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Job Description
Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.
As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.
Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.
* GROUP DESCRIPTION
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One of the most challenging aspect of any software solution is to manage
the storage effectively.
Our group, Automatic Storage Management (aka ASM), is responsible for
building highly available, scalable, and efficient tools to solve
customers' storage problems. ASM is the central part of the Oracle
Database's storage strategy. While it is versatile enough to run with
any physical storage backend, ASM is also the key storage solution
that enables the database to run in engineered systems such
as the Exadata Database Machine and the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA).
Some of the salient features of the ASM that makes it a ground breaking product are:
* File-based mirroring capabilities
This allows the user to use the same storage pool and have different
mirroring on a file by file basis. This maximizes storage
utilization while providing high availability for data that require
extra protection.
* Dynamic online load re-distribution when storage pool changes.
ASM allocates files in a balanced fashion. Thus, no data movement
is required to maintain a balanced I/O load in a static storage
configuration. If the storage configuration changes, data
re-distribution involves minimal data movement, unlike other
prevailing solutions. ASM rebalance occurs in the background while
databases and dependent applications remain online.
* Consolidated storage pools
Allows users to consolidate their storage into a single clustered
pool of up to 10,000 disks and consisting of up to 1 million files.
* Improved data availability
ASM takes proactive actions where applicable.
The key algorithms used in ASM are patented and there is still lot of
research that needs to be done to improve data availability with
minimal impact to the application in light of various kinds of storage
failures/corruptions.
Refer to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/cloud-storage/db-storage-consol-173709.pdf, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/asmwp-130989.pdf,
and http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/cloud-storage/db-tuning-guesswork-173710.pdf
for more details on ASM concepts.
* RESPONSIBILITIES
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The primary focus of the ASM group is to solve storage management
problems and improve data availability. As a member of this team, you
will participate in the research, design, and implementation of the
core components of the ASM infrastructure.
QUALIFICATIONS
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* BS/MS CS
* Excellent C programming skills
* Good debugging and troubleshooting skills
* Should be familiar and conversant with the classes of storage
architectures that are currently available.
* Should have demonstrated experience in the area of storage systems
programming for example file systems or volume managers.
* Oracle Database experience preferred
* Understanding of UNIX and/or Windows system programming
* Ability to define, build, and ship products in a timely manner
* Good communication and teamwork skills
* Development experience with clustering preferred
* Problem Solver
* Quick study
* Analytical
* Creative
* Independent
* Flexible
* ProactiveAbout Oracle
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