Oracle Golden Gate Administration, Oracle DB@Azure Cloud,Data Migration-Local to Austin TX

Senior Database Administrator 3 Location: Austin TX

The primary work location will be 701 W 51st St, Austin, Texas 78751.
Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon& Tues) required to be onsite at the location listed above.
Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius). Please do not submit candidates who are currently out of state and are planning to move to Texas. Candidates must already reside in Texas.
Interviews will be conducted:
By Phone
In person
Through Microsoft Teams

The contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator to perform advanced database administration tasks for applications with complex data models, workflows, and reporting requirements. This role involves several key responsibilities, particularly focusing on database optimization, migration, and integration with cloud services. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC s cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment for the SCOR application.

Database Management: Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Oracle databases and infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
Data Migration: Lead the migration of on-premises Oracle databases to Oracle DB@Azure Cloud, focusing on decoupling existing BLOB storage into data and Azure Blob Storage.

Job Management: Transition batch cron jobs to Oracle Database Jobs, enhancing workflow automation and efficiency.
Performance Optimization: Actively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, implementing monitoring solutions to track database health, performance metrics, and manage storage capacity effectively.
Disaster Recovery: Manage backup, restore, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure database integrity and continuity.
GoldenGate Administration: Administer Oracle GoldenGate for efficient data replication.

Compliance and Standards: Develop and adhere to architectural standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure the integrity of the database environment.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years Required/Preferred Experience
10 Required Experience in database administration
8 Required Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL
8 Required Experience in database design, analysis, and performance tuning
8 Required Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services
8 Required Experience creating technical and functional design documentation
8 Required Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology (Scrum, for example)
8 Required Experience with multi-tier system/application development (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)
6 Preferred Experience with Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL
4 Preferred Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure
4 Preferred Proficiency in converting and adapting database structures for cloud environments, specifically Azure
3 Preferred Experience in configuring PowerBI environments and developing PowerBI reports
3 Preferred Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git 3 years of experience with Azure
2 Preferred Experience with migrating On-Prem databases to Cloud (preferably Azure)
1 Preferred Azure certification is preferred but not required
1 Preferred DBA Associate certifications are preferred but not required

III. TERMS OF SERVICE

Services are expected to start 05/01/2026 and are expected to complete by 08/31/2026. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed 1200 hours