This is a Fully Remote Job
About Our Client:
The organization operates within the database administration sector, focusing on Oracle and SQL technologies to support enterprise-level database environments. It addresses the challenge of maintaining secure, highly available, and optimized database systems for federal customers, ensuring critical data infrastructure is reliable and efficient.
About the Opportunity:
The SENIOR ORACLE DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR (DBA) role is responsible for administering, maintaining, securing, and optimizing Oracle and SQL database environments. This position plays a vital role in ensuring high availability and performance of enterprise databases, supporting the organization's federal client by managing configuration, backup and recovery, patching, performance tuning, 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, and Disaster Recovery 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 and perform root-cause analysis.
Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, and operations teams and communicate technical issues and recommendations.
Support occasional scheduled after-hours patching, server reboots, and maintenance.
Requirements:
8+ years of experience in database administration and related disciplines.
Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Database, Oracle Grid, Oracle RMAN, and PL/SQL.
Experience with SQL, SQL Server, SQL Clustering, SQL Scripting, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Microsoft Access.
Experience creating and managing standalone Oracle and SQL databases.
Proficiency in troubleshooting database and server issues.
Experience with database/server maintenance, software installations, upgrades, and patching.
Knowledge of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup, and restore processes.
Skills in database performance tuning, monitoring, security, compliance, automation, and incident management.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple technical teams.
Strong communication, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
Residency and ability to work within the United States.
Willingness to complete federal background/suitability screening and fingerprinting if required.
Availability to work 8 hours within 7:30 AM–6:00 PM ET core hours and support occasional after-hours maintenance.
U.S. citizenship.
Preferred Qualifications:
Professional Oracle certification (OCP, OCA, or equivalent).
Current or prior federal background investigation or Public Trust.
Federal government or contracting experience.
Experience with ServiceNow, Idera, SolarWinds, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Datadog, or Dynatrace.
Experience with cloud database environments, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Pay Range and Compensation Package:
$150,000–$180,000 per year as a W2.
$80/hr.–$100/hr. as a 1099.
Benefits & Perks:
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.
Note:
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