Oracle DBA (Senior)

Ecs Services - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pittsburgh, PA

1,001-5,000 employees

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About the position

ECS is seeking a qualified Oracle DBA (Senior) to support transformative science and technology solutions for the Department of Energy. This position will work as part of a large team providing infrastructure and operations support leveraging emerging industry best practices. The Senior DBA is able to communicate with management, technicians, and end-users to evaluate need prior to development of an automated solution. The DBA designs, creates, and maintains databases in a client/server environment and conducts quality control and auditing of databases in a client/server environment to ensure accurate and appropriate use of data and advises users on access to various client/server databases. The Senior Database Administrator applies knowledge and experience with Oracle database technologies, development methodologies, back-end programming languages (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL) and performs database programming to include supporting systems design.

Responsibilities

• Determining the cause of problems both in terms of functionality and performance, to include providing after action reports with root cause analysis.
• Identifying corrective actions for database issues.
• Coordinating database solution implementation.
• Providing end-to-end support for build and deployment activities.
• Conducting data migrations across the various environments.
• Providing support for Configuration, Change, and Release Management (CCRM) activities.
• Provide on-call problem resolution and support.
• Performance tuning of database instances across various applications.
• Creating database schemas and associated configurations.
• Creating scripts to support DB creation and related activities.
• Generating and maintaining scripts to automate common operations & maintenance tasks.
• Providing end-to-end support for production and alternate production deployment activities.
• Troubleshooting database related issues across environments.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in software engineering, computer engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related field AND four years of experience working on ORACLE databases performing modeling and administration OR Bachelor's Degree in software engineering, computer engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related field AND six years of experience working on ORACLE databases performing modeling and administration OR Ten years of experience working on ORACLE databases performing modeling and administration.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret or DOE Q clearance throughout the life of the contract.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must currently live in Pittsburgh, PA or willing to relocate.

Nice-to-haves

• Active Top Secret or DOE Q Clearance with the ability to maintain clearance throughout the life of the contract.
• Two or more years experience supporting US Government customers.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Experience supporting complex government and programs of a research and development nature.
• Demonstrates specialized experience handling large amounts of data communicated and shared across numerous entities.
• Demonstrates experience coordinating among individuals and groups in a complex, time-sensitive environment.
• Demonstrates experience and knowledge of database application development and experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle DataGuard.
• Holds Oracle Database Administrator certification.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling