Oracle Apps DBA & Fusion Middleware Administrator

Location: Mumbai

Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum 5–6 years of relevant hands-on experience in Oracle Applications, Database and/or Fusion Middleware administration.
• Strong experience in infrastructure installation, configuration, administration and production support, with emphasis on Oracle Fusion Middleware/WebLogic and Oracle Applications environments.
• Candidates should have a combination of Apps DBA and Fusion Middleware skills, with strong expertise in at least one area and good working knowledge of the other.
• BE/MCA or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong communication, coordination, troubleshooting and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in customer-facing, mission-critical environments.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Open to working in 24x7 shifts and weekends as required.
• OCI certification is an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support Oracle Database, Oracle Applications and Fusion Middleware/WebLogic environments.
• Implement and coordinate changes across Infrastructure, Database, Middleware and Application layers.
• Install, configure, administer, patch and upgrade Oracle WebLogic and Fusion Middleware in standalone and clustered environments.
• Strong understanding of Oracle WebLogic architecture, including vertical/horizontal clustering, load balancing and high availability.
• Support and maintain highly available Oracle environments spanning multiple data centers, including RAC, Active Data Guard, Physical/Snapshot Standby, switchover and failover.
• Support multi-node application environments, including Web and Forms nodes, load balancing, DNS/network configuration, servlets, distributed processing and shared application-tier file systems.
• Experience with Oracle Applications 11i/R12, including administration, refreshes, cloning, patching and maintenance of multi-node environments.
• Experience with Oracle Database upgrades to 19c and application/middleware platform upgrades.
• Hands-on experience with Fusion Middleware products including WebLogic, SOA and OBIEE.
• Knowledge of Identity Management and OAM.
• Configure and administer JDBC connection pools, Data Sources, JMS Queues, Topics, Distributed Destinations, Foreign JMS Providers and Message Bridges.
• Configure and troubleshoot one-way and two-way SSL.
• Deploy and migrate WAR, EJB and EAR applications across development, test, QA and production environments using WebLogic Console, deployment utilities and WLST.
• Experience implementing and supporting Disaster Recovery solutions, including synchronization using RSYNC.
• Hands-on experience with WebLogic patching, performance optimization and troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python and shell scripting, with experience automating operational activities and reducing incidents and manual effort.
• Simplify server and service management through automation, standardization and proactive problem management.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix administration.
• Expertise in cloud platforms and migration of on-premises Oracle environments to OCI.
• Experience provisioning and maintaining environments on OCI, Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
• Working knowledge of Docker containers and orchestration technologies.
• Manage planned downtime and restore services following unplanned outages within committed SLAs.
• Perform capacity management, performance analysis, proactive recommendations and implementation support.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide preventive and proactive support for mission-critical environments.