IT Careers within Dell's Global Services Program
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Senior Oracle DBA
Build your career while building our next generation, high performance Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application and platform.
Our software platform is undergoing a complete re-architecture to capitalize upon our success. Dell intends control and manage tens of millions of computers, processing hundreds of millions of transactions per day across large web farms. Annihilate viruses and apply patches to tens of thousands of computers, all over the world, with just a single drag-and-drop of the mouse!
We are offering a unique opportunity to a highly motivated, competent Senior Oracle DBA to join us as a principal contributor within our IT Operations group. You will own the implementation, support and evolution of our SaaS environments, designing and building a highly scalable, unprecedented, globally deployed next generation asset management SaaS application and platform.
This position is based in Fremont, California.
Job responsibilities:
The Senior Oracle DBA (DBA) role is to implement, deploy and support a new Oracle based SaaS application from development platforms to the production target systems. Duties include performing database installation, maintenance, tuning, technical support, supporting on-going application development, installation and upgrades of Oracle in all areas of Dell's development, QA and production environments.The Senior Oracle DBA will work closely with Engineering, QA and IT personnel and will be an integral member of the product development and support infrastructure.
- Provide day-to-day support and maintenance for Oracle databases and services of our SaaS application platform
- Investigate potential problems and issues raised by users
- Implement monitoring for database events and proactively optimize system performance
- Work with the IT and Engineering teams to automate reactive procedures where possible, and to promote rapid response to known issues
- Cross functional, contributing member of our Change Control Board (CCB) and Production Change Teams (PCT) to deploy changes to production and other environments
- Accountable for maintaining database configurations in compliance with established best practices
- Oversee data fixes for business issues or to address application issues
- Accountable for proper backup and disaster recovery procedures
- Work in conjunction with IT, Engineering, and business groups to understand functionality, scalability, performance, security, and integration requirements from the database perspective
- Develop and maintain an in depth understanding of the database architecture and the general application functionality used to maintain data integrity
Job requirements:
- 5 - 7 years experience as an Oracle Database Administrator
- 5 - 7 years experience in IT Operations Support
- Experience with UNIX, Linux and Windows 2003
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complex technical issues and relate to development requirements and needs.
- Demonstrable experience with PL/SQL including writing and optimizing code in PL/SQL using various tools such as TOAD, SQL Navigator, Embarcadero and SQL Developer
- Tuning and troubleshooting Oracle instances
- Performs performance analysis and enhancement of SQL queries
- Installing Oracle on Windows/Linux/UNIX based systems
- Experience configuring and maintaining highly scalable, high transaction environments
- Strong knowledge of Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) is required along with experience in physical and logical standby, Transparent Application Failover (TAF) and other Oracle high availability technologies
- Knowledge in Oracle Backup/Recovery Methodologies and Strategies
- Independent position requires excellent organizational skills
- Ability to communicate with upper level management
- Ability to multi-task and handle periods of high stress
- Highly motivated, job engaged, Team player
Desired skills and experience:
- Knowledge of Oracle 10g and version 11 platforms
- Schema design and experience working directly with software engineering Teams
- Hands-on experience working in .NET or J2EE environments
- Hands-ons experience with Linux and Windows
- Intricate knowledge of web application security concerns specifically Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
- Hosted, highly available, multi-tenanancy applications
Education:
- Computer Science, Engineering degree or equivalent experience required
Relocation benefits and visa sponsorship are not available for this position. Qualified candidates should Apply Online
Dell is committed to diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Linux Systems Engineer
Build your career while building and supporting our next generation, high performance Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application and platform.
Our software platform is undergoing a complete re-architecture to capitalize upon our success. Dell intends control and manage tens of millions of computers, processing hundreds of millions of transactions per day across large web farms. Annihilate viruses and apply patches to tens of thousands of computers, all over the world, with just a single drag-and-drop of the mouse!
We are offering a unique opportunity to a highly motivated, competent Linux Systems Engineer. You will own the implementation,support and evolution of our SaaS environments as well as being a principal contributor within our IT Operations group.
This position is based in Fremont, California.
Job responsibilities:
The Linux Systems Engineer develops and maintains Dell's development, QA and Production level Linux based systems and is responsible for maintaining the integrity and security of servers and systems while conducting system analysis and development, with limited support and direction. The Linux Systems Engineer must possess a strong background in the UNIX OS, preferably with Linux/UNIX server administration.
Job requirements:
- 5 - 7 years experience in Linux Administration
- 5 - 7 years experience in IT Operations Support
- Experience with UNIX, Linux and Windows 2003
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complex technical issues and relate to development requirements and needs
- Manages multiple Linux servers and workstations
- Manages multiple linked databases to include security, data safety and integrity, disaster recovery, and development and implementation of bulk data import/export procedures
- Documents the design of the operating environment
- Designs and programs specific applications in response to Dell's need; installs and debugs new and/or upgraded software on server and client platforms
- Ability to work productively in teams; good problem solver
- Oracle installation and maintenance experience as well as Oracle DBA knowledge
Desired skills:
Proven experience with Red Hat Linux Installation and RedHat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.0/4.0 and the following adjunct technologies:
- RPM Installation/Removal
- Linux KickStart Configuration
- Linux Patches
- Shell scripting (sh, ksh, bash, csh)
- TCP/IP Networking
- Firmware Maintenance
- HBA Installation/Configuration
- NIC Installation/Configuration
- SNMP Monitoring Tools
- Dell Rack & Blade Servers
- Fibre Channel Switched Fabric
- Oracle 10g on Linux
- Oracle 10g RAC on Linux
- Oracle Performance Tuning
- Oracle Security/Access Control
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Oracle DB Patches
Additional skills:
- Highly motivated, job engaged
- Team player able to work alone and require minimal supervision
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong communications skills, comfortable interacting with upper level management
- Ability to multi-task and handle periods of high stress
Education:
- Computer Science, Engineering degree or equivalent experience required
Relocation benefits and visa sponsorship are not available for this position.
Dell is committed to diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
