Pakistan Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Database (Guarantee) Limited, a subsidiary of all six Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) in Pakistan, invites motivated high-caliber professionals to be a part of its team based in Islamabad.

• Strong, hands-on Oracle database administration skills to administer, tune, and maintain databases / provide backup & recovery, in RAC configuration on Dell-Linux Platform

• Oracle Certified DBA (9i / 10g) with 4-years degree in Computer Sciences, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline

Candidates with qualifications from reputable institutions shall be preferred. Excellent communication skills (English - written, oral & presentation) and proven hands-on MS-Office Suite experience as well as strong interpersonal skills are required for all positions. Please email your resume with the recent passport size scanned photo to HR@PMDPK.COM by 28^th February 2010 clearly mentioning the position in the subject of the email.

All Positions Are Based In ISLAMABAD

DUTIES / EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

1. Database Administrator

We are looking for a technically savvy, results-oriented, and quality-focused individual with strong, hands-on Oracle database administration skills to administer, tune, and maintain our OLTP/ Data Warehouse and Back-Office databases. This person will play a key role in ensuring the availability, performance and security of the databases. The responsibilities of this position will include performance monitoring, automation of database related processes; and working with cross-functional teams in a highly collaborative environment. This individual will play an active role in all aspects of database administration and will provide database administration support, review database design and integration of systems, provide backup recovery, and make recommendations regarding enhancements and/or improvements.

2.1 CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Production and Staging Administration
Database Performance Tuning
Installation, configuration and upgrading of Oracle server software and related products
Database Loading
Development and Management of SOPs
Environment Management
Database Health (e.g. monitoring, proactive and reactive responses)
Backup and Recovery Strategy Planning and Implementation
Database Upgrade Planning

The Database Administrator position will require an understanding of the following Oracle products:

Oracle Database 9i & 10g
Oracle RAC
Oracle Grid Control
Oracle ASM
Oracle Streams
Oracle DataGuard
Microsoft SQL Server

2.2 PERFORMANCE AND TUNING:

Review statistics regularly and at pre-defined intervals Proactive tuning of database instance tuning, memory, I/O, and CPU usage.
Database instance tuning via interpreting Oracle system internal views.
Database tuning for optimal performance
Expert understanding of Oracle database administration best practices (e.g., schema management, index optimization, and use of hints)
Maintain performance data archive for historical and planning analysis
Monitor and evaluate database resource consumption
Ability to perform SQL optimization by generating traces and interprets trace results; and is able to offer findings and recommendations

2.3 EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS:

Oracle Certified DBA (9i / 10g)
4-years degree in Computer Sciences, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline
3+ years Oracle Database 10g Administration in a Production Environment on Linux / Unix Platform
2+ years Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
2+ years Oracle Grid Control
2+ years Oracle Backup and Recovery (RMAN)
2 + years Microsoft SQL Server Administration
Proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL
Must have strong hands-on ASM storage administration experience using external storage like SAN / DAS
Proven track record of exhibiting fast learning curve for new software technologies
Strong communication skills in English: written, oral and presentation

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