Administrator III - Oracle DBA

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Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.
Job duties:

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Oracle databases and related components
• Apply Oracle patches and security updates to ensure system stability and compliance
• Manage database backup, recovery, and high‑availability processes
• Monitor database performance, capacity, and system health
• Perform database performance tuning, analysis, and troubleshooting
• Proactively resolve performance, availability, and incident alerts
• Maintain detailed documentation for database configurations, procedures, and releases
• Provide weekend on‑call and out‑of‑hours production support
• Provide system support across databases, operating systems, network interfaces, storage, servers, and associated hardware
• Review, verify, and approve database upgrade plans; recommend structural enhancements and data access tools for business users
• Approve and coordinate scheduled background jobs, logs, and recovery backups with stakeholders and end users
• Improve database access, maintenance, backup procedures, access controls, and version management processes
• Act as a Senior Systems Administrator for enterprise applications, addressing system issues and enhancing functionality
• Provide day‑to‑day and advanced end‑user support for CRM and enterprise applications across the organization
• Evaluate system improvement recommendations and prioritize enhancements for availability, reliability, and performance
• Collaborate with infrastructure, information security, and vendor teams to recommend and deploy operating environment changes
• Publish and manage public documentation including build, release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
• Work with application teams, vendors, infrastructure, and IT solutions teams to document operating environment requirements
• Assist in defining environment requirements, test cases, and action plans for new installations and migrations
• Participate weekly in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings as an acting member
• Create and refine reports, dashboards, and monitoring processes to ensure data quality and integrity
• Support users and stakeholders with analytics, reporting design, and data interpretation
• Develop and maintain training materials; coordinate and conduct user training sessions
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Audit, Benefits, Legal, business stakeholders, and vendors to gather requirements, define specifications, troubleshoot issues, and deliver initiatives
• Use advanced reporting tools to design and monitor cross‑process data integrations and resolve process misalignments
• Support weekend on call Rota (1 every 7-8 weeks) and out of hours projects as needed.

Work Experience:

• Experience with Oracle RAC installation and support.
• Minimum 7 years of Oracle database experience.
• Knowledge of Oracle GoldenGate (preferred).
• Ability to foster innovation and practical solutions.
• Skilled in defining system architecture and project objectives.
• Understanding of business requirements for application design.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Effective oral and written communication.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills; team player.
• Excellent listening skills.
• Strong relationship building abilities.
• Good presentation skills.
• Computer knowledge (hardware and software).

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant work experience

Preferred Certifications:

• Oracle DBA Certification.

Skills & Knowledge
Behavioral Skills

• Critical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Impact and influencing
• Strong interpersonal communication
• Multitasking
• Problem solving
• Time management

Technical Skills

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Database administration
• IT support (software & hardware installation and troubleshooting)
• Software validation
• Systems integration
• IT regulatory compliance (SOX compliance)

Tools & Technologies

• Configuration management tools: Ansible, Puppet
• Citrix technologies: XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer
• Operating systems & servers: Windows, Linux, Citrix, IBM, Oracle, SQL
• ERP systems: SAP, Sage, ASW
• Enterprise applications: Case Management Systems, HRIS, Kronos, PHS Health & Safety
• Java technologies: JDBC, Spring, JPA, JEE, JMS, Gradle, ORM frameworks, OOP
• Microsoft Office Suite
• RDBMS platforms
• CRM systems: Salesforce Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud
• Networking & protocols: DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP, Dynamic DNS (No‑IP, Easy DNS)

What Cencora offers
Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.
Full time
Affiliated Companies
Affiliated Companies: CENCORA BUSINESS SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Equal Employment Opportunity
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The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
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