Lead DBA - Oracle Cloud & Exadata Ops (Hybrid)

Cognizant; Natoma (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a DBA Service Line Manager in Folsom, CA. You will lead end-to-end DBA service delivery across on-prem and cloud, providing Oracle DB administration leadership, performance tuning and incident management.

You will drive cloud migrations, manage Exadata platforms, and oversee SLA-driven support while mentoring multiple shifts of DBAs. Collaboration with customers and leadership will shape governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end DBA service delivery across on-premises and cloud.
• Expertise in Oracle database administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, capacity planning, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage end-to-end DBA service delivery across on-premises and cloud.
• Provide technical leadership for Oracle database administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, capacity planning, and incident management activities.
• Drive Oracle Cloud and database migration initiatives, including on-premises to cloud transformation programs.
• Oversee ticket, incident, problem, and change management processes while ensuring adherence to SLAs, operational metrics, and customer commitments.
• Lead and mentor DBA teams working across multiple shifts, providing guidance, resource planning, escalation management, and delivery governance.
• Collaborate with customers, project managers, and cross-functional teams to plan, execute, and successfully deliver database-related projects and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare and present governance reports, operational dashboards, service reviews, risks, and improvement plans to leadership and customer stakeholders.

Skills

DBA Service Line Delivery

Oracle Exadata/SQL Management

Dataguard

Replications

Azure/AWS Cloud DBA Management

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a DBA Service Line Manager in Folsom, CA. You will lead end-to-end DBA service delivery across on-prem and cloud, providing Oracle DB administration leadership, performance tuning and incident management.

You will drive cloud migrations, manage Exadata platforms, and oversee SLA-driven support while mentoring multiple shifts of DBAs. Collaboration with customers and leadership will shape governance reviews.