Senior Oracle DBA / Oracle SME

Senior Oracle DBA / Oracle SME

Experience Required: 8+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Oracle DBA / Oracle SME to support enterprise production and non-production database environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Oracle Database Administration, database provisioning, backup and recovery, high availability/disaster recovery, performance tuning, security, monitoring, troubleshooting, and automation.

The candidate must be able to independently administer and support database environments and resolve complex database issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support Oracle databases in production and non-production environments.
• Perform Oracle database installation, configuration, provisioning, upgrades, patching, and maintenance.
• Manage Oracle Grid and Oracle RMAN environments.
• Perform database backup, restore, recovery, and disaster recovery activities.
• Support Oracle High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
• Perform database performance tuning and optimization.
• Monitor database environments and configure monitoring and alerting.
• Implement and maintain database security, encryption, auditing, and compliance controls.
• Develop and maintain database scripts and automation.
• Troubleshoot database incidents and perform root-cause analysis (RCA).
• Identify recurring issues and implement preventive solutions.
• Support database administration across production and non-production environments.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams on database-related issues and integrations.

Required Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of database administration experience
• Strong Oracle Database Administration experience
• Oracle Grid / Grid Infrastructure
• Oracle RMAN
• PL/SQL
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MariaDB
• SQL / Microsoft SQL Server familiarity
• MS Access exposure
• Oracle database provisioning and configuration
• Backup, restore, recovery, and Disaster Recovery (DR)
• Oracle High Availability (HA) / DR
• Database installation, upgrades, patching, and maintenance
• Performance tuning and optimization
• Database monitoring and alerting
• Security, encryption, auditing, and compliance
• Scripting and automation
• Incident troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
• Ability to independently administer production and non-production database environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior GPO (U.S. Government Publishing Office) experience is strongly preferred.
• If GPO experience is not available, strong U.S. Federal Government Oracle DBA experience is preferred.
• Experience supporting enterprise or mission-critical database environments is desirable.

Certification

• Oracle Database certification(s) are preferred/relevant for this position.
• Candidates should provide documentation of any additional relevant certifications they hold, including database, cloud, Microsoft SQL Server, or other directly related technical certifications.

Additional Requirement

Candidates must clearly demonstrate their Oracle DBA experience, required database technologies, responsibilities, and relevant certifications on their resume.