Lead Oracle DBA/Engineer for GEOINT & HA

Quest Oracle Community; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Lead Database Administrator/Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for the on-premises Oracle database environment. You will lead architecture, administration, security, performance, and lifecycle management of mission-critical Oracle databases.

The role requires collaboration across offices and security domains (NIPRNet/SIPRNet/JWICS), mentoring staff, and delivering briefings to leadership and customers. A strong public-speaking presence is essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Oracle database administration and engineering experience.
• 3+ years in a lead or senior technical role.
• Active Secret clearance with potential Top Secret/SCI access.
• Polygraph ability after hire.
• SEC+ certification or equivalent DoD 8140-compliant credential.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead administrator and SME for on-premises Oracle databases across prod, test, and dev.
• Design, build, configure, and maintain Oracle DB environments with high availability.
• Administer and optimize spatial data stores (Oracle Spatial, SDO_GEOMETRY, ArcSDE).
• Plan upgrades, migrations, consolidations, and capacity expansions.
• Implement security baselines, auditing, encryption, and least-privilege access.
• Develop automation for health checks, patch verification, backups, and accounts.

Skills

Oracle Database engineering

Leadership

Linux/Unix

Automation (Ansible/Python)

Security baselines (DISA STIG)

Public speaking

ArcSDE/Geodatabase

RAC/Data Guard

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Oracle RAC

Data Guard

Grid Infrastructure

Oracle Spatial

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Lead Database Administrator/Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for the on-premises Oracle database environment. You will lead architecture, administration, security, performance, and lifecycle management of mission-critical Oracle databases.

The role requires collaboration across offices and security domains (NIPRNet/SIPRNet/JWICS), mentoring staff, and delivering briefings to leadership and customers. A strong public-speaking presence is essential.