Principal Database Administrator

Company DescriptionWhen you're one of us, you get to run with the best. For decades, we've been helping marketers from the world's top brands personalize experiences for millions of people with our cutting-edge technology, solutions and services. Epsilon's best-in-class identity gives brands a clear, privacy-safe view of their customers, which they can use across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon India is now Great Place to Work-Certified™. Epsilon has also been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Positioned at the core of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon is a global company with more than 8,000 employees around the world. For more information, visit epsilon.com/apac or our page.Job DescriptionAbout BUAt the heart of everything we do is data and this team. Our premium data assets empower the team to drive desirable outcomes for leading brands across industries. Armed with high volumes of transactional data, digital expertise and unmatched data quality, the team plays a key role in improving all our product offerings. Our data artisans are keen on embracing the latest in technology and trends, so there's always room to grow and something new to learn here.Why we are looking for you?At Epsilon, we deliver excellence and create connections that last a lifetime. Our digital marketing arm, Conversant, is now growing and we are on the lookout for talented individuals who believe that every interaction counts - and want to make an impact on the future of our clients' businesses.So, are you someone who wants to work on the cutting edge of new-generation UI technology? Does the thought of working with Data Warehouse, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence excite you? Then you could be exactly who we're looking for.Apply today and be part of a dynamic, enthusiastic and passionate team who want nothing more but to make a lasting impact on the lives of consumers. You will also get the opportunity to see your ideas come to life on almost every consumer device across the US.What will you enjoy in this role?Seeking a highly motivated and well-rounded Principal Oracle DBA with a strong development background to be part of a fast-paced production support and full-lifecycle implementation team.What you will do ?Full life cycle support of client's database(s). Database system uses RAC and non-RAC for OLTP and warehouse, Active DataGuard for DR, partitioning on 12c and 19c on-premises and cloud environment.Responsible for database backups, design, development, testing, and performance tuning.Will work with developers to design and build new structures to support application enhancements and promote database changes throughout the Dev, UAT, and Prod databases.Responsible for quarterly patch applications (PSU) and periodic database upgrades with minimal downtime in the database environment.Required to take part in 24x7 on-call rotation and be available to perform periodic after-hours support.Proactively think toward automation of repeated tasks.Responsible for innovation in improving support standards.QualificationsBachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent work experience required.10+ years of related experience with implementation and administration of database systems.Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.Able to administer, manage and tune high-transaction Standalone/RAC production server environment(s) on-premises and cloud environments.Able to understand and meet the needs of end-users.Able to work with multiple projects in a dynamic, fast-paced, and often changing environment.Strong design, development, administration skills.Strong knowledge of managing automatic storage management.Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for complex database performance issues.Strong knowledge of database upgrades/migrations.Strong knowledge in using backup and recovery tools.Strong knowledge of Oracle DataGuard Physical Standby configuration, build and support, including DataGuard Broker and replication.Knowledge of database programming and query troubleshooting.Knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager.Experience in managing databases in AWS/AZURE cloud environment.Experience in writing Shell scripts.Have good written/oral communication and soft skills.Oracle certification can be a plus. PRB