Data Center Technology- Database Administrator- Consultant

Description

 

Organization:   Systems Integration and Technology

 

Location:          Location Negotiable

 

Travel:              100% (Monday - Friday)

 

Systems Integration and Technology (SI&T) offers a full range of global delivery services-from enterprise solutions, system integration, technical architectures, business intelligence, infrastructure consulting, and technology research/development.

 

Our SI&T consultants can expect to:

 

  • Work with cutting edge technology
  • Deliver high-quality solutions across multiple industries
  • Work on a variety of projects ranging in both size and scope
  • Receive continuous training
  • Gain rapid career progression

 

Accenture Technology Consulting (ATC) falls within the SI&T organization and provides services aimed at improving the strategic intent, transforming economics and effectiveness, and the overall design, of a company's information technology capabilities and/or functions. Information technology capabilities include IT planning and management, IT processes and approaches, and IT assets that provide the operational components necessary to run applications.

 

Accenture's Next Generation Data Center solutions focus on achieving high performance by transforming all aspects of data center infrastructure and operations by centralizing data center facilities, rationalizing and virtualizing servers, implementing tiered and virtualized storage, and introducing automated provisioning, predictive operations and business service management capabilities-all while taking into account (and benefiting from) service-oriented architectures. 

 

Job Description:

 

The Oracle DBA Consultant role falls within our Data Center Technology practice.

 

Key Responsibilities may include:

 

  • Define standards for the operating system (OS) and Oracle environment
  • Install Oracle software for OS and PC environments
  • Create new databases and table spaces
  • Install and manage SQL*Net configuration for UNIX and PC environments           
  • Perform release upgrades for existing databases
  • Define and implement backup and recovery strategies in line with the needs of each client/project               
  • Monitor system resource usage (disk, memory, CPU, IO) in conjunction with System Administrators group
  • For production as well as development and QA, monitor and tune SGA, etc.
  • System programming (Shell and SQL) to automate database backup, monitoring and other DBA functions
  • Define standards/guidelines for using roles, DB links, etc. in conjunction with project DBAs
  • Provide technical support during development process
  • Physical database design and layout - log files, datafiles, rollback segments, and tablespaces
  • Create project user accounts, grant appropriate privileges
  • Physical DBAs are responsible for the OS and Oracle environment, database backup & restore, database performance diagnostics and tuning for ALL databases.  They work closely with the system admin group concerning system resource usage and allocation, system backups, and system performance.
  • 100% travel requirement

 

Qualifications

 

Basic Qualifications:

 

  • Minimum of 3 years of hands on experience with Oracle versions 9i, 10g, or 11i
  • Minimum of 2 years of Oracle RAC, Dataguard, or VLDB (1TB+)
  • Minimum of a Bachelors Degree

 

Preferred Skills:

 

  • Experience installing Oracle database software.
  • Experience creating an Oracle database.
  • Basic DBA skills (i.e. SQL, security, tables/indexes, PL/SQL stored programs)
  • Familiarity with Oracle Architecture (memory structures like SGA and Shared Pool, processes, data files).
  • Knowledge of backup and recovery options (i.e. RMAN, cold/hot backups, export/import of data).
  • Experience with SQL performance tuning (trace files, TKPROF, explain plans, use of indexes).
  • Knowledge of database tuning techniques (sizing memory structures, memory/latch contention, I/O contention)

 

Professional Skill Requirements:

 

  • Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
  • Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
  • Desire to work in an information systems environment
  • Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

 

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Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

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Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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