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Job Title: Oracle DBA Location: Las Vegas (Local Only) Duration: 6 months Contract Experience requested: 6-8 Job Description: The primary objective of the Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) is to develop and maintain the corporate Oracle databases ensuring data integrity, security, retention, and recoverability of the data. In this role, the DBA will design, build, test, and deploy quality database solutions that are consistent with project objectives, technology architecture standards and departmental best practices. The DBA will design and implement database strategies, administer enterprise-wide data architecture, implement complex data structures, and provide daily management of all corporate databases. The DBA will create and administer all database objects from design to deployment utilizing subject matter expertise to design or re-use, configure, and implement database solutions/processes that maximize system availability, efficiency, effectiveness, integrity, recoverability, and supportability. Summary of Essential Job Functions • Evaluate patch releases from Oracle and patching requests from development, and communicating constraints, issues, and timelines for deployment. • Change management including maintenance of multiple development, test, QA, and production environments. Responsible for deploying approved changes to production. • Provide 24x7 rotational on-call support, including driving Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Preventative action follow-though, and participation in weekly operations reviews. • Provide proactive database monitoring and issue resolution. • Perform database and PL/SQL optimization including performance tuning, query optimization and supportability. • Participate and contribute to projects involving enterprise systems enhancements. • Perform Implementation and ongoing support of high availability architecture (standby logical/physical Data Guard, RAC, hot standby databases, etc.). • Work with development project teams to design and implement database solutions to meet business requirements. • Participate in project design and Oracle database design decisions. Refine and troubleshoot the design. • Create and maintain appropriate documentation about the database and the data architecture. • Support of the nightly ETL processing. • Ensure regular proactive capacity planning and tending reviews of all oracle databases. Producing weekly, monthly management reports. • Attend project kick-offs and design reviews as necessary to appropriately size new environments, recommend infrastructure solutions and deliver associated cost and resource effort estimates. • Develop and implement Database security policies and procedures, in line with corporate objectives. • Perform other duties as assigned "