Database Administrator/Senior Database Administrator, IT Operations (Phoenix, AZ, US)

Location: Rio West A Bldg (PHX-RWA1) 
Additional Locations: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX
Requisition ID: 50817 

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• ​This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division.
• ​Responsible for managing Enterprise Oracle service activities which includes installing, maintaining and tuning the Oracle RAC clusters in multiple environments.

What you'll do

• Collaborates with other Information Technology associates and functional business teams to build, deliver, and support effective, creative data management solutions aligned to specified business initiatives
• Creates, coordinates and administers databases, including base definition, structure documentation, operational guidelines, and security
• Based upon management direction, plans and implements strategies for meeting data management needs
• Applies established data management best practices and recommends improvements
• Assists application support teams with third party application installations and upgrades
• Assists with other information technology projects, as assigned, within the general scope of regularly assigned responsibilities and related qualifications
• Supports Production environment activities including on-call responsibilities

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• ​Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline/equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the following:
  • Oracle Database versions 12c/18c/19c on both Solaris and Linux platforms
  • Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) for versions 12c/18c/19c
  • Oracle Engineered Systems – ODA/Exadata
  • Oracle Multitenant architecture
  • Upgrade and Migrate databases between versions and across platforms
  • Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (ACFS)
  • Oracle Backup and Recovery administration
  • Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting
  • Experience utilizing DevOps principals in an Enterprise environment
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Oracle Data guard
  • Oracle Golden Gate and Oracle Streams
  • Oracle Database Partitioning
  • Oracle Advanced Security
  • Shell, PL/SQL Scripting

Preferred Qualifications

• Exadata Architecture understanding 
• 1 year experience in creating, administering and maintaining MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL 
• 1 year experience with any Private or Public clouds

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• ​Working knowledge on IaaS, PaaS and DBaaS
• Understanding of automation tools and how they integrate into the database environment

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.

Feel Free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve; inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Additional Locations: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX
Requisition ID: 50817 

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