Qualified candidates must have strong experience in Oracle 10g or 11g along with RAC and/or Data Warehouse experience. · Minimum 8 years Oracle DBA experience · Oracle RAC experience on 10g or 11g · Experience with either Data Guard or Streams · Experience with SQL and PL/SQL · Experience with database tuning · Candidates with data warehouse implementation experience will be given higher consideration The Sr. Oracle Database Administrator will have primary responsibility for maintaining numerous database schemas in support of an application development effort. Installation and upgrade of Oracle products, maintaining the physical database structure, monitoring and tuning performance, and maintaining database security. Production configuration and automation for the software product currently being developed. Assist with Customer deployments including data conversion and production support. · Will define new database objects or modifications to existing objects in accordance to existing database standards. · Track database changes using a source control tool · Use software tools and/or local scripts to monitor performance and space utilization in order to tune as required. Includes, but is not limited to, the ability to identify and remove detrimental locking scenarios. · Identify poor performing SQL statements and provide assistance in tuning to improve performance. · Re-writing SQL statements, creating new indexes and altering existing indexes. · In conjunction with security and privacy policies, establish and manage role-based access. · Create, maintain and refresh required Oracle instances/databases/schemas · Install, upgrade, and maintain Oracle software products · Setup, testing, implementation, and maintenance of backup and recovery strategies using Oracle utilities. · Monitor production systems and coordinate outages to perform maintenance in order to prevent unplanned downtime. · Act as liaison between application developers and database vendor to report and resolve problems on a timely basis.