Senior Oracle Exadata Architect for ExaCC & RAC

Cognizant; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

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25 paid holidays per year

Laptop and smartphone

Pension scheme

International environment

Open team spirit

Job summary

Cognizant in Amsterdam seeks an Oracle Exadata Architect to design, migrate, and manage large Exadata platforms with focus on availability, security, and performance. You will lead deployments, modernization, and platform lifecycle while collaborating with global teams in a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities include HA/DR design, patching and upgrades, capacity planning, and end-to-end governance. The role requires deep Oracle expertise and mentoring of DBA and cloud operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering or 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 and OCI; Exadata patching/upgrade.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement Exadata and ExaCC solutions.
• Lead deployment, onboarding, and lifecycle management.
• Develop sizing, capacity planning, and modernization strategies.
• Lead migrations from on‑prem to ExaCC.
• Design HA/DR using RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and best practices.
• Manage patching, upgrades, RU, and tech refresh.
• Perform performance and capacity forecasting; optimize workloads.
• Troubleshoot Exadata infrastructure, RAC, and databases.
• Drive incident, problem, change, availability, continuity management.
• Implement monitoring and dashboards using OEM and OCI.
• Automate ops with Shell, Python, Ansible, Terraform.
• Collaborate with Oracle Support, network, security, and apps teams.
• Establish governance and engineering standards across Exadata.

Skills

Oracle DBA experience

Exadata architecture

Oracle RAC/ASM/Data Guard

OCI/Oracle Linux knowledge

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Shell scripting

Python

RMAN

OEM

OCI

Job description

Cognizant in Amsterdam seeks an Oracle Exadata Architect to design, migrate, and manage large Exadata platforms with focus on availability, security, and performance. You will lead deployments, modernization, and platform lifecycle while collaborating with global teams in a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities include HA/DR design, patching and upgrades, capacity planning, and end-to-end governance. The role requires deep Oracle expertise and mentoring of DBA and cloud operations teams.