Medanta Hospital - Senior Manager - Oracle Database Administration

Description :

Role Overview :

The Senior Manager - Oracle DBA will lead the strategic management of Medantas enterprise database ecosystem.

This role goes beyond administration to include team leadership, vendor coordination, capacity planning, and implementation of enterprise-wide database strategies to support high-availability healthcare operations.

Key Responsibilities :

Strategic Database Management :

- Oversee administration of multi-terabyte, production-critical Oracle databases across multiple hospitals.

- Define and implement disaster recovery strategies (Active/Passive Dataguard) and capacity planning.

- Ensure security compliance, auditing, and governance for all enterprise databases.

Leadership & Collaboration :

- Lead a team of DBAs, providing mentoring, guidance, and technical training.

- Coordinate with vendors on patches, upgrades, and bug resolutions within defined SLAs.

- Work closely with IT, implementation, and QA teams to align database operations with business needs.

Performance & Innovation :

- Drive proactive database performance optimization and query tuning at scale.

- Lead deployment of enterprise-wide replication (Golden Gate) and upgrade initiatives.

- Ensure robust database monitoring, automation, and high availability solutions.

Governance & Processes :

- Establish best practices for database documentation, change management, and issue tracking.

- Manage release deployment strategies and post-deployment go-live support.

- Contribute to new solution design and roadmap discussions for database modernization.

Skills & Qualifications :

- 10+ years of experience in Oracle Database Administration, with at least 3+ years in a leadership capacity.

- Expertise in Golden Gate replication, Oracle Application Server, and WebLogic administration.

- Strong knowledge of disaster recovery strategies, capacity planning, and performance management.

- Proven ability to lead teams, manage vendors, and handle enterprise-level database initiatives.

- Proficiency in PL/SQL, RMAN, OEM, and Unix/Linux shell scripting.

- Strong organizational, communication, and decision-making skills.

Desirable Skills :

- Exposure to SQL Server administration and cross-platform integration.

- Experience working in healthcare provider IT systems.

- Advanced certifications in Oracle technologies (e.g., OCP, OCM)