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IT - Database
Washington, DC (On-Site/Office)
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator to join our dynamic and growing professional services engineering team. In this role, you will provide dedicated support to a single customer, navigating both the rewarding and challenging aspects of this position.
Your responsibilities will include independently troubleshooting and resolving a variety of database issues. While you will have the support of an experienced DBA team, we are looking for a self-starter who can effectively manage multiple tasks and maintain proactive, clear communication with both the customer and management.
The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of supporting medium-to-large-scale Oracle databases. This position is an opportunity to leverage your expertise in a role that values initiative, collaboration, and excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
We believe in transparency and providing a clear understanding of our roles. Below are the key tasks you'll be responsible for:
What Environment You'll Be Supporting
Environment #1
Environment #2
Environment #3
Environment #4
Environment #5
Required Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, you must meet the following requirements:
Things That Would Be Nice to Have:
Additional Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time as determined by the customer or management to meet mission needs.
We are seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator to join our dynamic and growing professional services engineering team. In this role, you will provide dedicated support to a single customer, navigating both the rewarding and challenging aspects of this position.
Your responsibilities will include independently troubleshooting and resolving a variety of database issues. While you will have the support of an experienced DBA team, we are looking for a self-starter who can effectively manage multiple tasks and maintain proactive, clear communication with both the customer and management.
The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of supporting medium-to-large-scale Oracle databases. This position is an opportunity to leverage your expertise in a role that values initiative, collaboration, and excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
We believe in transparency and providing a clear understanding of our roles. Below are the key tasks you'll be responsible for:
- Maintain and troubleshoot pluggable and containerized Oracle 19c Databases in physical and virtualized environments.
- Perform Oracle Database upgrades and apply patches as needed.
- Regularly validate Oracle 19c backup and recovery operations using RMAN.
- Monitor and resolve Oracle database performance issues.
- Provide on-demand support for database-related concerns, collaborating with Oracle support for unresolved issues when necessary.
- Act as the first line of support, working with onsite government, contractor, or subcontractor staff to address onsite product challenges.
- Monitor and optimize the health and performance of Kubernetes clusters, leveraging tools such as Grafana to track system metrics.
- Analyze system logs to proactively address potential issues before they escalate.
- Develop and present detailed software deployment plans.
- Communicate daily with customers and management, providing comprehensive activity summaries and trip reports when applicable.
- Occasionally travel (10% or less) to customer COOP site locations in Virginia and Mississippi.
- Assist with physical hardware tasks, such as lifting, racking, and cabling, as needed.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
What Environment You'll Be Supporting
- The information below represents a high-level overview of the environment(s) you will support.
Environment #1
- Database Configuration: Oracle 19c database server running on physical hardware.
- Current Database Size: ±1.5PB
Environment #2
- Database Configuration: Oracle 19c database server running on physical hardware.
- Current Database Size: Not currently in production but will begin in Q1 2025.
Environment #3
- Database Configuration: Oracle 19c database server running on physical hardware.
- Database Size: 5TB
Environment #4
- Database Configuration: Primary and Secondary Oracle 19c database servers leveraging Oracle Data Guard on physical hardware.
- Database Size: Not currently in production but will begin in Q1 2025.
Environment #5
- Database Configuration: Oracle 19c database server running on physical hardware.
- Database Size: 50TB, read-only archive system.
Required Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, you must meet the following requirements:
- An active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI or SCI eligibility within the past two years.
- A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, or equivalent education and professional experience.
- At least one certification under the DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce Qualification Program at IAT Level II or higher.
- The ability to obtain appropriate work authorizations as required by U.S. ITAR or EAR regulations from the applicable government agency.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience performing the tasks outlined in the 'Key Responsibilities' section.
Things That Would Be Nice to Have:
- Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, GovCloud, or Google Cloud.
- Experience working with N-Tier architecture.
- Experience with Java application servers.
- Oracle Certifications, such as OCA, OCP, and OCM.
- Certifications from Cisco, McAfee, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, Symantec, or VMwar.
Additional Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time as determined by the customer or management to meet mission needs.
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