Senior Exadata SME & Patch Lead

Tech Mirrors; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors is seeking a Senior Exadata Database Machine Administrator (DMA) to support, maintain and optimize Oracle Exadata environments in our Charlotte area enterprise infrastructure. The role emphasizes Exadata X8/X8M, ZDLRA, and FSP with strong troubleshooting and the ability to lead complex maintenance and upgrade initiatives.

You will collaborate with DBAs, storage, network and Oracle Support teams to minimize downtime, implement high availability, and optimize performance using OEM

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 8–10 years of Oracle DB infrastructure administration experience.
• 5+ years administering Oracle Exadata in enterprise productions.
• Expert-level Exadata X8/X8M, ZDLRA, FSP, RAC, ASM, Grid Infrastructure, Linux.
• Strong troubleshooting across hardware, OS, storage, and network.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support Exadata X8/X8M environments.
• Perform Exadata Full Stack Patching for compute, storage, networking, and OS.
• Manage ZDLRA including backups, recovery validation, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Monitor and optimize Exadata with OEM Cloud Control and diagnostics.
• Plan hardware and software upgrades with minimal downtime.
• Configure ASM, Grid Infrastructure, Clusterware, and RAC.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across Exadata stack.
• Collaborate with DBAs, storage, and Oracle Support to resolve critical issues.
• Develop and maintain runbooks and documentation.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies.

Skills

Exadata X8/X8M

ZDLRA

Full Stack Patching

RAC

ASM

Grid Infrastructure

Oracle Linux

CellCLI

DCLI

ExaWatcher

OEM Cloud Control

RMAN

Shell scripting

Python

Networking InfiniBand

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

Tech Mirrors is seeking a Senior Exadata Database Machine Administrator (DMA) to support, maintain and optimize Oracle Exadata environments in our Charlotte area enterprise infrastructure. The role emphasizes Exadata X8/X8M, ZDLRA, and FSP with strong troubleshooting and the ability to lead complex maintenance and upgrade initiatives.

You will collaborate with DBAs, storage, network and Oracle Support teams to minimize downtime, implement high availability, and optimize performance using OEM