Lead DBA - Oracle Expert

Role Overview

Nomiso manages database and middleware services for a large telecom operator group across 15+ markets in India and South East Asia. As Lead DBA, you will head the DBA team, own design decisions, and act as the escalation point for critical incidents. This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring deep technical expertise and an SRE mindset—automating repetitive tasks, tuning alerts, and driving continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of DBAs, ensuring knowledge transfer and skill development.
• Manage Oracle production databases carrying live subscriber and billing traffic.
• Handle complex scenarios such as Data Guard switchovers, RAC node evictions, and archive log issues.
• Drive incident resolution, root cause analysis, and runbook updates.
• Present upgrade, migration, and cost‑optimization plans to client leaders.
• Ensure uptime and restore SLAs are consistently met across multi‑engine estates.

Required Background

Expert

GoldenGate · Data Pump · Partitioning

Editions

MySQL · MySQL Community · PostgreSQL Community

Middleware

ETCD (working knowledge, at least two)

Data copy & migration

DMS · On prem to cloud · Version upgrades

Working

CloudSQL · Liquibase

Monitoring

Performance & version analysis

events · Capacity trends · Version and end-of-support review · Patch and

upgrade plans

Cost & improvement

Oracle licence review · Move to Percona or Community where it fits ·

Archive and purge · Monthly savings and tuning suggestions

SRE & Automation

(Jenkins, GitLab) · Day 0/1/2 automation · Self-heal scripts · Alert tuning

Added advantage

Platform

Practices

Monthly KPIs (MTTA, MTTR, backup success)

Stakeholders

leaders and the change board · Get written approval before work starts

Qualification

Desired Traits

• Calm under pressure, prioritizing service restoration during P1 incidents.
• Strong decision‑making skills—able to say no to unplanned production changes.
• Clear communicator who explains risks and options in plain language.
• Team coach who builds ownership and accountability across systems.

Reporting Line

Reports to the Delivery Manager, Database Managed Services. Senior technical contact for client database leads across India and South East Asia.