Exadata Architect for Cloud@Customer – HA & Performance

Cognizant; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Udemy access

Cognizant Academy

International work environment

Open team culture

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Oracle Exadata Architect to design, implement, migrate, and manage Exadata platforms with a focus on high availability, security, and performance. You will collaborate across teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions for mission‑critical environments.

You will lead architecture, sizing, capacity planning, and modernization initiatives, plus drive patching, upgrades, and incident management while mentoring DBA and cloud operations staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• 5+ years of Oracle Exadata administration/architecture experience.
• Hands-on experience with Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC).
• Expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, RMAN, and OEM.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Linux, OCI, and Exadata patching/upgrade activities.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement Oracle Exadata and Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) solutions for enterprise workloads.
• Lead Exadata/ExaCC deployment, onboarding, commissioning, and platform lifecycle management.
• Develop architecture, sizing, capacity planning, and infrastructure modernization strategies.
• Lead migration and consolidation initiatives from on-premises and legacy databases to ExaCC.
• Design and implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions using RAC, Data Guard, and Exadata best practices.
• Manage Exadata and ExaCC patching, upgrades, RU, and technology refresh activities.
• Perform performance assessment, capacity forecasting, workload balancing, and database optimization.

Skills

Oracle Exadata architecture

Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC)

Oracle RAC

Data Guard

RMAN

OCI

Oracle Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Shell scripting

Python

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Oracle Exadata Architect to design, implement, migrate, and manage Exadata platforms with a focus on high availability, security, and performance. You will collaborate across teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions for mission‑critical environments.

You will lead architecture, sizing, capacity planning, and modernization initiatives, plus drive patching, upgrades, and incident management while mentoring DBA and cloud operations staff.