Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Own and evolve the
technical architecture and roadmap
for Oracle and multi-cloud database products across on-premises, OCI, AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Translate business and customer requirements into
product-level architectures, reference designs, and standardized blueprints .
Define and govern
migration and modernization frameworks
using GoldenGate, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, ZDM, and snapshot standby to enable minimal or zero downtime.
Design
high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region architectures
for mission-critical workloads.
Establish platform standards for
performance engineering, capacity planning, observability, backup/DR, and security .
Architect
cloud-native database solutions , including network segregation, storage (OCI FSS, Storage Gateway), security, automation, and integration patterns.
Act as
architectural design authority , conducting design reviews, approving solutions, and maintaining architectural decision records (ADRs).
Mentor senior DBAs and architects while supporting
strategic customer and presales engagements
with clear, value-driven solution architectures.
Qualifications & Skills
Mandatory
12–15+ years
of experience in Oracle database engineering/administration in large enterprise environments.
Deep expertise in
Oracle 10g/11g/12c/19c/23ai , including internals, HA, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
Hands-on experience designing and executing
large-scale migrations
using GoldenGate, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, ZDM, and snapshot standby.
Proven experience owning or influencing
database architecture, platforms, or product-level designs
(beyond day-to-day DBA operations).
Experience architecting database solutions on
OCI
and at least one additional hyperscaler ( AWS, Azure, or GCP ).
Strong understanding of
enterprise security, compliance, capacity planning, and SLA-driven design .
Oracle Database Administrator certification (12c or later)
– mandatory.
Good-to-Have
OCI Architect Associate and/or OCI Operations certification.
AWS Solutions Architect Associate or equivalent cloud certification.
Experience with
DBaaS platforms, managed services, or catalog-based offerings .
Exposure to
Fusion Applications databases
and shared infrastructure designs.
Experience with additional RDBMS platforms (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL).
Presales experience, including architecture workshops, RFP/RFI responses, and executive presentations.
