Database Administrator (Oracle)

General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works; Bath (ME); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

FSAs/HSAs

Life and disability insurance

Paid holidays

PTO

Health coaching

Athletic trainers

EAP

Onsite health services

Job summary

General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME is seeking an Oracle Database Administrator to support, maintain, and optimize our enterprise database environment. You will collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to ensure reliability and performance of 12c/19c databases.

The role emphasizes safety and BOS standards with on-call incident support. Ideal candidates have 5–10 years of Oracle DBA experience, RMAN, ASM, OEM/Cloud Control, PL/SQL, and Linux/Unix scripting, plus strong

Qualifications

• 5–10 years hands-on Oracle DBA experience in production
• Expertise with Oracle 12c/19c and newer
• Proficiency with RMAN, ASM, and backup/recovery strategies
• Strong SQL, PL/SQL, and schema design skills

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Oracle databases across development, test, and production environments
• Monitor performance and implement tuning activities
• Design and implement high-availability solutions (RAS/ASM)
• Manage database security, user access, and compliance with standards
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning and documentation
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application development, and data teams

Skills

Oracle DBA

RMAN

ASM

PL/SQL

Linux/Unix

Scripting

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

High school diploma

Tools

OEM/Cloud Control

Job description

We offer a competitive salary for this role, with an expected range of $110,100 to $139,500. The final offer will depend on your experience, skills, and overall qualifications. General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works also provides a variety of benefits including medical & dental insurance coverage, 401(k) retirement savings plan, flexible spending accounts/HSAs, life and disability insurance, company paid holidays, paid time off (PTO), health coaching, athletic trainers, employee assistance programs and onsite health services.

We are seeking an experienced to support, maintain, and optimize our enterprise database environment. The ideal candidate has deep experience with Oracle 12c/19c (or newer) and understands enterprise data management best practices. This role will work closely with infrastructure, application development, data engineering, and business teams to ensure database reliability, availability, and performance.

Operating under the BIW Business Operating System (BOS), the Oracle Database Administrator ensures compliance with safety, quality, and performance standards while coordinating with other key stakeholders to meet overall milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety Leadership
  • Be a safety leader for your team and help foster a culture of operational safety.
  • Ensure all safety training is completed on time.
• Project Execution
  • Administer, maintain, and support Oracle databases across development, test, and production environments.
  • Perform installation, configuration, patching, cloning, backup, and recovery using RMAN and related tools.
  • Monitor database performance and execute tuning activities.
  • Implement and maintain high availability solutions including RAC and ASM.
  • Manage database security, user access, roles, and compliance with company standards.
  • Design and implement backup/restore strategies and lead disaster recovery planning.
  • Support schema design, data modeling, and SQL code reviews.
  • Maintain documentation, SOPs, and architectural diagrams.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and support critical incidents.
• Training and Development
  • Take part in training to further working knowledge of new database management tools and methodologies.
  • Attend BIW training opportunities as required.
• Team Collaboration and Communication
  • Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot issues and optimize SQL queries.
  • Communicate effectively across application and data engineering functions.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Identify and implement database management process improvements and optimizations as required.

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.

Required

• 5-10 years of hands-on Oracle DBA experience in a production environment.
• Expertise with Oracle versions 12c and 19c.
• Proficiency with RMAN, ASM, OEM/Cloud Control.
• Strong database performance optimization and tuning skills.
• Understanding of Oracle enterprise management best practices.
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
• Experience with backup strategies and disaster recovery planning.
• Familiarity with PL/SQL, SQL query tuning, and schema design.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Preferred Oracle Experience

• Experience with Oracle Cloud (OCI) or cloud-hosted Oracle workloads.
• Experience with enterprise data warehouses.
• Understanding of DevOps pipelines, CI/CD, and Git workflows.
• Experience supporting ERP or other enterprise applications.
• Oracle certifications (OCA, OCP, OCM).
• Experience with SQL Server 2019, 2022, 2025.