Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Niksoft Systems Corporation • San Antonio, TX

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About The Position

The position will require in-depth knowledge and experience installing, configuring, hardening, and deploying complex Oracle databases. Successful candidates will have extensive experience with the latest releases of Oracle RDBMS and be proficient with Oracle RAC clustered environments using Oracle Data Guard to support a high availability environment. Candidates will support and provide expert guidance to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and supporting client managers as well as support applications utilizing the Oracle RDBMS technology. The position requires leadership skills as a member of the engineering team to provide oversight, engineering review, administration, patching, security, and deployment of Oracle databases to information systems leveraging this technology. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining various engineering artifacts and documents required by the Agency. The position requires working with development teams, system owners, support contractors, and government engineers.

Requirements

• 7+ years' experience with Oracle database technologies including RAC, GRID, and Data Guard.
• 2+ years' experience with Oracle Container Databases (CDBs) and Pluggable Databases (PDBs).
• Experience monitoring and performance tuning large Oracle database environments.
• Experience managing, starting, and shutting down Oracle RAC environments.
• Familiar with Oracle's memory and process architecture.
• Experience managing Automatic Storage Management (ASM)-managed storage.
• Ability to manage database security, users, groups, roles, and permissions.
• Significant experience hardening Oracle databases to protect sensitive data.
• Ability to monitor and perform backup and recovery operations of Oracle databases.
• Familiarity with event-based architectures and integration with Oracle APIs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, Designers, Business Analysts).
• Previous experience with applications operating within DoD or other Federal Agencies.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, harden, and deploy complex Oracle databases.
• Provide expert guidance to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and client managers.
• Support applications utilizing Oracle RDBMS technology.
• Provide oversight, engineering review, administration, patching, security, and deployment of Oracle databases.
• Develop and maintain engineering artifacts and documents required by the Agency.
• Collaborate with development teams, system owners, support contractors, and government engineers.

Benefits

• MUST BE A US CITIZEN AND BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE GOVERNMENT'S BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree