Collaboration: Work with system admins, network engineers, and Oracle support.