Database Patch Engineer

Impact (Job Summary / Why this Role Matters)

The Database Patch Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, testing, and applying patches and updates to database engineered systems to ensure security, stability, and compliance with cyber security standards. This role requires strong technical knowledge of database systems, patching best practices, and advanced troubleshooting skills.

Key Deliverables (Duties and Responsibilities)

• Manage and execute Exadata, ExaCC patching lifecycle (compute nodes, Dom U VMs, Grid Infrastructure and Databases).
• Exadata Infrastructure maintenance including Quarterly Maintenance Release (QMR) and Security Monthly Maintenance (SMR).
• Creating Infrastructure maintenance policy and define maintenance windows.
• Experienced with prep-work for before Infrastructure maintenance activities.
• Plan, schedule and execute OCI patching cycles across ExaCC infrastructure and DomU OS images, compute OS instances.
• Experienced with OCI console, CLI and Rest APIs to apply, rollback and monitor patches.
• Automate patching workflows using Terraform, Ansible.
• Manage Oracle RAC (Real Application Clusters) patching including GRID, RDBMS and ASM.
• Integrate and manage patching operations using LCM Fleet operations with OEM that includes gold image creation and deployment for GI and RDBMS.
• Knowledge on Data guard enabled patching procedure.
• Plan, schedule, and execute quarterly PSU / CPU, Third-Party and one-off patches with minimal downtime.
• Perform patch impact assessments, risk evaluations, and rollback strategies.
• Maintain documentation of patching procedures, schedules, and standards.
• Troubleshoot patch-related issues, database failures, and post-patch anomalies and provide RCA with remediation.
• Understanding of investigation and remediation techniques for non-patch related vulnerabilities.

Skills and Qualification (Functional and Technical Skills)

Preferred Qualifications :

Relationships & Collaboration