Senior AWS Database Administrator - Northridge at Medtronic in Los Angeles, California

Job Description:

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Oracle Database Administrator to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing Oracle databases, with specific expertise in AWS Oracle RDS environments.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Database Administration: Manage and maintain Oracle databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and security


• AWS RDS Management: Administer Oracle databases within the AWS RDS environment, including provisioning, backups, scaling, and replication


• Performance Tuning: Monitor and optimize database performance using Oracle tools and AWS RDS features


• Disaster Recovery: Implement and test disaster recovery strategies for Oracle databases in AWS


• Data Migration: Lead database migration projects, including migration from on-premises to AWS RDS. Security Management: Ensure database security by managing user access, encryption, and other security features


• Collaboration: Work closely with development teams to optimize database queries, schema design, and overall application performance


• Documentation: Create and maintain detailed documentation for database environments, processes, and procedures

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field


• 7 years of experience as an Oracle DBA


• Strong experience with AWS RDS, particularly with Oracle databases


• Proficiency in Oracle database administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting


• Knowledge and experience of Oracle Data Guard, Physical Standby, Logical Standby, dataguard broker


• RMAN - expert level working knowledge


• Oracle Technologies - Partition, TAF, DATAPUMP, SQL/PLSQL, Indexes, Patching etc.


• Experience with data migration and replication strategies


• Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, and IAM


• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certified Database - Specialty or similar certification


• Experience with scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell


• Knowledge of additional database technologies (MySQL, Snowflake)

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):116000-174000

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) on page 6 here. The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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