Modis is one of the world's largest and most respected providers of Information Technology Resource Management (ITRM) services and solutions. Today, Modis delivers world-class ITRM solutions to over 2,000 clients in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Currently, we are looking for an Oracle DBA for a long term contract in Baltimore, MD.
Oracle DBA
Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills, strong technical skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment. This assignment will require occasional night and weekend work as project needs dictate as well as periodic on-call duty..
Looking for mid to senior-level DBA to augment support function
Essential Functions:
1. Provide Oracle DBA technical support in a UNIX infrastructure.
2. Plan and implement Oracle software installations, upgrades, and patches.
3. Plan and build database instances and objects.
4. Plan and implement Oracle backup and recovery.
5. Monitor and tune Oracle database for optimum performance. Assist in capacity planning of Oracle database servers.
6. Troubleshoot Oracle infrastructure problems.
7. Provide technical assistance and guidance to application support staff and project teams.
8. Develop, document, and implement operational support procedures for the Oracle infrastructure components.
9. Develop, document, and implement security configuration for Oracle software and database instances to comply with existing standards.
10. Refresh development/test databases from copies of production.
11. Available for 24x7 on-call support.
Strong knowledge of Unix -- not Wintel.
Excellent communications skills.
Ability to work closely with clients in a fast paced & high pressure environment.
