Join Mizuho as an Oracle Database Administrator!
In this role you will be responsible for maintaining the company’s Oracle database systems ensuring resiliency, uptime, HA/DR, performance, capacity planning, overall monitoring and documentation.
This role requires a service-oriented mentality, high sense of ownership of the problems and requests assigned, a focus on managing and resolving issues in alignment with Mizuho Americas SLAs, establishing and maintaining communication with stakeholders to keep them updated with status of their requests, initiating and performing changes on production systems and proactively escalating any issues that cannot be resolved within the established timeframes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administration of firm’s Oracle database environment including, but not limited to:
Support, configure, maintain, upgrade and patch database environments
System Health Monitoring
System Availability and Performance troubleshooting
Database Performance Tuning
Database Backup/Restore/Recovery management
Maintain data integrity and security
Oracle Grid Infrastructure management
Database Storage management (including ASM)
Automation of routine DBA tasks
- Support Oracle environment HA/DR solutions (RAC, DataGuard)
- Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation to support production database environment.
- Support software development projects, including production releases.
- Effectively coordinate and communicate with all stakeholders.
- Learn relevant business processes and understand data flow, criticality and dependencies.
- Innovative approach to work, constantly looking for opportunities to uplift the system to more efficient and effective new technologies.
Qualifications:
- 7+ year experience as an Oracle Database Administrator, supporting various Oracle RDBMS versions (11g -19c+)
- Good working knowledge of Oracle Real Application Clusters and Operating Systems (AIX, Linux, Windows)
- Extensive Full Project life Cycle experience
- Extensive experience in developing database scripts (SQL, PL/SQL and Unix Shell)
- Working knowledge of Oracle database design, coding, and documentation.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred candidates will have some experience with other DBMS’s: PostgreSQL, Sybase, etc.
The expected base salary ranges from $111k-$165k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.
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Other requirements
Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.
Company Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.
We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.
We participate in the E-Verify program.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.
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What We Do
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them. We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion.
At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.
Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world.
We’re all global citizens, and that’s why our company feels compelled to make an impact through more than just drawing up deals. We prove that it’s possible to do well and do good. We do right by our clients, our community and each other.
