Oracle DBA

Company: ALTA IT Services
Location: Herndon
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Oracle Database Administrator

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100% Remote
Eastern, Central and Mountain time zones
US Citizenship is Required per government contract
Ability to pass enhanced background screen (criminal, financial, drug) for Public Trust clearance

Description:
The database administrator provides technical support in a production operations environment and have thorough knowledge of Oracle database application development and operation support. The DBA performs complex operational tasks that include support of various types of applications used in a web infrastructure, analysis of the root cause of any problem issues, resolution of any application problems, and escalation of any irresolvable issues to the vendor as necessary. Support is 24x7x365 with on-call and weekend work expectations.

Typical Duties: Provide application database development, performance tuning, and operational database support.
Comfortable communicating with customer facing activities.
Responsible for database backups, recoveries, patches, upgrades, design, development, testing, and performance tuning.
Participation in client meetings.
Work flexible hours including weekends and nights.
Responsible for sharing 24 x 7 on call rotation duties with other team members.
ServiceNow (SNOW) experience is a plus



Experience Required: Minimum of 7 years of experience working with ORACLE database systems on UNIX and Linux.
Oracle 12c, 19c, RAC experience.
Oracle ASM.
Oracle Transparent Data Encryption.
Candidate must have experience in Oracle 11g and 12c database architecture, automation, installs, backup & recovery, monitoring, and database query tuning.
Strong performance tuning skill.
RMAN experience.
Shell scripting skill is required.
Database partitioning, patching, and cloning experience.
Oracle support in Java environment.
Proficiency in PL/SQL.
Strong verbal and written communication skill.
Ability to work effectively in a team and with clients.


Knowledge and Skills Required: Oracle Database 12c and 19c.
Solaris and Red Hat Operating Systems.
SQL Plus and PL/SQL.




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Ref: #850-Rockville (ALTA IT)

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