Senior Oracle Developer, VP

Your skills and experience

• 10+ years of experience in database development.
• Expertise in Oracle databases, including ExaCC. With at least 2 years production level exposure to 19c
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL programming skills including complex SQL analytics and bulk operations
• Comfortable responding quickly and decisively when dealing with production database issues; used to dealing with production DBA’s and open to challenging their recommendations
• Indepth knowledge of the Oracle data dictionary, ASH and AWR but not a reliance on pre-canned reports to diagnose performance issues
• SME on the inner workings of the Oracle database and not just using the database as a ‘black box’
• Familiar with and practical experience of both OLTP and Datawarehouse platforms and how to design and tune accordingly; the difference approaches to coding etc.
• Confident talking to data modellers to talk through database design, critiquing and conveying new requirements
• Ability to analyse complex legacy code and propose solutions to streamline including implementation of reusable components
• Ability to code MVP’s to help demonstrate concepts and approaches to others thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of their own solution.
• Terms like context switching, bind variable peeking, cardinality feedback, data skews, histograms, cursor sharing, hard parsing and database waits are all part of your repertoire
• Authors like Tom Kyte, Steven Feuerstein, Christian Antognini and Jonathan Lewis are familiar to you
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Awareness of container bases deployment ideally OpenShift Container Platform 4.
• Experience with Jenkins/GitHub Actions and Maven/Gradle.
• Scripting with any scripting system such as Bash/Python/Perl
• Strong competency in building and deploying applications using standard build tools.
• DevOps mindset with a focus on observability and supportability.
• High emotional quotient and respect for diverse opinions.
• Independence, drive, commitment to excellence, high standards of workmanship, and dedication to quality.
• Proficiency with Test Driven Development and Behaviour Driven Development.
• Experience with Liquibase/Flyway
• Proficiency in advanced branching and merging concepts.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Orientation towards writing safe, secure code that avoids/remediates vulnerabilities early in the development cycle.

Oracle Skills

• 10–12 years of experience in Oracle database development .
• Strong expertise in:
• PL Oracle SQL & PL/SQL advanced features (bulk processing, collections, pipelined functions)
• Query performance tuning and optimizer behavior
• Oracle partitioning, indexing, and storage management concepts
• Materialized views, refresh strategies, and query rewrite techniques
• Hands-on experience with: AWR/ASH reports analysis for performance tuning Database job scheduling (DBMS_SCHEDULER / Control-M integration) Handling large datasets (TB-scale data processing) Experience with automation of database deployments using CI/CD pipelines Control-M scheduling Unix/Linux scripting
• AWR/ASH reports analysis for performance tuning
• Database job scheduling (DBMS_SCHEDULER / Control-M integration)
• Handling large datasets (TB-scale data processing)
• Experience with automation of database deployments using CI/CD pipelines
• Control-M scheduling
• Unix/Linux scripting
• Strong debugging capabilities across multiple data feeds and systems .
• Ability to analyze and understand complex data lineage .

Tableau & BI Skills

• Expertise in: Tableau dashboard development (complex dashboards, actions, performance tuning) Cross-database joins & data blending TabPy integration API-based integration with external systems
• Tableau dashboard development (complex dashboards, actions, performance tuning)
• Cross-database joins & data blending
• TabPy integration
• API-based integration with external systems
• Experience with SAP BusinessObjects (BO) reporting.

AI & Modern Development (Mandatory)

Engineering & DevOps Practices

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to present solutions to both technical and business audiences
• High ownership, independence, and commitment to quality
• Collaborative mindset and respect for diverse perspectives

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Investment Banking domain
• Knowledge of Credit Risk and regulatory reporting
• Familiarity with:
• Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)
• Monitoring tools (Grafana, ELK, Splunk)
• Exposure to modern data architectures and real-time pipelines

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