Senior Database Administrator - Exadata

Job description / Role

Exadata Administration & Migration
• Expertise in Exadata administration, performance tuning, patching, and migrations across different Exadata machines.
• Strong knowledge of Exadata-specific features (Smart Scan, Flash Cache, HCC) and ILOM for hardware monitoring.
• Experience in preventive & reactive maintenance (disks, flashcards, batteries, FDOM).
• Hands-on experience in Zero Downtime Exadata Migration, including cross-platform database migrations using OGG, Transportable Tablespaces, and Data Pump.

Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA)
• Installation, administration, and backup restoration using ZDLRA.
• Expertise in real-time redo transport and incremental backups.
• Troubleshooting backup and restore performance issues.

Oracle Golden-Gate (OGG) Administration & Replication
• Strong experience in OGG replication (one-way, two-way, active-active).
• Cross-platform migrations with OGG, TTS, and Data Pump for zero downtime.
• Expertise in OGG for Disaster Recovery (DR), handling replication lag, conflicts, and data integrity.

High-Availability & Performance Optimization
• Expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Performance Tuning, Data Guard (Physical & Logical), and DG Broker.
• Experience in Zero Downtime Database Migration across platforms.
• Database security & user management, including Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
• Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC) for storage optimization.
• Online conversion of tables & indexes into partitions for performance enhancement.
• Disaster Recovery (DR) planning & execution with Data Guard and Oracle Golden-Gate.

• Bachelor degree in Information Technology or any relevant discipline.
• Minimun 5- 8 year of Experience in Oracle DBA role.
• Hands on Experience in Exadata and Golden Gate Administration
• Orace certifications preferred.
• Excellent in verbal and written communicaiton skills.

About the Company

Saudi Networkers Services, incorporated in 2001 with an aim to provide the world class business and consulting services through a combination of market insight, technical excellence and unrivalled agile methodology.

Our success stems from building strong relationships and trusted partners, which enabled us delivering exceptional services to public sector, as well as some world's leading organizations, in Telecommunication, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Banking, Energy, Utilities and various other industry arenas.

We collaborate closely, ideate that how the work gets done, while working alongside businesses to collaborate on growth and applying breakthrough innovations, that drive exponential impact, managed by teams specialized in their assigned industry sectors.