Senior Technical Big Data/Database Support Engineer

Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Support Specialist to join our team. As a member of our Support organization, you will be responsible for delivering post-sales support and solutions to our customers, while serving as an advocate for their needs.

This involves resolving post-sales non-technical customer inquiries via phone and electronic means, as well as technical questions regarding the use of and troubleshooting for our Electronic Support Services.

You will be a primary point of contact for customers, responsible for facilitating customer relationships with Support and providing advice and assistance to internal Oracle employees on diverse customer situations and escalated issues.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and resolve Service Requests logged by customers (internal and external) on Oracle products and contribute to proactive support activities according to product support strategy and model
• Owning and resolving problems and managing customer expectations throughout the Service Request lifecycle in accordance with global standards
• Working towards, adopting and contributing to new processes and tools (diagnostic methodology, health checks, scripting tools, etc.)
• Contributing to Knowledge Management content creation and maintenance
• Working with development on product improvement programs (testing, SRP, BETA programs etc) as required
• Operating within Oracle business processes and procedures
• Respond and resolve customer issues within Key Performance Indicator targets
• Maintaining product expertise within the team
• Maintain an up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of new products released in the market for supported product

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering or related technical field

5+ years of proven professional and technical experience in Big Data Appliance (BDA), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Linux OS and within areas like Cloudera distribution for Hadoop (CDH), HDFS, YARN, Spark, Hive, Sqoop, Oozie etc.

Excellent verbal and written skills in English

Skills & Competencies:

Minimum technical skills:

As a member of the Big Data Appliance (BDA), the focus is to troubleshoot highly complex technical issues related to the Big Data Appliance and within areas like Cloudera distribution for Hadoop (CDH), HDFS, YARN, Spark, Hive, Sqoop, Oozie etc.

Have good hands-on experience in Linux Systems, Cloudera Hadoop architecture, administration and troubleshooting skills with good knowledge of different technology products/services/processes.

Responsible for resolving complex issues for BDA (Big Data Appliance) customers. This would include resolving issues pertaining to Cloudera Hadoop, Big Data SQL, BDA upgrades/patches and installs.

The candidate will also collaborate with other teams like Hardware, development, ODI, Oracle R, etc to help resolve customer's issues on the BDA machine.

The candidate will also be responsible for interacting with customer counterparts on a regular basis and serving as the technology expert on the customer's behalf.

Oracle Analytics products (BIEE/OAS, OAC, BI APPS)

Experience in multi-tier architecture environment required.

Fundamental understanding of computer networking, systems, and database technologies.

Personal Skills:

Desire to learn, or expand knowledge, about Oracle database and associated products

Customer focus

Structured Problem Recognition and Resolution

Experience of contributing to a shared knowledge base

Experience of Support level work, like resolving customer problems and managing customer expectations, and escalations.

Communication

Planning and organizing

Working globally

Quality

Team Working

Results oriented

Career Level - IC3

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US:

Hiring Range:

from $21.59 to $60.63 per hour; from $44,900 to $126,100 per annum. May be eligible for equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

Short term disability and long term disability

Life insurance and AD&D

Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

Paid time off:

Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits.

For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment.

Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

11 paid holidays

Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

About Us:

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds.

When everyone's voice is heard, we're inspired to go beyond what's been done before. It's why we're committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives.

We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process.

Disclaimer:

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Disclaimer:

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.