Mid-Level Oracle DBA

AET FEDERAL INC; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Competitive salary

Job summary

AET Federal is seeking a Mid-Level Oracle DBA to join a four-person team supporting a federal agency's server-based applications running on Oracle and SQL Server databases across business units. The role handles day-to-day Oracle operations, RMAN backups, patching, maintenance, and production support, with guidance from a Senior DBA and backups for that lead.

The position is remote, requires a federal background check, and aligns with a standard 8-hour day from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM ET.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on database administration experience with Oracle as the primary platform.
• Experience administering Oracle databases in production environments.
• Experience with SQL and PL/SQL.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle RMAN backup, restore, and recovery procedures.
• Experience monitoring nightly backups, troubleshooting backup failures, and validating database recoverability.
• Experience with Oracle database patching, maintenance, software installation, and upgrades.
• Experience with tablespace management, user administration, database security, and routine Oracle operations.
• Experience supporting failover and disaster recovery activities, including executing database recovery procedures.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting Microsoft Access databases.
• Experience working tickets and change requests in ServiceNow or a comparable ITSM tool.
• Demonstrated experience with issue triage, production support, server maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to work independently, collaborate across teams, and communicate clearly with staff and management at all levels.
• Willing and able to pass a federal background investigation.
• Able to work 8 hours per day within 7:30 AM–6:00 PM ET, with occasional scheduled after-hours work.

Responsibilities

• Run daily health checks on Oracle database environments, including availability, RMAN backups, and performance.
• Troubleshoot, set up, triage errors, and configure Oracle database environments.
• Manage ServiceNow requests from submission to closeout.
• Monitor database health, performance, storage, and capacity; respond to issues proactively.
• Troubleshoot database and application connectivity issues.
• Carry out assigned RFCs, including implementation, validation, and backout steps.
• Apply Oracle patches and security updates during maintenance windows.
• Perform routine database maintenance: tablespace management, statistics, user administration, storage, health checks.
• Support Oracle software installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Resolve ServiceNow tickets within SLAs.
• Administer and support Oracle databases and related applications.
• Support Microsoft Access databases; troubleshoot corruption and performance issues.
• Perform user and role administration, access management, and database security tasks.
• Use SQL and PL/SQL to support database administration and application requirements.
• Assist users and application teams with database-related issues and configuration.
• Monitor and verify nightly Oracle RMAN backups and troubleshoot failed jobs.
• Perform RMAN restores and recovery testing; support DR activities.
• Participate in disaster recovery testing and document results.

Skills

Oracle DBA

SQL

PL/SQL

RMAN Backup

ServiceNow

Production Support

Tools

SQL Server

Microsoft Access

Job description

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Competitive salary

AET Federal is seeking a Mid-Level Oracle DBA to join a four-person team supporting a federal agency's server-based applications, which run on SQL Server and Oracle databases across every business unit. The team has a Senior and a Mid-Level DBA for Oracle and the same pair for SQL Server.

The Mid-Level Oracle DBA handles day-to-day Oracle Database operations and provides support for Microsoft Access databases. That covers ServiceNow tickets, change requests, database monitoring, RMAN backup and recovery, patching, maintenance, and production support. The role reports to the Senior Oracle DBA (Team Lead) and backs up that position.

Key Responsibilities

Operations, monitoring and issue triage

• Run daily health checks on Oracle database environments, including database availability, RMAN backups, failed jobs, tablespace usage, alert logs, errors, and performance
• Troubleshoot, set up, triage errors, and configure Oracle database environments
• Manage ServiceNow requests from submission to closeout
• Monitor database health, performance, storage, and capacity and respond proactively to potential issues
• Troubleshoot database and application connectivity issues

Maintenance and change management

• Carry out assigned Requests for Change (RFCs), including implementation, validation, and backout steps
• Apply Oracle database patches and security updates during scheduled maintenance windows
• Perform routine database maintenance, including tablespace management, statistics maintenance, user administration, storage management, and database health checks
• Support Oracle software installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance
• Resolve ServiceNow tickets within the customer's operational SLAs

Database and application support

• Administer and support Oracle databases and related applications
• Support Microsoft Access databases and troubleshoot corruption, performance issues, linked tables, ODBC connections, and database connectivity
• Perform user and role administration, access management, and database security tasks
• Use SQL and PL/SQL to support database administration, troubleshooting, and application requirements
• Assist users and application teams with database-related issues and configuration

Backup, recovery and disaster recovery

• Monitor and verify nightly Oracle RMAN backups and troubleshoot failed backup jobs
• Perform RMAN restores and recovery testing to verify database recoverability
• Support Oracle failover and disaster recovery activities
• Execute DR runbooks under the direction of the Senior Oracle DBA
• Participate in disaster recovery testing and document recovery results and issues
• Support database refreshes, restores, and other recovery activities as needed

Reporting and collaboration

• Contribute to the weekly support activity report delivered to the customer's COR
• Work closely with the Senior Oracle DBA, application teams, infrastructure staff, and other technical teams
• Maintain database procedures, troubleshooting documentation, and operational runbooks
• Stay available on Microsoft Teams during core hours
• Cover for the Senior Oracle DBA as needed

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands‑on database administration experience, with Oracle as the primary platform
• Experience administering and supporting Oracle databases in production environments
• Experience with SQL and PL/SQL
• Hands-on experience with Oracle RMAN backup, restore, and recovery procedures
• Experience monitoring nightly backups, troubleshooting backup failures, and validating database recoverability
• Experience with Oracle database patching, maintenance, software installation, and upgrades
• Experience with tablespace management, user administration, database security, and routine Oracle operations
• Experience supporting failover and disaster recovery activities, including executing database recovery procedures
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting Microsoft Access databases
• Experience working tickets and change requests in ServiceNow or a comparable ITSM tool
• Demonstrated experience with issue triage, production support, server maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Ability to work independently, collaborate across teams, and communicate clearly with staff and management at all levels
• Willing and able to pass a federal background investigation
• Able to work 8 hours per day within 7:30 AM–6:00 PM ET, with occasional scheduled after-hours work
• Willing to sign a letter of commitment for this proposal

This is a remote position.