Senior Oracle Retail Applications Administrator

159 Senior Oracle Retail Applications Administrator
Location: Katy, TX 77449
Position Type: Direct Hire
Relocation assistance available

Description
Our client is in need of a candidate with strong Oracle Retail Client and WebLogic experience. This is an 80% technical - 20-% functional position. The work will involve assisting with an upgrade and driving the technical direction of the project. This is a full time direct hire position.

Responsibilities

• Installation and configuration of the Oracle applications/modules in 12+ environments
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for upgrades, including porting customizations to new versions
• Develop configuration setup to help in installing software
• Apply patches/hot fixes to Oracle applications
• Maintain code and patch repository
• Install and configure WebLogic application servers and provision and maintain system and application logs
• Oracle WebLogic administration of 12+ servers/environments
• Work with Oracle RIB Administrator and their support activities
• Authorize team members to perform authentication provisioning (user maintenance - add/change/delete roles in all Oracle Retail Applications)
• Work with the team of administrators to effectively resolve production issues
• Establish and enforce best practices for the team to follow
• Collaborate closely on the resolution of Oracle SRs
• Define and publish process to transition to DR environment and reinstates production environment
• Provides weekly status to Oracle Support Mgr

Required Skills/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study or equivalent years of related work experience
• 9+ years in installation and configuration of Oracle Retail Merchandising System (ORMS) and its various components/modules (RDF, SIM, ReIM)
• 7+ years of Oracle Integration Bus (RIB) and its integration technology (Advance Queuing, AQ)
• 7+ years of user maintenance (add, change, delete) roles in all Oracle Retail Applications & working with OID
• 5+ years of experience with AIX and WebLogic platforms with scripting languages
• Experience using and maintaining a source code repository
• Experience with IBM MB/MQ middleware and DataStage is a plus
• Experience leading teams, delegating duties
• In depth understanding and knowledge of the Oracle Retail Application suite of products
• Extensive knowledge of the internal workings and architecture of the Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB)
• Strong knowledge of PL/SQL, XML messaging
• Proficient in process design as it applies to the specific configuration of Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS) or applicable Oracle Retail technology
• Possesses database, core applications and web technology knowledge - Must understand the database environment thoroughly. Not hands on, but will provide guidance to the team
• Possesses specific experience in implementing Oracle solutions and in systems integrations
• Understands applied business practices in one of the following: merchandising, planning, pricing, replenishment, store operations, warehousing or forecasting
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Able to communicate both up and down the chain of command
• Acceptable level of hearing and vision to perform duties