Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Senior Oracle DBA, you'll take the lead as you…

• Design, plan, build and support an end to end technology stack supporting Target’s applications leveraging agile methodologies
• Perform problem resolution for complex issues including root cause analysis, and outline resolution options
• Use database expertise to identify and drive improvement efforts related to life cycle and patching of our database platform
• Consult with development teams to advise on impacts of lifecycle and patching activities on the applications
• Provide off-hours support, when required, for critical production issues.
• Ensure process and technical documentation is complete per TTS (Target Technology Services) standards
• Ensure high quality by participating in and following TTS processes
• Provide application performance tuning activities, where needed
• Participate in database strategic planning (business and technology trends)
• Provide management and other team members clear and timely updates on status of assigned responsibilities
• Stay current with technology and evaluate its impact on new and existing applications and platforms
• Demonstrate growing application and technical knowledge

Requirements

• BA/BS or equivalent experience
• Has in-depth knowledge of state-of-the art engineering technical approaches in design, build, testing, debugging problems as required by domain
• Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education

Preferred skills

• 4-year college degree in computer science, engineering or math field
• Master’s degree preferred
• Previous years of Oracle DBA experience
• Knowledge of PL/SQL language
• Knowledge of DBMS query optimizer and query engine
• Preferred background in development areas; some knowledge of Java and .NET
• Experience in DBMS performance tuning
• Ability to work with multiple development teams on multiple projects and manage priorities
• Proven experience implementing and supporting the following Oracle features and functions: RAC, ASM, DataGuard, GoldenGate and Flash Recovery
• Previous experience providing production database support in a 24x7 support organization
• Experience working with Linux operating system
• Experience providing database support in a large IT organization
• Previous experience in infrastructure support
• Previous experience working in agile environments
• Understanding of infrastructure systems (e.g. server, storage, network, etc…)
• Understanding of clustering and virtualization technologies
• Understanding of retail business, technology, and the application of technology to our business

Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests at over 1,800 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given five percent of its profit to communities, which today equals millions of dollars a week.