Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com Primary Skills: Oracle, VM ware infrastructure
BWC is seeking a resource to provide Infrastructure support, assisting on the Core project, serves as a  backup to staff as additional resource on special projects where applicable.
The Interview will be a 30 minute phone interview,  the interview will be heavily technical.
PLEASE READ THE DETAILS CAREFULLY.
BWC is seeking a resource with Strong Oracle DBA background and  implementation/Oracle Database virtualization in a VMware infrastructure. They MUST have Oracle and  strong VMWare skills.    The manager is seeking someone with considerable experience with General Oracle RDBMS tuning. 
The candidate should have a skills /experience background in Oracle Database administration and has moved into working with VMware as well.      They will be  working closely with VMware, storage, OS, application, database and network teams to recommend, install, configure, optimize, monitor and troubleshoot database functionality and performance across varying load and performance scenarios (e.g. transactional –vs- data warehouse, production –vs- test, etc). 
They should have experience with the various ancillary Oracle products.  Audit Vault  is a plus.  Has experience with the Oracle tools and components used to monitor and alarm for database outages and when performance is degraded. Has experience with planning and supporting fault-tolerant and disaster-recoverable configurations, including concepts such as storage replication.   They should be able  to project future usage and resource needs based on observed performance and resource trends and has knowledge of data security, and any of the Oracle products that may be used to enable or enhance data/database/application security to meet our security requirements.

The contractor selected should posses Enterprise Senior Data Center experience involving systems/network administration in large server farms, the knowledge to set up of new physical/virtual environments, having the ability to perform hardware/software upgrades, knowledge to implement security guidelines, and ability to provide performance tuning to systems.  The person will work with the Build/Systems team to provide this functionality and infrastructure system support.
Technical Certifications: Oracle DBA Certification VMware Certified Professional 5- Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)VMware Certified Professional 5- Desktop (VCP5-DT)
Typical Daily Activities:  
Contractor will operate in a SA4 role performing the following duties:  The primary focus of this role is providing advanced senior VMware engineer experience and bring insight and direction where applicable.   Other duties include… • Provide excellent customer service and posses great communication skills• Provide “As Built” documentation to BWC system team• Deliver Knowledge Transfer sessions to BWC system team• Research and recommend where possible automated approaches for implementing specific given tasks• Have the ability to script or program in JavaScript, Power shell, Perl, Java, Python, or similar languages• Monitoring Infrastructure, VMware that requires in-depth knowledge of tools including vCenter Server, vCenter Operations, vFoglight, • Linux and Windows OS that requires in-depth knowledge of MS perfmon, eventlogs and usage for log searching•
VMware Experience:• Minimum 5 years working experience with multi-tiered applications running on VMware vSphere• Senior Architectural Design and implementation experience• Knowledge and ability to manage virtual desktops• Senior Admin experience and expertise in managing multiple Datacenters, Clusters, Hosts• Expertise in VMware Windows, Unix, Solaris, and Linux operating systems • Managing ESXi 4.x, 5.x w/ vCenter and Update Manager, Remote CLI, PowerCLI• Vmware networking with Virtual Distributed Switches (including Nexus 1000v)• VMware storage configurations(NFS, fiber channel, iSCSCi) • DR solutions and business continuity solutions• Vmware Security (following Vmware hardening guides)• Monitoring and Performance troubleshooting• Skilled in documenting systems and procedures.• Ability to provide a direction for Infrastructure upgrades and future enhancements
 These best practices include: 
• Knowledge of security awareness and best practices utilizing security baselines• Major version administration and upgrades in an environment of 100+ VMs.• NIC teaming and failover.• Ability to configure HA and DRS.• VMware update manager.• Configuration and management of VMware networking including the VMware VSS or VDS.• VMware template management.• Ability to install, configure, and manage vCenter• Ability to create and configure vSwitches, VDS, Port Groups, Network Policies within virtual infrastructureVmware (vShield) - Optional•
Microsoft Experience:• Minimum 5 years experience designing and administering Windows Server environments (2003, 2008, 2008R2, 2012)• familiar with database technologies (Oracle, SQL)


SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceExperience in Oracle Implementations in a VMware infrastructureRequired6YearsExperience in Oracle Database virtualization in a VMware InfrastructureRequired6YearsExperience in Oracle relational database management systems (RDBMS) tuningRequired6YearsExperience with Ancillary Oracle products; Audit Valut is a plusRequired6YearsExperience with utilizing Oracle tools/ componets that monitor and alarm for DB outages and performance downgradesRequired6YearsExperience using Oracle products to enable, enhance,database, application security to meet security requirementsRequired6YearsExperience with multi tiered applications running on VMware VSphereRequired6YearsExperience with architectural design and implementationRequired6YearsExperience in managing multiple data centers, Clusters and hosts as a Senior administratorRequired6YearsExperience managing ESXi4.5.x w/cCenter and Update Manger, Remote CLI, PowerCLIRequired6YearsExperience in VMware networking with Virtual Distributed Switches (Including Nexus 1000v)Required6YearsExperience in VMware Storage configurations (NFS, fiber channel, iSCSCi)Required6YearsExperience in DR solutions and business continuity solutions in both Oracle databases and VMware InfrastructureRequired6YearsExperience VMware Security (following VMware hardening guidesRequired6YearsExperience monitoring and performance troubleshooting in both Oracle Databases and VMware InfrastructureRequired6YearsExperience in documenting systems and proceduresRequired6YearsExperience in Database Management in Oracle and SQLRequired6YearsExperience with administrating Windows Server environment 2003,2008, 2008R2, 2012Required6YearsVMware Certified Professional 5-data center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)Required