On-Site Oracle DBA: RAC, Data Guard & Performance Tuning

Tech Junction Ltd; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sage IT is seeking an experienced Oracle DBA for a permanent, on-site role in Jersey City, NJ. You will own Oracle Database administration, RAC, ASM, and Data Guard, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across enterprise environments.

The position requires 5+ years in Oracle DBA roles, with strong SQL tuning, RMAN backups, and Unix/Linux skills. On-call rotation and collaboration with cross-functional teams are part of the responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Database Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Progressive hands-on experience in Oracle Database Administration within enterprise environments.
• Strong, demonstrable expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and RMAN backup operations.
• SQL tuning, performance diagnostics, and memory architecture knowledge.
• Unix/Linux operating systems, shell scripting, and storage management.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and administer Oracle Database instances across environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain Oracle RAC and ASM for high availability.
• Configure, monitor, and test Data Guard standby databases for DR and continuity.
• Perform database performance tuning and memory management.
• Execute backup and recovery strategies using RMAN and storage snapshots.
• Monitor health, tablespace usage, and wait events with monitoring tools.
• Enforce database security controls, user access, auditing, and patching.
• Collaborate with software engineers, DevOps, and infrastructure squads.
• Maintain architecture docs, runbooks, and change logs.
• Participate in on-call rotation to resolve incidents.

Skills

Oracle DBA expertise

RAC experience

Data Guard experience

RMAN backup operations

SQL performance tuning

Unix/Linux proficiency

Shell scripting

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/IT/DBMS

Tools

Oracle RAC

ASM

Data Guard

RMAN

Unix/Linux

Job description

Sage IT is seeking an experienced Oracle DBA for a permanent, on-site role in Jersey City, NJ. You will own Oracle Database administration, RAC, ASM, and Data Guard, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across enterprise environments.

The position requires 5+ years in Oracle DBA roles, with strong SQL tuning, RMAN backups, and Unix/Linux skills. On-call rotation and collaboration with cross-functional teams are part of the responsibilities.