Senior Oracle DBA: Exadata, RAC, Data Guard Expert

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation seeks an experienced Oracle DBA for a full-time role in Washington. You will administer and optimize Oracle databases, implement high-availability solutions, and work across data centers with production-grade reliability.

The position requires deep expertise in Oracle GoldenGate, Exadata, RAC/ASM, RMAN, OEM, and performance tuning. On-call rotations and collaboration with Infra and Cloud teams are expected to ensure smooth deployments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• Expertise in GoldenGate installations, configurations, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Exadata administration and patching.
• Hands-on with RAC, ASM, and Data Guard deployments.
• RMAN backup, recovery, and disaster testing.
• Proficient in performance tuning using AWR/ASH/ADDM/SQL Tuning.
• Linux/Unix administration and shell scripting.
• Strong troubleshooting and ability to handle large-scale production environments.
• Willingness to work in 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Experience in banking or financial services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and support Oracle databases (11g/12c/19c/21c).
• Manage GoldenGate replication in uni- and bi-directional environments.
• Maintain Exadata infrastructure and databases.
• Deploy and operate RAC, ASM, and Data Guard configurations.
• Perform installations, upgrades, patching, migrations, and cloning.
• Monitor performance with AWR/ASH/ADDM and OEM; tune as needed.
• Plan backups with RMAN and validate DR tests.
• Implement HA/DR solutions with Data Guard.
• Support production incidents and problem management.
• Collaborate with app, infra, and cloud teams during deployments.
• Automate routine tasks using shell scripts and Oracle utilities.
• Ensure security and compliance best practices.

Skills

Oracle DBA

GoldenGate

Exadata

Data Guard

RAC

ASM

RMAN

OEM

AWR/ASH/ADDM/SQL

Linux/Unix

Shell Scripting

Troubleshooting

Banking/FS experience

Tools

Oracle OEM

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation seeks an experienced Oracle DBA for a full-time role in Washington. You will administer and optimize Oracle databases, implement high-availability solutions, and work across data centers with production-grade reliability.

The position requires deep expertise in Oracle GoldenGate, Exadata, RAC/ASM, RMAN, OEM, and performance tuning. On-call rotations and collaboration with Infra and Cloud teams are expected to ensure smooth deployments.