Consultant | Database Administration | Exadata

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Description:

POC:
Bharath Subramanya

• UPDATED CONTACT NUMBER and EMAIL  a MANDATORY REQUEST from our client for all the submissions
• Limited to 2 submission per supplier. Please submit your best.
• We prioritize endorsing those with complete and accurate information
• Avoid submitting duplicate profiles. We will Reject/Disqualify immediately.
• Make sure that candidate's interview schedules are updated. Please inform the candidate to keep their lines open.

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Job title:

Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) patching

Work Location:

Texas City, TX 77591

Vendor Rate:
*** USD per hour

Minimum years of experience: 8 Years

Would you require the candidates to meet you for in person interview? No

Is Skype/Web Ex interview,OK? Yes MS Teams meeting will work.

Is this onsite/remote position:
Hybrid (
*** Hub Location)

If onsite, will you be considering relocation candidates:
Yes

Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? Yes

• Hands-on experience with Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) patching and maintenance.
• Strong expertise in OCI patch automation, Oracle RAC patching, and LCM Fleet operations for patch management.
• Proven experience in planning, coordinating, and executing patching cycles across ExaCC databases and infrastructure.
• Ability to manage and implement Security Patches, PSU/CPU updates, and critical Oracle fixes while ensuring system availability, performance, and compliance with organizational standards.
• Strong understanding of Oracle infrastructure administration, patch governance, and operational best practices.

Any additional information you would like to share about the project specs/nature of work:

• Lead, manage and execute ExaCC patching lifecycle (compute nodes, DomU VMs, Grid Infrastructure and Databases).
• Plan, schedule, and execute OCI patching cycles across ExaCC infrastructure and DomU OS images, compute OS instances.
• Experienced with OCI console, CLI and Rest APIs to apply, rollback and monitor patches.
• Automate patching workflows using Terraform, Ansible.
• Manage Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters) patching including GRID and RDBMS, both in-place and out-of-place patch ensuring high availability.
• Integrate and manage patching operations using LCM Fleet operations with OEM that includes gold image creation and deployment.
• Database patching in RAC and Data Guard enabled environments.
• Administer and troubleshoot Oracle ASM (Automatic Storage Management).
• Plan, schedule, and execute quarterly PSU/CPU, Third-Party and one-off patches with minimal downtime.
• Perform patch impact assessments, risk evaluations, and rollback strategies.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and cyber security teams to coordinate patch cycles.
• Maintain documentation of patching procedures, schedules, and standards.
• Troubleshoot patch-related issues, database failures, and post-patch anomalies and provide RCA with remediation.
• Drive process improvements to reduce downtime, manual errors, and patching cycle times.
• Strong understanding of investigation and remediation techniques for non-patch related vulnerabilities.

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