Oracle DBA / RAC & Exadata Support Engineer
Careers- 5–8 Years
- Gurgaon
- On-site
- Full-time
- Database Administration (DBA)
Applications close on 30 Nov 2026
We are looking for a technically strong Oracle DBA with expertise in database administration, RAC operations, ASM, backup and recovery, Data Guard, and Grid Infrastructure to ensure high availability and reliability of enterprise database systems.
Responsibilities
- Perform day-to-day administration and monitoring of Oracle Database 19c.
- Administer and troubleshoot Oracle RAC 2-node/multi-node environments.
- Manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure, Clusterware, ASM, RAC instances and services.
- Configure and troubleshoot SCAN, VIPs, listeners and RAC interconnect.
- Troubleshoot RAC node failures, instance failures, node eviction and cluster resource issues.
- Monitor and troubleshoot RAC performance, including Global Cache, GCS/GES and wait events.
- Administer and monitor Oracle ASM, including disk groups, capacity and storage-related issues.
- Configure, monitor and troubleshoot RMAN backup and recovery.
- Administer and monitor Oracle Data Guard, including replication, lag, switchover and failover.
- Perform database performance monitoring, troubleshooting and tuning.
- Troubleshoot sessions, locks, blocking, deadlocks, SQL performance and resource utilisation.
- Perform Oracle Database RU/PSU and Grid Infrastructure/RAC patching.
- Conduct pre- and post-patching database, RAC, ASM and Grid health checks.
- Support Oracle databases hosted on OCI Exadata / ExaCS as well as traditional on-premises RAC environments.
- Troubleshoot database availability, connectivity and production incidents.
- Coordinate with application, infrastructure, CloudOps and Oracle Support/MOS teams.
- Prepare technical RCA and maintain database operational documentation.
Requirements
- Oracle Database 19c
- Oracle RAC
- Oracle ASM
- Oracle Grid Infrastructure / Clusterware
- RMAN Backup & Recovery
- Oracle Data Guard
- Oracle Database Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting
- Oracle Database RU/PSU Patching
- SQL / PL-SQL troubleshooting
- Linux/Unix administration
- RAC: CRS, SCAN, VIP, Listeners, RAC Services, Interconnect, GCS/GES
- OCI Exadata Database Service / ExaCS
- Basic OCI networking and SSH/Bastion administration
- 5–8 years of strong hands-on Oracle DBA experience.
- Proven experience administering Oracle RAC + ASM + Grid Infrastructure.
- Experience with Oracle 19c production environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance-analysis skills.
- Practical experience with RMAN and Data Guard.
- Experience with Oracle database/RAC patching.
- Exposure to both OCI Exadata and on-premises Oracle RAC environments.
- Good communication, documentation and incident-management skills.
- Comfortable working in enterprise production and 24x7/on-call environments, where required.
- Core Requirement:
- Strong hands-on Oracle DBA + RAC + ASM + Grid Infrastructure experience, with exposure to both OCI Exadata and on-premises Oracle RAC.
Good to have
- Oracle QFSDP knowledge
- Oracle MOS / Service Request experience
- Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Exadata administration experience
- Oracle RAC/Database upgrade or migration experience
- OCI certification / Oracle certifications
- ITIL / ITSM experience
- Experience supporting BFSI, banking, insurance or other business-critical applications
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