Principal Oracle DBA (Information Technology)
Publix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest privately-owned food retailer in the nation with more than 1,200 stores and more than 200,000 associates throughout the Southeast. We are associate-owned, proud of our family atmosphere, and consistently named as one of the best companies to work for in America. We are largely debt-free and renowned for our financial performance as well as our premier customer service.
Publix's Information Services (I/S) department is located in Lakeland, Florida and Alpharetta, Georgia and employs over 1000 associates. I/S provides the information technology required for all Publix business units including retail stores and all office and warehouse environments. The Publix I/S mission is to maximize the value of information technology to Publix associates and customers.
Please note, this is a hybrid position requiring 8 days per month on-site in Lakeland, FL.
Welcome to Publix Technology, the award-winning technical group for Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the nation. Our technology teams of 2100+ associates provide cutting-edge, modern solutions to nearly 1400 retail stores and 200,000+ internal team members across 8 states. We offer positions at all levels - summer internships, individual contributor roles, to technical leadership across a broad range of technical disciplines. So, whether you are interested in IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure - we have a career path for you! Pub Subs are not the only thing we build from scratch. See for yourself why Publix Super Markets, Inc. has been on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list.
Join the Database Administrators team where you will be responsible for supporting and maintaining databases that run business critical Publix applications. This close-knit team of senior professional's work with other Publix Technology teams to implement solutions that address business requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures databases are tuned for optimal performance.
- Provides on-call support responsibilities.
- Performs problem determination and resolution for database related problems.
- Ensures recoverability and adequate disaster recovery of databases.
- Supports development teams for enhancements, troubleshooting, performance tuning and issue resolution.
- Performs database patching and upgrades.
- Performs database capacity planning.
- Ensures databases comply with security benchmarks and standards.
- Provides project leadership for various database initiatives.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or an analytical discipline, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years' experience managing and administering Oracle databases in a large enterprise environment.
- 3+ years' experience managing very large Oracle databases in a high transaction volume environment.
- 5+ years' experience supporting Oracle 19c databases on RAC/ASM
- 5+ years' experience implementing and supporting Exadata X-8/X-9
- 5+ years' experience configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager
- 5+ years' experience implementing and maintaining Oracle Data Guard
- 5+ years' experience working on Unix/Linux Operating System and UNIX File Systems
- 5+ years' experience with SQL performance tuning using tools such as Oracle's Diagnostic and Tuning Packs
- Experience implementing and maintaining Cloud-related technologies and databases such as Snowflake and Databricks
- Application development experience including development of complex PL/SQL packages.
- Experience supporting Db2/HANA database environment.
- Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
- An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Group health, dental and vision plans
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria
- Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits - Jobs (publix.com)
