As a Senior Oracle Database Administrator, you are a results‑driven, customer‑focused technical leader responsible for the reliability, performance, and security of Blackbaud's enterprise Oracle database platforms. You bring a strong sense of ownership and accountability, delivering outcomes that support both operational excellence and customer commitments while helping power the work of purpose‑driven organisations.
Responsibilities
Deliver reliable and secure Oracle database services by owning day‑to‑day operations, availability, and performance across production environments.
Improve scalability and resilience by installing, upgrading, patching, and managing Oracle databases using automation‑first approaches.
Protect critical data by executing and validating backup, recovery, replication, and high‑availability strategies.
Partner with application and cloud teams to optimise performance, support migrations, and ensure operational readiness for new and existing solutions.
Monitor database health and capacity using industry‑standard tools, proactively identifying risks and resolving issues before they impact customers.
Strengthen operational excellence by maintaining clear documentation, standards, and runbooks, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
5-8 years of professional experience administering Oracle databases in enterprise, production environments.
Hands‑on experience administering Oracle databases in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, including Oracle Database on OCI and Oracle Exadata Cloud Service.
Strong knowledge of Oracle database operations, including performance tuning, backup and recovery, and high‑availability architectures.
Familiarity with OCI core services as they relate to databases, including compute, storage, networking, and identity and access management.
Hands‑on experience with Linux systems and database automation or scripting to reduce manual effort and improve reliability. Available on a 24x7x365 basis when needed for production impacting incidents or key customer events
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