Overview Navy Federal Credit Union currently does not provide sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship. To research, evaluate, design, implement, and maintain system and product solutions, applying knowledge of engineering principles. To provide technical direction and engineering support for projects and infrastructure. Develop and maintain expert functional knowledge of evolving IT engineering industry technologies/competition, concepts and trends.
Responsibilities - Oracle RAC Database administration on AIX Unix platform: Perform install, setup, configuration, performance tuning and operational support for high availability Oracle Real Applications Clusters (RAC) running on IBM AIX operating systems.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Provision, migrate, optimize, and support enterprise Oracle databases on OCI platform.
- Security Implementation: Enforce advanced security controls and network encryption to TLS 1.2 standard for client-to-database and server communication.
- Automated Patching: Execute quarterly Critical Patch Updates (CPU) across database environments using Oracle Fleet Maintenance tools and OEM automation.
- Disaster Recovery: Build, maintain, and test Oracle Data Guard physical standby setups for High availability, zero data loss, and swift failovers.
- Infrastructure operations Automation: Automate routine database management, provisioning, backup monitoring, and health checks using automation scripting (Ansible/Shell)
- Enterprise Operations and Monitoring: Utilize OEM for proactive system monitoring, diagnostics, and performance management.
- IT Service Management: Manage incidents and change tickets using ServiceNow, perform root cause analysis for incidents. Prompt response to 24/7 on-call notification for participation in major incident bridges or critical database system alerts
- Apply engineering principles into the design and enhancement of new and existing systems
- Document new system components, or modifications to existing components
- Ensure the security and integrity of system and product solutions including compliance with Navy Federal, industry engineering and Information Security principles and practices
- Perform engineering tasks and assignments in support of business needs
- Perform engineering technology research, procurement, deployment, and configuration for new and modified systems
- Provide technical leadership in the architecture discipline and development of information technology solutions
- Present clear, organized, and concise information to all audiences through a variety of media to enable effective business decisions
- Installation, Upgrade, and Migration of Oracle RAC databases
- Performance Tuning for Production Oracle databases
- Design and implementation of High Availability solutions with Oracle RAC and Dataguard
- Apply Oracle Quarterly Security Patches patch releases to databases to maintain security compliance
- 24/7 on-call DBA rotation for supporting production environment for Oracle DB Team
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications - 2-5 years of Oracle Database Administrator experience with a proven track record with Oracle RAC database administration on AIX platform.
- Cloud Experience: Hands-on experience creating and supporting database deployments in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or similar
- Experience in implementation and supporting Oracle Multi-tenant Architecture databases
- Advanced automation scripting experience
- Significant experience with Oracle EM and Oracle Fleet Maintenance
- Advanced knowledge of engineering discipline
- Advanced organizational, planning, and time management skills
- Advanced skill exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions
- Database and presentation software skills
- Research, analytical, and problem solving skills
- Expert verbal and written communication skills
- Word processing and spreadsheet software skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience
Additional InformationHours:- Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM *Rotating on-call schedule required
Locations:- 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180
- 141 Security Drive Winchester, VA 22602
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