Principal Database Consultant

 

About Oracle Consulting\:

 

The Oracle Consulting team is focused on Oracle Cloud solutions and staffed with the experts that others turn to for best practices. With our global scale of more than 18,000 experts in 145 countries, serving more than 20 million users, we focus on how to get our customers up and successfully running in the Oracle Cloud as quickly and cost effectively as possible.

Within Oracle Consulting, platform consultants are responsible for the design and implementation of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including compute, network, storage, and Oracle Databases, as well as on-premise Databases. Projects that our platform consultants work on include designing and setting up virtual cloud networks, connections to on-premise Datacenters, migrating virtual machines and Databases, as well as setting up monitoring of the IT landscape and Database tuning.

 

We are looking for experts on the Oracle Database who are eager to share their knowledge with customers, who are able to leverage the knowledge of all within Oracle to help customers be more successful with their investment in Oracle products.

This is your opportunity to develop and combine your Oracle Database and Cloud expertise in a dynamic, multi-lingual and highly motivated team.

 

Your Role

The Cloud Technology Team is responsible for designing, developing and supporting (Oracle) Cloud Technology Solutions leveraging the latest versions of Oracle IaaS and PaaS Services for virtual networks, storage, compute, and Database Services. You will build the platforms that our customers’ mission critical applications run on.

In your role you as Platform consultant you will\:

·         Work on-presales engagements, explaining to customers the power and unique features of Oracle Databases, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with the objective to support the sales teams with selling Oracle Licenses, Cloud subscriptions and Consulting projects. This work also includes proposal development, running proof of concepts, infrastructure sizing, and effort estimating

·         Develop tools and methods to deliver consulting services better\: e.g. automation of work, templates, development of tools and standards

·         Work on client-billable assignments to design and implement Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Database solutions. Typical activities include setting up scalable and high available cloud infrastructures, and migrating application landscaped towards the cloud.

 

Job requirements\:

·         Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology or similar field

·         Good consulting skills

·         Experience in pre-sales engagement, e.g. understanding customers’ requirements and translating those into solutions and services that can be offered and implemented by Oracle

·         7 or more years of experience with Oracle Database, including good understanding of\:

o   Clustering, high availability, and disaster recovery

o   Management tooling like Oracle Enterprise Manager

o   Database Performance tuning

o   Database security

o   Oracle engineered systems, e.g. Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance, or Private Cloud Appliance

o   Oracle Golden Gate

·          Good understanding of\:

o   virtualization techniques, e.g. OracleVM, Xen, and/or KVM

o   networking, including network security

o   Storage systems, including NVME, block storage, object storage

o   Linux\: Oracle Linux and/or RHEL

·         Knowledge of other Oracle products is an advantage, e.g. Big Data, WebLogic

·         Experience with public IaaS providers, preferably Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and/or AWS or Azure is an advantage

·         Fluent in Italian and  English

·         Willingness to travel, able to accept assignments abroad

 

What We Offer \:

Oracle Consulting will provide you\:

·         An environment that is focused on continuous learning.

·         Ample opportunity to train on new products and to develop new personal skills.

·         A combination of deploying technical knowledge and sales abilities.

·         A challenging and interesting work environment with the possibility for interaction with colleagues, customers and Oracle business partners.

·         Attractive salary and benefits

·         Excellent possibilities to develop yourself and your career.

 

 

!|!An experienced consulting professional who has an understanding of solutions, industry best practices, multiple business processes or technology designs within a product/technology family. Operates independently to provide quality work products to an engagement. Performs varied and complex duties and tasks that need independent judgment, in order to implement Oracle products and technology to meet customer needs. Applies Oracle methodology, company procedures, and leading practices.

Operates independently to provide quality work products to an engagement. Performs varied and complex duties and tasks that need independent judgment, in order to implement Oracle products and technology to meet customer needs. Applies Oracle methodology, company procedures, and leading practices. Demonstrates expertise to deliver functional and technical solutions on moderately complex customer engagements. May act as the team lead on projects. Effectively consults with management of customer organizations. Participates in business development activities. Develops and configures detailed solutions for moderately complex projects.

5-7 years of experience relevant to this position including 2 years consulting experience preferred. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience. Product or technical expertise relevant to practice focus. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to build rapport with team members and clients. Ability to travel as needed.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).!|!