Oracle Apps DBA

<h3>Accountabilities:</h3><li>Administer, maintain, and support Oracle E-Business Suite environments, particularly EBS R12.1 and R12.2.x, ensuring system availability, reliability, and performance.</li><li>Perform environment cloning, refreshes, upgrades, and post-cloning configuration and validation activities.</li><li>Plan, execute, and coordinate application and database patching, including CPU, PSU, AD, and TXK patches, while following established maintenance procedures.</li><li>Support Oracle EBS 12.2 online patching using ADOP, including patch-cycle management, downtime planning, and troubleshooting where applicable.</li><li>Monitor production environments, investigate incidents, and resolve issues involving application components, databases, concurrent managers, workflows, WebLogic, and system performance.</li><li>Perform Oracle database administration tasks, including health checks, backup and recovery, monitoring, and performance tuning.</li><li>Analyze and optimize database queries, application performance, JVM configurations, and concurrent processing to improve system efficiency.</li><li>Support Oracle RAC and Data Guard environments where applicable, helping maintain availability and business continuity.</li><li>Manage support tickets throughout their lifecycle, providing timely updates, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring adherence to agreed SLAs.</li><li>Collaborate with functional consultants, developers, infrastructure teams, and client stakeholders to diagnose issues, coordinate resolutions, and minimize operational disruption.</li><li>Participate in daily stand-ups, client meetings, and technical discussions, communicating progress, risks, dependencies, and planned activities clearly.</li><li>Prepare root cause analysis (RCA) reports, document environment changes, and maintain standard operating procedures, technical runbooks, and troubleshooting guides.</li><li>Assist with basic development-support activities when required, including forms and reports deployments, file transfers, and compilation tasks.</li><li>Support proactive system monitoring and automation initiatives, leveraging tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) where available.</li><li>Contribute to cloud hosting or migration activities involving Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or AWS, where required.</li><h2>Requirements:</h2><li>Have 6–10 years of relevant professional experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Oracle Applications Database Administration and production support.</li><li>Demonstrate advanced knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 and R12.2 administration, including application-tier components, concurrent managers, workflows, and system configuration.</li><li>Possess practical experience in EBS cloning, environment refreshes, patching, upgrades, and post-clone activities.</li><li>Understand Oracle EBS patching technologies and processes, including AD, TXK, CPU, PSU, and ADOP-based online patching.</li><li>Have a solid understanding of Oracle Database 12c and 19c architecture, database monitoring, backup and recovery, and performance optimization.</li><li>Demonstrate experience with Unix/Linux operating systems and shell scripting for administration, troubleshooting, and automation.</li><li>Possess working knowledge of Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle HTTP Server (OHS), application-tier services, JVM tuning, and concurrent processing.</li><li>Be skilled in diagnosing complex application and database issues, conducting performance analysis, identifying root causes, and implementing effective solutions within defined timelines.</li><li>Understand backup and recovery procedures, including Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN), and be capable of supporting recovery scenarios.</li><li>Have experience monitoring production environments, managing incident tickets, meeting SLA commitments, and preparing clear technical documentation and RCA reports.</li><li>Demonstrate strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively under pressure.</li><li>Communicate professionally with clients and internal teams, providing proactive updates and participating consistently in meetings and stand-ups.</li><li>Be self-directed, reliable, and accountable, with excellent time management, prioritization, and workload management skills.</li><li>Be comfortable working independently in a remote environment while coordinating with distributed technical and client-facing teams.</li><li>
<strong>Preferred qualifications:</strong>Exposure to Oracle Enterprise Manager, OCI or AWS hosting and migration, third-party integrations, and advanced EBS online patching practices.</li><li>Be available to work from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM IST. Immediate availability is preferred.</li><h2>Benefits:</h2><li>
<strong>Remote work:</strong>Fully remote opportunity within India, offering flexibility in work location.</li><li>
<strong>Full-time employment:</strong>Opportunity to contribute to ongoing Oracle EBS administration and production support activities.</li><li>
<strong>Competitive technical exposure:</strong>Work with enterprise Oracle E-Business Suite environments, Oracle databases, WebLogic, and associated infrastructure components.</li><li>
<strong>End-to-end responsibilities:</strong>Gain opportunities to work across database administration, patching, cloning, upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.</li><li>
<strong>Cross-functional collaboration:</strong>Work closely with functional, development, infrastructure, and client teams to resolve complex technical challenges.</li><li>
<strong>Professional development:</strong>Build on your expertise in Oracle EBS administration, online patching, performance tuning, and cloud-related technologies.</li><li>
<strong>Operational ownership:</strong>Take responsibility for production stability, service-level performance, technical documentation, and continuous improvement.</li><li>
<strong>Working schedule:</strong>Fixed evening and night shift from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM IST.</li><li>
<strong>Salary and additional benefits:</strong>Compensation details, healthcare coverage, paid leave, bonuses, insurance, and other employment perks have not been specified in the available job description and should be confirmed during the recruitment process.</li>