Job Description

The Oracle Database Engineer will be responsible for performing regular database maintenance activities to ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of Oracle database systems. This role involves monitoring, tuning, patching, and troubleshooting Oracle databases across production, test, and development environments. The engineer will also support backup and recovery operations, implement security measures, and assist in database upgrades and migrations.


Key Responsibilities:


Perform routine database maintenance tasks such as reorganization, statistics gathering, index rebuilding, and cleanup


Conduct database health checks, monitor performance metrics, and optimize database configurations


Apply Oracle patches, upgrades, and security updates as required


Monitor database storage utilization and plan capacity management


Implement and maintain database backup and recovery strategies using RMAN and Data Pump


Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues, errors, and failures


Manage user access, roles, and privileges in compliance with organizational security policies


Support disaster recovery planning and testing


Collaborate with application developers and system administrators to ensure optimal database performance and integration


Maintain documentation for database configurations, maintenance procedures, and change logs


Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards


Required Qualifications:


5 or more years of hands-on experience with Oracle Database Administration using Oracle 12c, 19c, or later


Strong knowledge of Oracle architecture, SQL, PL/SQL, and database internals


Proficiency in database performance tuning and troubleshooting tools


Understanding of backup, recovery, and high-availability concepts including RAC and ASM


Preferred Qualifications:


Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or higher certification


Experience with cloud-based Oracle environments such as OCI, AWS RDS, or Azure


Familiarity with automation tools and scripting including Python and Ansible


Knowledge of ITIL processes and change management

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.


Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.


Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.