ORACLE DBA (NIGHT SHIFT) WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE

ALTA IT Services - Herndon, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Herndon, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for maintaining the integrity and quality of the globally distributed Oracle and Exadata database system supporting nearly 250 Consulates. This role involves ensuring database server security, performing routine backups, and designing tests to optimize data access. The DBA will work with GoldenGate technology to provide real-time data replication and ensure high availability of data.

Responsibilities

• Utilize past, current, and emergent technical design patterns to create solutions for complex business problems.
• Understand the marketplace for solutions in Oracle, OCI, GoldenGate, and Data Guard technologies and apply them to business problems.
• Critique, redefine, and evolve the customer's data replication architecture based on analysis of support calls and operational data.
• Collaborate with architects, vendors, and customer SMEs to achieve productive outcomes.
• Adhere to Federal, State Department, IRM, and CA architecture standards and defend replication architecture decisions to governance bodies.
• Brief leadership on architecture and operational limitations and workarounds of replication architecture.
• Occasional short travel trips as required by the customer.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information systems or computer science.
• 3-5 years of collective and progressive experience with Oracle, OCI, and GoldenGate in medium to large enterprises.
• Strong background in Oracle technologies.
• Recent certifications in Oracle Database Certified Professional or Master, RAC, High Availability, specialization in Exadata, OCI a plus.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Good time-management skills and requires limited direction.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in a technical discipline is a plus.