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Role - Oracle DBA
Location - Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Experience - 8+ years
Type - Full Time Permanent
Role and Responsibilities
Collaborate with application development teams on data modeling, schema design, and deployment of complex PL/SQL packages, procedures, triggers, and views.
Analyze execution plans, perform SQL query tuning, and optimize index structures to eliminate bottlenecks in high-throughput transactional environments.
Lead database release automation, code reviews, and schema migrations across development, staging, and production environments.
Monitor database application health, identify lock contention, resolve deadlocks, and troubleshoot latency issues.
Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to design, test, and execute on-premises to AWS cloud database migrations.
Participate in database capacity planning, failover drills, and disaster recovery design.
Support production deployment and other maintenance activities over weekend and “after office” hours on weekdays as needed.
Mandatory” Skills:
8-10 years of experience in Oracle Database Administration
Oracle Application DBA Expertise: 8+ years specializing in Oracle Database (12c/19c+) application support, advanced PL/SQL programming, execution plan analysis, and performance diagnostics (AWR, ASH, ADDM).
AWS & Cloud Databases: Practical experience administering managed database services including Amazon RDS (Oracle/PostgreSQL) and Amazon Aurora.
PostgreSQL: Hands-on working knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture, schema design, and performance optimization.
Cloud Migration Experience: Strong, proven track record of migrating on-premises databases to AWS environments (using tools such as AWS DMS, SCT, or native utilities).
Collaboration & Release Management: Solid background in CI/CD integration for database deployments and working alongside Agile engineering teams.
Ability to work with offshore teams for maintenance and production support activities
“NICE TO HAVE” skills
Experience with Oracle Exadata administration and performance tuning features (Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression).
Proficiency in shell scripting (Bash) and automation using Python.
Relevant AWS (e.g., AWS Certified Database – Specialty) or Oracle certifications
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Responsibilities
Collaborate with application teams on database design and PL/SQL development, tune SQL and indexes, and manage database releases and schema migrations. Monitor production database health, troubleshoot performance and concurrency issues, and support AWS migrations, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and after-hours maintenance.
Requirements
Requires 8+ years of Oracle database administration experience, including Oracle application support, advanced PL/SQL, and performance diagnostics. Candidates should have practical AWS managed database and PostgreSQL experience, a proven record of migrating databases to AWS, and experience with CI/CD and Agile teams; Exadata, scripting, and relevant certifications are preferred.
Skills
- Oracle Database Administration
- Oracle Application DBA
- PL/SQL
- SQL Query Tuning
- Execution Plan Analysis
- AWR, ASH, And ADDM
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon Aurora
- PostgreSQL
- AWS Database Migration
- AWS DMS
- AWS SCT
- CI/CD
- Database Release Management
- Oracle Exadata
- Bash And Python Automation
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Keywords
- Oracle Database
- Oracle 12c
- Oracle 19c
- Oracle Application DBA
- PL/SQL
- SQL Query Tuning
- Execution Plans
- AWR
- ASH
- ADDM
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon Aurora
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- AWS DMS
- AWS SCT
- Cloud Database Migration
- CI/CD
- Agile
- Schema Design
- Database Release Automation
- Schema Migration
- Capacity Planning
- Disaster Recovery
- Oracle Exadata
- Smart Scan
- Hybrid Columnar Compression
- Bash
- Python
- Database Performance Tuning