Software Engineer

Overview

Lowe's India is seeking an Exadata Database Machine Administrator to support, maintain and optimize Oracle Exadata environments within the Engineering Platform – Database Engineering Team.

What you'll do

• Administer, maintain, and support Oracle Exadata X8 and X8M Database Machine environments.
• Perform Exadata Full Stack Patching (FSP) for compute nodes, storage servers, InfiniBand/RoCE networking, firmware, operating systems, and Grid Infrastructure.
• Manage Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA), including backup configuration, recovery validation, monitoring, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Monitor and optimize Exadata performance using Oracle Enterprise Manager, ExaWatcher, AWR, ASH, and other Oracle diagnostic tools.
• Plan and execute hardware and software upgrades with minimal downtime.
• Configure and maintain Oracle ASM, Grid Infrastructure, Clusterware, and RAC environments.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware, operating system, networking, storage, and database issues across the Exadata stack.
• Collaborate with database administrators, application teams, system administrators, storage engineers, and Oracle Support to resolve critical production issues.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, architecture diagrams, and patching runbooks.
• Implement and maintain high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and recovery strategies.
• Participate in on-call support and scheduled maintenance activities.
• Lead technical initiatives involving Exadata lifecycle management and infrastructure modernization.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards and Oracle best practices.

What you'll need

• 3 to 5 years of Exadata Database Machine Administration (Exadata DMA) experience.
• Expert-level experience with Oracle Exadata X8 Database Machines.
• Expert-level experience with Oracle Exadata X8M Database Machines.
• Expert-level experience with Exadata Full Stack Patching (FSP).
• Strong knowledge of Exadata architecture, storage cells, Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression, Flash Cache, IORM, and CellCLI.
• Experience planning and executing rolling maintenance and patching with minimal service interruption.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across hardware, networking, operating systems, storage, and Oracle database technologies.
• Experience working with Oracle Support and managing Service Requests (SRs).
• Primary skills: Oracle Exadata X8/X8M, Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA), Exadata Full Stack Patching, Oracle Database 19c and newer, networking fundamentals (InfiniBand/RoCE).

Nice to have

• Oracle RAC
• Oracle ASM
• Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• Oracle Linux
• CellCLI
• DCLI
• ExaWatcher
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
• RMAN
• Shell scripting (Bash)
• Python (preferred)

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, on-site office.
• Participation in on-call support and scheduled maintenance activities.