GTSC and its Global Sciences and Technology (GST) business unit seeks a
Senior Oracle Database Administrator. This role will be responsible for performing day-to-day database administrative tasks for the different On-Premises NASA NSPIRES Oracle databases under the NRESS II contract and support the teams that use them. Applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the NSPIRES system (
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/) prior to applying.
This position has been approved for a local remote schedule, but the individual should be flexible if in person meetings in the Arlington, VA (Crystal City) office is required.
Primary Duties:
- Experience with backup, restore and recovery of databases including the use of RMAN (Oracle Recovery Manager)
- Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools • Experience with On-Premises Oracle 19G, the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, and MySQL
- Creating Oracle databases according to established parameters
- Performing upgrades of the database and software to new release levels
- Managing the storage structures of the database, the users, and security
- Managing database objects, such as tables, indexes, and views
- Backing up the database and performing recovery operations when necessary
- Monitoring the state of the database and taking preventive or corrective action as required
- Monitoring and tuning database performance
- Owning, tracking, and resolving database related incidents and requests
- Fulfilling requests and resolving incidents within service-level-agreements (SLAs)
- Reviewing service-related reports (e.g.: database backups, maintenance, monitoring) on a daily basis to ensure service-related issues are identified and resolved within established SLAs
- Responding to database-related alerts and escalations, diagnosing and reporting critical errors and working with Oracle Support Services.
- Managing, maintaining and backing up a MySQL database
- Experience writing scripts in Perl, SQL and the Linux OS
- MS Word, Excel, Outlook, SQL Developer • Good communication and documentation skills.
Required Education/Experience/Skills:
- Bachelor's in computer science or related field
- 10 years of general experience, including 5 years of experience with Oracle on-premises DBMS, systems design and analysis, operating system software, and internal and data manipulation language. Years towards degree can substitute for experience.
Applicants will be subject to a government background investigation. This position will require working with IT systems that contain export-controlled information. Eligible candidates must be a US Citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).
Benefits
BENEFITS -
Employees working 30+ hours weekly
We
celebrate your contributions we will provide you with
opportunities and choices and support your total well-being.
Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial,
and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional
development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and
dependent care for full-time employees working 30-plus hours
per week. Our recognition awards program acknowledges
employees for exceptional performance.
Business Unit: Global
Sciences and Technology (GST)
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position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll
periodically work from a company or client site
facility.
As
part of the onboarding process for this position, individuals
undergoing identity verification for new PIV card issuance, must
present a REAL ID compliant form of identification or an
equivalent acceptable form.
GTSC is an Equal
Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis
of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age,
veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason
prohibited by law in employment.
GTSC is
committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation
to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
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by law.