Job Description
Job Title: DBA Manager
Location: CA (onsite) (prefer local to CA)
Minimum Experience: 15-20 years
Job Summary:
A highly skilled DBA Manager with extensive multi-database and cloud expertise, leadership experience, and relevant certifications aligned to their technology stack and organizational needs, responsible for SQL Server, Oracle EBS databases, and cloud-based infrastructure across OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) and Azure with comprehensive role covering database management, optimization, security, and cloud operations.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a team of DBAs responsible for SQL Server, Oracle EBS, MySQL databases, and cloud-based infrastructure across OCI and Azure.
- Oversee the installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrade of SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases in both on-premise and cloud environments.
- Ensure database high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), performance tuning, and proactive health checks across platforms.
- Manage resource utilization in OCI and Azure, forecast usage, monitor cloud credit consumption, and support decisions related to renewals and cost optimization.
- Administer MySQL instances across standalone, clustered, and cloud environments, including backup/recovery and replication strategies.
- Support Azure-based services including Azure SQL, MySQL Flexible Server, Azure Database for MySQL, and Oracle on Azure VMs.
- As part of Oracle EBS (E-Business Suite) Admin support activities
- Administer jobs to start and stop EBS components.
- Implement change management processes for updates and patching.
- Drive production support and troubleshoot technical issues related to Oracle EBS environment.
- Coordinate with DBAs and technical teams for complex infrastructure and backend issues
- Drive database automation using Shell, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, or native OCI/Azure tools.
- Coordinate cloud migration strategies and hybrid deployments across MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle databases.
- Work with infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams to ensure alignment and operational efficiency.
- Maintain security compliance, access control, audit logging, and support DR testing and audit readiness.
- Act as the bridge between business stakeholders, internal teams, and offshore support to ensure smooth operations and minimal downtime.
Required skills
- Proven leadership in managing DBA teams and stakeholder coordination.
- Coordinating with clients, Oracle Support, vendors, third-party service providers, technical developers, DBAs, and business users to ensure proper governance
- Good understanding of ITIL processes, ticketing systems, and release/change management
- Possess advanced technical expertise but also significant leadership and managerial skills to lead, mentor, and coordinate a team of DBAs effectively, ensuring enterprise database environments are reliable, secure, and optimized.
- SQL Server DBA expertise: High availability, performance tuning, T-SQL, clustering, Always On, and backups.
- Oracle DBA experience: RAC, Data Guard, ASM, RMAN, and Oracle EBS R12 tech stack.
- MySQL DBA expertise: Configuration, replication (master-slave, group replication), query tuning, and backup strategies.
- Strong experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Autonomous DB, DB Systems, Exadata, VCN, and security.
- Solid working knowledge of Azure Cloud Services: Azure SQL, Azure Database for MySQL, IaaS VMs, and cost governance.
- Familiarity with hybrid and cloud-native database architecture and migration best practices.
- Oversee the installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrade of SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases in both on-premise and cloud environments.
- Ensure database high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), performance tuning, and proactive health checks across platforms.
- Manage resource utilization in OCI and Azure, forecast usage, monitor cloud credit consumption, and support decisions related to renewals and cost optimization.
- Administer MySQL instances across standalone, clustered, and cloud environments, including backup/recovery and replication strategies.
- Support Azure-based services including Azure SQL, MySQL Flexible Server, Azure Database for MySQL, and Oracle on Azure VMs.
- Drive database automation using Shell, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, or native OCI/Azure tools.
- Coordinate cloud migration strategies and hybrid deployments across MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle databases.
- Work with infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams to ensure alignment and operational efficiency.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 15-20 years of experience with managing a team of DBAs and decision-making
- Hands-on experience managing and optimizing multiple database technologies such as SQL Server, Oracle (including Oracle EBS), MySQL.
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure management, especially on platforms like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Microsoft Azure.
- Proven skills in database installation, configuration, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
- Experience in leading and mentoring DBA teams, managing projects, and collaborating cross-functionally.
- Strong knowledge of database security, compliance, and cloud governance