System Administrator 4-IT

System Administrator 4-IT at Oracle in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description Job Description We seek a Senior-Level Linux Systems Administrator/BDA to join the Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Site Operations team. Your role will be crucial in supporting Oracle's internal lab resources, both on-premise and in-cloud, for implementing and managing lab test and infrastructure systems and supporting product development efforts for Oracle Linux, OVM, Cloud, and Engineered Systems teams. MAA Site Operations provides a wide range of on-premise lab and cloud based services to support these product development teams, including deployment and management of the servers, storage, networking, layered infrastructure and applications services on which they depend. A successful candidate will have a broad range of technical skills, experience, and strong teamwork, communications, and project management skills, particularly in Oracle RAC. Automation skills and cloud experience are strongly preferred. This role is also responsible for complex problem resolution (sometimes involving integration and support of a range of Oracle and third-party technologies), learning new hardware platforms and related peripherals, creating and improving operational standards, procedures, and documentation, and the development of automation to enhance reliability and ease-of-use of lab services and efficiency of routine systems administration tasks, using agile DevOps methodologies and cloud-native solutions. Career Level - IC4 Responsibilities RESPONSIBILITIES: + Technical assistance with systems & software production environment + Engineered Systems System administration such as image upgrade , re-image and DB patch, configuration and re-configuration health checks + Upgrade and implementation planning and advice on image upgrade Management. + Proactively alerting customers to product issues. + Delivery of reactive onsite technical support + Resolve known issues, according to procedures documented in Knowledge notes database. + Document unknown issue requiring expert technical knowledge. + Perform root cause analysis of difficult product problems and their solutions/technical escalation follow-up. + Interact with developers to enhance collaborative problem solving. + Providing and verifying problem workarounds or patches + Researching and responding to technical inquiries + Become a trusted advisor for our product developers EXPERIENCES: + Demonstrated expertise in Linux.(Servers, Storage & Network) are essential + Hands-on experiences with Mission Critical Data Center Systems & Database environment administration tasks. + Hands-on experiences on Operating Systems Virtualization (VMware and OLVM) + Hands-on experiences with the Oracle Database releases RAC/Grid Infrastructure. + Experience of any of the following products and technologies will be an advantage: + Oracle Exadata Database Machine, PCA, ODA, Oracle ZDLRA Cloud Machine, Oracle Grid Infrastructure, Oracle ASM (Automatic Storage Management), Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Recovery Manager. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: + Experience in Oracle storage is a plus + Working experience in OVM Migration projects + Working knowledge on Engineered system like Exadata, ODA, PCA etc + Working patching experience on Exadata, Exalogic, PCA etc + Mid-level+ scripting/programming skills to automate routine SA tasks (using, e.g., Python, Ansible, Go, Perl, C, Shell) + Worked on the installation of Docker. Created custom Docker container images, tagging and pushing the images. + Individual contributor role able to manage his work independently. + BS or MS degree in CS or Engineering (or equivalent experience) Disclaimer: Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates. Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US: Hiring Range: from $85,800 to $178,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion 2. Short term disability and long term disability 3. Life insurance and AD&D 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation. 9. 11 paid holidays 10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours. 11. Paid parental leave 12. Adoption assistance 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan 14. Financial planning and group legal 15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. 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