Job Information
Oracle Database Performance Engineer in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Job Description
Work with Oracle's world class technology to develop, implement, and support Oracle's global infrastructure.
oTech Team within SaaS Engineering and Oracle Applications Labs (OAL) runs the Oracle software that runs Oracle. oTech is responsible for implementing, running, and improving nearly all of Oracle's Enterprise and Cloud Applications. We use Oracle's business requirements as a "test bed" for innovation. We often are ahead of the standard product roadmap and build extensions and custom applications to meet the needs of our 120,000-employee, Fortune 100 Company. Once proven, our ideas and innovations can quickly find their way back into the core product. We also ensure that Oracle is always Oracle's best reference for our enterprise applications.Today's projects include delivering the infrastructure and solutions to move oracle's internal systems to Oracle's Public Cloud SaaS, PaaS and IaaS; performing a global implementation of Oracle's ground breaking Cloud applications; design, development and implementation of custom applications and extensions; architecting integration solutions across SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and on-premise systems; implementation of Oracle BI and Datawarehouse solutions
oTech and SaaS Engineering team manages and implements the technical infrastructure for Oracle and various customers. We are expanding the team and are looking for people with strong technical skills, drive, innovation and enthusiasm.
We are looking for candidates with strong abilities in the following areas:• Exadata, RAC, ASM Database Administration & Patching.• Knowledge & Experience Administering / Provisioning DB's using Oracle OCI. • Grid Infrastructure Administration & Patching. • Excellent Trouble shooting skills to analyze the overall application flow. • Application code tuning using available performance levers, Application Tuning, Systems/Database tuning• SQL and PL/SQL code trouble shooting and tuning• Automation/scripting experience using Ansible/Terraform/ Python/Shell• Good Analytical, problem solving and communication skills
Knowledge of the following technical areas would be beneficial.• Oracle fusion application or Oracle Ebusiness Suite admin, Golden Gate, Autonomous Database• DevOps/CICD, BigData, Kafka, ELK
Personal Skills• Strong inter-personal skills - be able to communicate confidently (both written and verbal communication) with peers and management within technical and business teams• Strong distributed team working skills• Self-motivated, enthusiastic• Ability to adapt to a changing environment• Able to work to tight and changing deadlines• Able to prioritize in a multi-tasking environment
Education & Prior Work Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (or equivalent)• BS or equivalent experience in programming on enterprise or department servers or systems.• 6-10 years experience in performance tuning of complex systems
Career Level - IC4
Responsibilities
As a member of the IT organization, assist with the analysis of existing complex programs and formulate logic for new complex internal systems. Prepare flowcharting, perform coding, and test/debug programs. Develop conversion and system implementation plans. Recommend changes to development, maintenance, and system standards.
Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization.
Job duties are varied and complex applying independent judgment. May have project lead role. BS or equivalent experience in programming on enterprise or department servers or systems.
Analyze, design develop, trouble shoot and debug software programs for commercial or end user applications. Writes code, completes programming and performs testing and debugging of applications.
Work is non-routine and complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others.
• Exadata, RAC, ASM Database Administration & Patching.
• Knowledge & Experience Administering / Provisioning DB's using Oracle OCI.
• Grid Infrastructure Administration & Patching.
• Excellent Trouble shooting skills to analyze the overall application flow.
• Application code tuning using available performance levers, Application Tuning, Systems/Database tuning
• SQL and PL/SQL code trouble shooting and tuning
• Automation/scripting experience using Ansible/Terraform/ Python/Shell
• Good Analytical, problem solving and communication skills
Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.
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Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
Canada: Hiring Range from $76,700 to $167,000 CAD per annum
US: Hiring Range: from $76,100 to $223,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
This job requires proficiency in the English language. Oracle is a global company with operations in dozens of countries around the world and our teams, including the team this position is part of, are comprised of individuals located in various jurisdictions. As is required of employees in all jobs at Oracle in North America, candidates for this position are required to understand, and communicate, in English so that in the course of performing their work, they can interact with teammates in other locations who are not fluent in the French language.
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