Inclusion without Exception

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer, and embraces diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, physical ability, neurodiversity, and sexual orientation, to create a workforce that reflects the societies we operate in. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected in our people stories across our workforce and implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.

Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service.

It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.

Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 56 countries and 194 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients.

Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today.

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Key Accountabilities:

- Lead end-to-end Oracle DBA operations, technical delivery and L2/L3 support for Oracle databases in the BC Hydro database management scope.
- Administer Oracle databases including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, cloning, refreshes, database startup/shutdown, storage planning and capacity management.
- Manage and support Oracle high availability and disaster recovery technologies including RAC, Data Guard, ASM, Grid Infrastructure and standby database environments as applicable.
- Plan, validate and support backup and recovery operations using RMAN and related enterprise backup tools, including recovery testing and DR exercise support.
- Monitor database health, availability, performance, space, jobs, alerts and logs using Oracle Enterprise Manager or equivalent monitoring platforms.




- Analyze and tune Oracle database performance using AWR, ASH, explain plans, indexing strategy, SQL tuning, statistics, wait events and resource utilization reports.
- Support security, access management, user/role administration, audit requirements, vulnerability remediation, encryption and compliance controls for Oracle databases.
- Troubleshoot production incidents such as database availability issues, backup failures, archive log issues, storage/disk growth, batch job failures, application connectivity issues and authentication problems.
- Coordinate with application teams, infrastructure teams, backup teams, Unix/Linux administrators, security teams, vendors and customer stakeholders for incident and change resolution.
- Lead technical reviews, guide DBA team members, perform peer reviews, support task allocation and ensure adherence to standards, SOPs and SLA commitments.
- Participate in incident, problem, service request, change, release and knowledge management processes using client-approved service management tools.
- Prepare and maintain runbooks, SOPs, architecture notes, implementation plans, deployment steps, DR test evidence, RCA documents, release notes and knowledge articles

Experience Required

- Good communication skills with ability to work with customer stakeholders, application owners, infrastructure teams, security teams, DBAs and delivery leadership.
- Minimum 10-15 years of IT experience with strong hands-on Oracle DBA experience in production support and enterprise database administration.
- Solid experience with Oracle Database 11g/12c/19c or later, Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM, Grid Infrastructure, RMAN and Oracle Enterprise Manager.
- Experience in Oracle database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, cloning, refreshes, backup/recovery and performance tuning.
- Experience in Unix/Linux environments including shell scripting, log analysis, filesystem checks, process monitoring and database deployment support.




- Experience supporting mission-critical databases with high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring and 24x7 production support practices.
- Experience with SQL and PL/SQL troubleshooting, AWR/ASH analysis, execution plans, index tuning, wait events and database resource management.
- Experience with database security, access controls, auditing, vulnerability remediation and compliance-driven operational controls is preferred.
- Experience with backup tools such as RMAN and enterprise backup platforms such as CommVault is preferred.
- Experience in utility, regulated infrastructure, NERC CIP-adjacent systems, SaaS/cloud readiness or managed services environments is preferred.
- Ability to lead a technical DBA team, guide junior resources, review deliverables and deliver tasks as per agreed SLAs and timelines.

Technical Skills

- Oracle Database Administration: Oracle 11g/12c/19c or later, database installation, configuration, upgrade, patching, cloning and refresh.
- Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM, Grid Infrastructure, standby databases, high availability and disaster recovery support.
- RMAN backup and recovery, archive log management, backup validation, restore/recovery testing and DR exercise support.
- Oracle Enterprise Manager, AWR, ASH, SQL tuning, explain plans, wait event analysis, space/capacity monitoring and performance tuning.
- Unix/Linux administration for DBA support, shell scripting, log analysis, filesystem/storage checks and deployment support.
- SQL, PL/SQL, database objects, grants, roles, profiles, schema management and application connectivity troubleshooting.
- Database security, auditing, access management, encryption awareness, vulnerability remediation and compliance support.
- Oracle Exadata, GoldenGate, OEM Fleet Maintenance, Oracle Cloud/OCI database services or automation experience is preferred.
- Knowledge of ITIL processes, incident/problem/change/release management and service management tools such as ServiceNow/Jira/BMC Remedy.
- Managed services operations, SLA reporting, RCA documentation, runbooks, SOPs, audit evidence and knowledge management.

Thank you for your interest in TCS. Candidates that meet the qualifications for this position will be contacted within a 2-week period. We invite you to continue to apply for other opportunities that match your profile.

📌 Technical Lead - Oracle DBA (Vancouver)
🏢 TATA Consultancy Services
📍 Vancouver