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Location: McLean, VA (Mandatory on-site T, W,TH); optional locations in Plano, TX, or Atlanta, GA.
Assignment Type: 12 months (potential conversion to full-time)
Salary: Competitive, with limited flexibility for exceptional candidates.
We are seeking a Senior Database Engineer responsible for database administration in a fast-paced operations environment supporting 24x7 business-critical applications. This role requires deep expertise in Oracle databases on both cloud and VMC platforms. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to script and automate on-prem & cloud database activities, troubleshoot database issues, perform performance analysis, ensure database security, and stay updated with new database trends and technologies.
Must-Have Skills:
- 10+ years of experience with Oracle database administration.
- 3+ years of experience with AWS Aurora.
- 5+ years of experience in scripting with Shell or using Ansible for automation.
- 2+ years of experience in cloud development, preferably with AWS services.
Responsibilities:
- Provide DBA support including provisioning, backup/recovery, replication, deployment, and production troubleshooting on Oracle and Aurora Postgres databases.
- Install, configure, monitor, upgrade, and maintain databases in both production and non-production environments.
- Offer 24x7 on-call DBA support for the production environment on a rotational schedule.
- Diagnose and address database performance issues and configure database high availability.
- Support data replication, sharding, and implement disaster recovery solutions.
- Write and maintain automation scripts for database provisioning, maintenance, and reporting in cloud environments.
Basic Requirements:
- Extensive experience in database performance tuning and knowledge of enterprise-class best practices for large database environments.
- Solid experience with AWS Cloud and Linux/VM platforms.
- Proficiency in automation via AWS CloudFormation Templates and Lambda functions.
- Strong background in data replication and high availability, disaster recovery database and storage technologies.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with Oracle on-prem and Aurora Postgres on AWS.
- Familiarity with AWS CloudFormation template development.
- Proficiency in using database monitoring tools.
- Excellent communication skills and experience in virtual environments using VMware.
- Relevant database and cloud vendor certifications.