Senior Oracle Database Administrator, DBA

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Senior Oracle DBA administering, securing, and optimizing Oracle and SQL environments for a federal customer. Managing backup, recovery, performance, automation, and incident response.

Responsibilities:

  • Administer, configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise Oracle and SQL databases
  • Manage database provisioning, installations, upgrades, patching, and server maintenance
  • Develop and maintain backup, restore, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR) processes
  • Perform advanced database, query, optimizer, and storage performance tuning
  • Establish and support database monitoring, alerting, security, compliance, and configuration standards
  • Develop SQL/PL-SQL scripts and automation to improve database operations
  • Troubleshoot complex database incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and support incident prevention
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, and operations teams
  • Communicate technical issues and recommendations to staff and management
  • Support occasional scheduled after-hours patching, server reboots, and maintenance activities

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of experience in database administration and related database disciplines
  • Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Database, Oracle Grid, Oracle RMAN, and PL/SQL
  • Demonstrated experience with SQL, SQL Server, SQL Clustering, SQL Scripting, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Microsoft Access
  • Experience creating and managing standalone Oracle and SQL databases
  • Experience troubleshooting and triaging database and server issues
  • Experience with database/server maintenance, software installations, upgrades, and patching
  • Experience with High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), backup, and restore processes
  • Experience with database performance tuning, monitoring, security, compliance, automation, and incident management
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across multiple technical teams
  • Strong communication, troubleshooting, and documentation skills
  • Must reside in the United States and perform all work from within the United States
  • Must be willing to complete federal background/suitability screening and fingerprinting if required
  • Must be available for 8 working hours per day within the customer's 7:30 AM–6:00 PM ET core-hours window
  • Must be able to support occasional scheduled after-hours maintenance
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Professional Oracle certification, such as OCP, OCA, or equivalent (preferred)
  • Current or prior federal background investigation or Public Trust (preferred)
  • Federal government or federal contracting experience (preferred)
  • Experience with ServiceNow, Idera, SolarWinds, Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Datadog, and/or Dynatrace (preferred)
  • Experience with cloud database environments, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) (preferred)

Benefits:

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)