Oracle Apps DBA (Finance)

Team Name:

Job Title:
Oracle Apps DBA

Requisition ID:
R025732

Job Description:

Your Mission

As an Oracle Apps DBA, you will play a critical role in supporting and maintaining our Enterprise Oracle ERP (R12) environments and associated databases across both on-prem and cloud platforms. You'll partner closely with IT infrastructure, application development, and business operations teams to ensure availability, performance, and security of our ERP systems. This role is central to enabling stable and secure business operations and will support both routine tasks and strategic initiatives such as upgrades, migrations, and cloud adoption.

In your first year, success looks like: proactively maintaining highly available systems, leading patching and upgrade efforts with minimal downtime, driving process improvements, and supporting your team with expert-level troubleshooting and mentoring. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and support mission-critical systems at a growing, tech-forward organization.

Location

This position is remote and may require occasional on-call or weekend support as part of a rotational schedule.

What you bring to the table

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Administer, support, and maintain Oracle ERP R12 environments, Oracle Databases (19c+), and middleware components such as WebLogic and Tomcat across on-prem and cloud platforms (including OCI and Exadata).
• Manage system administration functions such as user/role setup, concurrent managers, workflow services, and notification mailer.
• Plan and execute patching, upgrades, code migrations, and disaster recovery activities with a focus on security and compliance (SOX, audit).
• Configure and maintain technologies such as RAC, PCP, RMAN, DataGuard, and perform backup/recovery and performance tuning.
• Support daily DBA activities including installation, cloning, capacity planning, system monitoring, SR management, and documentation.
• Act as a liaison and consultant to internal teams for database design, high availability, replication, and system architecture.
• Lead or contribute to knowledge-sharing, documentation, and team development initiatives.
• Provide 24/7 support on a rotational basis, including shift and weekend work as needed.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira/Smartsheet/SharePoint or similar project management tools to plan, track, and follow through on tasks/projects.
• Strong understanding of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, capable of updating and maintaining sprint and quarterly release plans accordingly.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience administering large-scale Oracle ERP and database systems.
• Proven experience supporting Oracle EBS R12, Oracle Database (19c+), and WebLogic/Tomcat environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage backup, recovery, patching, and high availability solutions (RAC, DataGuard, RMAN).

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong technical knowledge of Oracle EBS system administration and database internals.
• Skilled in Unix/Linux system environments, shell scripting, and database performance tuning.
• Familiarity with database migration tools (Data Pump, Transportable Tablespaces) and disaster recovery strategies.

Key Attributes

• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and documentation abilities.
• Proactive and collaborative team player with a focus on continuous improvement.

Extra Points

Experience

• Prior experience supporting Oracle databases in OCI or Exadata environments.
• Exposure to additional platforms such as SQL Server or Postgres.
• Experience working in highly regulated environments with audit and compliance responsibilities.

Knowledge & Skills

• Familiarity with Oracle Advanced Security, OD@A, and financial reporting tools.
• Exposure to cloud-native architecture and DevOps integration for database systems.

Key Attributes

• Eagerness to mentor and uplift junior team members.
• Ability to prioritize and manage shifting demands in a 24/7 support environment.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to operational excellence.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $37.26 - $68.93 Hourly. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.