Senior DataOps Engineer (Oracle Admin) (Mumbai, On-site)

Joining and work location: Mumbai, strictly on-site at the client

Experience: 3+ years as a production Oracle DBA | Joining: Immediate | Employment: Full time, XenonStack Private Limited

XenonStack is a Data and AI Foundry for Agentic Systems, enabling enterprises to design, deploy, operate, and scale intelligent agents across digital and physical environments. We build enterprise-grade platforms across the agentic stack:

- Akira AI - Reasoning and agent orchestration.

- ElixirData - Agentic analytics intelligence. Explainable, decision-centric analytics for measurable business outcomes.

- NexaStack - Agentic infrastructure automation. Secure, compliant AI deployment across cloud, edge, and on-prem.

- MetaSecure - Trust, compliance and defense. Continuous assurance with AI-BOMs, risk scoring, and agentic security.

Our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to AI + Human Intelligence by making agentic systems reliable, responsible, and enterprise-ready.

We are building a Managed Services team to support a large-scale enterprise data platform. The platform spans Cloudera on AWS, an on-premises Oracle data warehouse, Oracle GoldenGate replication, Apache Spark for ETL and data processing, and Alation for data governance. L1 support is handled by our existing team; this role is part of L2/L3 operations.

Own the administration, availability and performance of the on-premises Oracle data warehouse and the GoldenGate replication that feeds the data platform.

- Administer Oracle databases supporting the enterprise data warehouse.

- Perform backup and recovery (RMAN), restore validation and disaster recovery drills.

- Monitor and tune database performance using AWR/ASH, SQL tuning and indexing strategies.

- Plan and apply patches, upgrades and configuration changes with proper change control.

- Manage tablespaces, storage, users, roles and privileges in line with audit and compliance requirements.

- Monitor and troubleshoot Oracle GoldenGate replication, including lag, abends and data synchronization issues.

- Handle L2/L3 incidents with root-cause analysis and preventive actions.

- Support audit requests and maintain DBA documentation and runbooks.

- Guide Junior DataOps engineers on database-related issues.

Reports to the Managed Services delivery lead; works with the Data Security team and the client's DBA team.

AI is part of the daily workflow at XenonStack, not an add-on.

- Within XenonStack's own systems, AI tools are open for use: log and incident analysis, runbook and RCA drafting, scripting and documentation.

- At the client site in Mumbai, you follow the client's compliance and information security policy: use only client-approved tools, and never put client data, logs, credentials, queries or configurations into any tool the client has not approved.

- Every AI-assisted output is verified by you before it is relied on or shared.

- Come ready to talk about what is in your AI stack, how you verify its output, and how you keep it compliant in a regulated environment.

- Backups verified by regular restore tests; DR drills meet the agreed RTO and RPO.

- GoldenGate lag within agreed limits, with abends resolved quickly and root-caused.

- No unplanned downtime from patches or changes.

- Audit requests answered on time with complete evidence.

- Oracle DBA experience on 12c/19c in production

- RMAN backup and recovery

- Performance tuning (AWR, ASH, execution plans, SQL tuning)

- Patching, tablespace and storage management

- User, role and privilege management

- Linux administration and shell scripting basics

- Oracle GoldenGate administration and troubleshooting (strongly preferred)

- Data Guard, RAC, ASM or Exadata

- Python scripting; exposure to Spark or data pipelines

- Familiarity with Alation

- B.E./B.Tech/MCA or equivalent; Oracle certification (OCP) is an advantage

- Experience as a production DBA in an enterprise environment; regulated-industry exposure preferred

- Strong troubleshooting skills and discipline around change and audit processes

Pre-screening assessment (about 10 minutes, at application) → Technical interview (video) → Technical assessment round (live video; in person at our Mohali office for Chandigarh Tricity candidates) → HR and Leadership round → Background verification → Offer.

- Joining and work location: Mumbai, strictly on-site at the client.

- Immediate joining.

- Regulated production environment; background verification (BGV) is mandatory.

- Support model: 16x5 core support with P1 24x7 on-call, on a rotational basis, as per the client's support model.

- Relocation support and on-call allowance are discussed at the offer stage.

- Compensation as per company policy and budget band.

We value deep work, clarity, and execution over activity. You will be expected to clarify, plan, execute, and escalate with options, not wait to be told. Ownership sits with the individual, and outcomes are measured, not effort.

Agency - Be self-directed and proactive | Taste - Sweat the details and build with precision | Ownership - Take responsibility for outcomes | Mastery - Commit to continuous learning and growth | Impatience - Move fast and challenge inertia | Customer Obsession - Always put the customer first

- Run a large-scale enterprise data platform.

- AI-first environment: work alongside the agentic platforms we build.

- Great Place to Work-Certified, 14+ years, headquartered in Mohali.