Oracle Database Administrator | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Purchasing Power is a leading employee purchase program that helps people buy the products and services they need through the convenience of payroll deduction. As part of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), a FinTech holding company with more than 20 years of experience, we’re focused on building simple, responsible financial solutions that put people first. PROG Holdings’ portfolio includes Progressive Leasing, a market leader in lease‑to‑own solutions, Purchasing Power, and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform — all united by a commitment to innovation, access, and meaningful impact.

Position: Oracle Database Administrator 

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Who Are We: Purchasing Power (corp.purchasingpower.com)

We are an Atlanta-based voluntary benefit company offering an industry-leading employee purchase program for brand-name consumer products, online education services and travel offerings through convenient payroll deduction, helping employees achieve financial flexibility.

The Opportunity: Purchasing Power is looking for an individual with strong Oracle Database Administration experience supporting front and back-end 12C databases. Working in an enterprise environment and on a team of site ops engineers, ensuring high availability and performance for users, while working closely with our business stakeholders and other partners. In this role you will be partnering with other hardworking engineering minds across the company working on some of the coolest technologies offshore and onsite. If you have a passion for quality and a keen eye for details this will be a great fit. You will also enjoy the benefits of working in a fast-growing business where you are encouraged to "Think Different" and where your efforts play a key role in the success of Purchasing Power business.

What You Will Do:

• Setup and Support of Oracle 12c database, as well as Enterprise Manager and Real Applications Clusters.  

• Monitor and improve systems to meet established SLA’s, provide guidance on needs for improvement  

• Automate, analyze and report on alert logs  

• Monitor tablespace utilization and storage trends  

• Performance monitoring and tuning  

• Support of DevOps based environment, enabling self-service to other teams  

• Maintain security and best practices compliance on systems and environment  

• Assist in software deployments and monitor changes in established performance baselines  

The Experience You Will Bring:

• Excellent team skills as well as written and verbal communications  

• 24/7 On-Call availability for service outages (currently running at 99.994% system uptime)  

• Knowledge and Experience with Oracle 12C, 19C including RAC and OEM.  

• Familiarity in a DevOps environment  

• Self-motivated with attention to detail and a desire to explore and master new emerging technologies  

• At least 4 years’ experience in Oracle database administration  

• Experience in Ecommerce operations is strongly preferred.    

• Experience with Oracle ASM preferred.  

• Familiarity with Oracle E-Business apps is preferred.  

• Knowledge of Oracle Database Appliance will be a plus.  

• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server and data connectors preferred.

Education & Experience 

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science / software engineering / Related field with a minimum of 4 years technical experience in meaningful areas.  

What We Stand For:

• We act with intensity, urgency and a passion for supporting our customers and growing our business. We strive for excellence.

• We hold ourselves accountable and expect it of each other. We attack problems with a positive “can do” attitude. We do what we say we’ll do.

• We deliver as one team, working together with integrity, respect, trust, transparency, and fun. We are better because we work here.

• We believe our unique diversity and authenticity makes us a better company, allows us to be our best selves and is a competitive advantage.

• We exhibit innate curiosity and creativity to innovate and reimagine how things can be done. We ask, is there a better way?

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their updated resume directly to the email address: hrindia@purchasingpower.com

Please include the position title in the subject line of your email.

Purchasing Power welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Purchasing Power does business.