Senior Database Administrator - Oracle

Mark Williams

Dubai, UAE

Ref: LP483-182

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The Database Administrator is accountable for availability, performance, stability, and risk management related to all Oracle Databases and services.

The Senior Database Administrators will provide enterprise-wide Oracle Database support for complex system and interconnected technologies that require day-today support and administration in order to maintain optimum performance and utilization. Provide support in the following areas: Oracle RAC Databases, Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Applications.

Responsible for disaster recovery of the bank's Databases.
- Work closely with other teams to achieve overall disaster recovery and continuity to suit organizational needs.
- Provide data protection, recovery and business continuity; test and validate disaster recovery and business continuity methods in UNIX/Windows environment.
- Availability of the services
- Performance and quality of the services
- Capacity management of the services
- Change management of the Servers
- Incident and Problem management in Oracle Databases
- License management

Database Management
- Database Management unit is responsible for of the Database environment of the landscape include Oracle Database and related services.

Storage & back up management
- Storage and backup ensures data is stored securely and available at all point in time for business recovery.

Requirements

- Ensure that availability of services exceed the defined service levels.
- Maintain Oracle Database infrastructure environment during business hours and off-hours
- Install, configure and maintain highly optimized Oracle Databases for RAC and Standalone systems
- Define performance management parameters for related services.
- Ensure the services exceed the defined performance levels. Review performance on a regularly and ensure proactive actions and communication to avoid disruption to services.
- Ensure that changes to Oracle Databases are managed and operate within the agreed service levels.
- Ensure that Changes to applications are performed within the Architecture guidelines.
- Provide first level support for incidents and problems related front end solutions. Ensure that incidents and problems do not impact the agreed service levels.
- Manage services from relevant vendors.

About the Company

Mark Williams is a Dubai recruitment company with a wealth of Search & Selection experience. Mark Williams International is a subsidiary of the Williams Group UK and in December 2009 set up the Middle East business.

Mark Williams is a fully licensed recruitment firm currently focused on fulfilling clients needs in; Emiratisation, Financial Services and Information Technology related position within the United Arab Emirates. The initial focus was looking at Emiratisation into the Financial Services sector across all seven Emirates. With an increased demand for over the subsequent years for Emiratisation we have broadened our scope to place UAE Nationals into Industry & Government with dedicated teams for Emiratisation into Financial Services and Industry. Given our focus is primarily on the local market it gives us a depth of understanding & knowledge that enables us deliver our business partners an unrivaled service in terms of; speed and most importantly, quality.

Founding the Middle East business in adverse market conditions has enabled us to capture market-share and establish ourselves as a house hold name within our specialisms. Within two years we had outgrown our initial office and moved to the prestigious Business Central Towers in Media City. Mark Williams, at the end of 2014 has completed its third upscaling of operations to Bay Square, Business Bay. This was a strategic move to enable continued business growth by servicing clients and candidates with improved infrastructure, access and parking. Mark Williams provides candidates and clients private meeting rooms, testing facilities and board room access to facilitate screening and interviews. With our current capacity and growth ambitions Mark Williams is now one of the fastest growing Recruitment agencies in the region.

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