Storage & Database Architect Position in Manassas, VA

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 36 Month(s)

Skills

Oracle RAC
Oracle Exadata Cloud Customer (ExaCC)
Cassandra
database-as-a-service (DBaaS)

Job Details

Position: Storage & Database Architect

Location: Manassas, VA (3 Days Onsite)

Duration: 36 Months

Job Description:

We seek an experienced Storage and Database Architect who will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of relational and non-relational database systems. The ideal candidate possesses strong expertise in Oracle RAC, Oracle Exadata Cloud Customer (ExaCC), and Cassandra and has extensive hands-on experience with cloud-based database solutions, including managed databases, database-as-a-service (DBaaS), and cloud-native databases. This role is also responsible for designing, integrating, and governing scalable, high-performance data infrastructure that supports business-critical applications across hybrid environments.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in database architecture and administration.
  • Strong experience with Oracle RAC, Oracle ExaCC, Oracle GoldenGate and Apache Cassandra.
  • Proven expertise in designing and deploying relational and non-relational database solutions, including NoSQL databases.
  • Solid experience working with cloud infrastructure, specifically with managed database services such as OCI Autonomous Database, AWS Aurora, Azure Cosmos DB, and Google Cloud Platform Bigtable.
  • Excellent knowledge of database performance tuning, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery strategies in cloud environments.
  • Exposure to secret management tools such as Hashicorp and Oracle KeyVault.
  • Strong expertise in the area of SQL and NoSQL databases observability in cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Strong understanding of compliance standards such as CIS both for OS and databases.
  • Proven experience with enterprise storage systems (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage) and database technologies (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and their storage/database offerings (e.g., S3, RDS, Azure SQL).
  • Experience designing solutions with high availability, replication, and disaster recovery in mind.
  • Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and leadership skills.
  • Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with technical and business stakeholders.

Skill:

  • Experience managing hybrid and multi-cloud database environments.
  • Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
  • Experience with data lakes, data warehousing, and modern analytics platforms.
  • Exposure to tools like Jira, Ansible, Xray, Robot Framework, Cloudbees, Jenkins, ServiceNow, Enterprise secret mgmt. Tools, Confluence, MS Office.
  • Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and persistent storage integration (CSI drivers).
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, GKE).
  • Familiarity with Red Hat supporting infrastructure vRA/VROps
  • Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), AWS Certified Database Specialty, Azure Database certifications, or related certifications.

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