Hybrid Oracle DBA - Performance Tuning & PL/SQL

XPO Logistics, Inc.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full health insurance on day one

Life and disability insurance

PTO — up to 15 days in first year

9 paid company holidays

401(k) with company match

Education assistance

Incentive plan eligibility

Job summary

XPO Logistics, Inc. is seeking an experienced Database Administrator in Portland to manage Oracle databases, optimize SQL performance, and implement PL/SQL automation. You will collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to ensure uptime, deploy new databases, and enforce best practices across projects.

The role emphasizes Oracle expertise, OCI/Exadata familiarity, and the ability to support developers with SQL reviews within a fast-paced logistics environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years of database administration experience with Oracle Server.
• Expertise in Oracle technologies, OCI, Exadata experience; familiar with OEM monitoring.
• Strong proficiency with SQL, Oracle partitioning, and PL/SQL (2+ years).
• Experience with Linux and shell scripting.
• Experience with monitoring SQL performance and tuning (plan, baselines, profiles).
• Experience developing PL/SQL Procedures/Packages and automation.
• Experience managing deployment of DDL/DML to the database.
• Experience with CI/CD concepts.
• Ability to assist application developers with SQL review.

Responsibilities

• Work extensively with Oracle databases.
• Focus on SQL queries, plan review, and database administration.
• Daily monitoring of SQL performance, up-time, and issue resolution.
• Support database performance with infrastructure and application teams.
• Act as liaison to define and follow best practices; drive consistency.
• Support deployment of new databases, schemas, objects; ongoing maintenance.
• Contribute to defining application database standards via data models.

Skills

Oracle DBA experience

Oracle technologies/OCI/Exadata

SQL proficiency

PL/SQL

Linux shell scripting

SQL performance tuning

PL/SQL automation

DDL/DML deployment

CI/CD concepts

SQL review support

Tools

Oracle Enterprise Manager

CI/CD tooling

Job description

XPO Logistics, Inc. is seeking an experienced Database Administrator in Portland to manage Oracle databases, optimize SQL performance, and implement PL/SQL automation. You will collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to ensure uptime, deploy new databases, and enforce best practices across projects.

The role emphasizes Oracle expertise, OCI/Exadata familiarity, and the ability to support developers with SQL reviews within a fast-paced logistics environment.