Oracle DBA/Database Engineer

ICONMA, LLC

McLean, VA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$57.02 Per Hour
SKILLS
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Ansible, Automation, Best Practices, Business Support, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Configuration Management, Data Partitioning, Data Recovery, Data Storage, Database Administration, Database Programming, Database Replication, Database Technology, Disaster Recovery, Emerging Technology, Financial Services, Hardware Virtualization, Health Plan, High Availability, Identify Issues, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Linux Administration, Linux Operating System, On Call, Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Operational Support, Oracle, Oracle DBA (Database Administrator), Oracle Database, Performance Analysis, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Production Support, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Real Estate, Replication and Remote Mirroring, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Security Auditing, Unix Operating Systems, Unix Shell Programming, VMWare, Virtual Machine (VM), Virtualization, Writing Skills
LOCATION
McLean, VA
POSTED
6 days ago
Our client, a Real Estate and Financial Services company, is looking for a Oracle DBA/Database Engineer for their McLean, VA/Plano, TX location.
 
Responsibilities:
  • The Database Engineering team is seeking a Senior Database Engineer with strong expertise in Oracle database administration to support business-critical, 24x7 production environments.
  • This role is responsible for managing on-premises Oracle databases in a fast-paced operational setting that supports both transactional and analytical workloads.
  • This individual will also play a key role in evaluating emerging database technologies, improving operational efficiency through scripting and automation, and supporting database tools and platforms across production and non-production environments.
  • Provide end-to-end Oracle DBA support, including provisioning, backup and recovery, replication, deployment, and real-time production troubleshooting.
  • Install, configure, monitor, upgrade, and maintain Oracle databases across production and non-production environments.
  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to support production systems as needed.
  • Support database deployments for test and production environments.
  • Diagnose and resolve database performance issues using monitoring tools and tuning techniques.
  • Collaborate with system administrators on Linux, Unix, and virtual machine platform issues related to databases.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts for database provisioning, maintenance, and reporting.
  • Configure and support high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Support data replication and sharding strategies.
  • Troubleshoot database production incidents and connectivity issues.
  • Work independently and collaboratively with minimal supervision.
 
Requirements:
  • The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience in Oracle database administration, automation, performance tuning, troubleshooting, security, and high  availability.
  • Oracle, cloud AWS experience to migrate from oracle on prem to cloud, automation, and scripting knowledge.
  • 10+ years of experience in database administration.
  • Strong expertise in Oracle database administration in enterprise environments.
  • Extensive experience in database performance tuning and troubleshooting.
  • Deep knowledge of enterprise database best practices for large-scale environments.
  • Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, storage technologies, and data replication.
  • Experience implementing, supporting, and auditing database security controls.
  • Experience supporting on-premises Oracle environments.
  • Experience migrating Oracle databases from on-premises platforms to AWS RDS.
  • Familiarity with database monitoring tools.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience working in virtualized environments such as VMware.
  • Proficiency in automation using Shell, Python, and configuration management tools such as Ansible.
  • Database and cloud vendor certifications.
 
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