Oracle Database Administrator

IntePros; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IntePros is partnering with a global financial services leader to hire an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to support the Oracle database environment powering the Eagle investment platform. This role manages approximately 800 Oracle databases across 75–80 client environments, ensuring performance, availability, and reliability of mission-critical systems.

This position focuses on troubleshooting, performance tuning, patching, and automation to support large-scale enterprise operations

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Oracle DBA experience in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle 19c databases.
• Strong performance tuning using execution plans, trace analysis, and indexing.
• Solid Shell scripting skills (KornShell preferred).
• Strong Linux OS understanding.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Oracle environments including 19c, RAC, and ASM.
• Analyze and resolve complex performance issues using SQL/PLSQL.
• Patching, upgrades, migrations, cloning, backup and recovery.
• Develop automation with KornShell, Bash, or C Shell.
• Support Oracle GoldenGate and related technologies.
• Collaborate with infra, apps, and support teams to ensure high availability.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production support.
• Contribute to standardized DBA practices and continuous improvements.

Skills

Oracle 19c

Performance tuning

Shell scripting

SQL/PLSQL

Linux

On-call

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Oracle GoldenGate

Oracle Exadata

Job description

IntePros is partnering with a global financial services leader to hire an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to support the Oracle database environment powering the Eagle investment platform. This team manages approximately 800 Oracle databases across 75–80 client environments, ensuring the performance, availability, and reliability of mission-critical systems. We're looking for a core Oracle DBA with strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and scripting expertise—someone who enjoys working in large-scale enterprise environments and is passionate about operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Oracle database environments, including Oracle 19c, ASM, RAC, and related infrastructure.
• Analyze and resolve complex database performance issues using SQL execution plans, trace file analysis, indexing strategies, and query optimization techniques.
• Perform database patching, upgrades, migrations, cloning, backup, and recovery activities.
• Develop and maintain automation using KornShell (preferred), Bash, or C Shell scripting to improve operational efficiency.
• Utilize SQL and PL/SQL to support database administration, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Support Oracle GoldenGate replication and other database technologies as needed.
• Partner with infrastructure, application, and support teams to resolve production issues and ensure high availability.
• Contribute to standardized database administration practices, operational procedures, and continuous process improvements.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting critical production environments.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience supporting enterprise Oracle environments.
• Hands-on experience administering Oracle 19c databases.
• Strong Oracle performance tuning experience, including:
• SQL execution plan analysis
• SQL trace file analysis
• Query optimization
• Indexing strategies
• Strong Shell scripting experience (KornShell preferred; Bash or C Shell also acceptable).
• Experience troubleshooting complex production database issues.
• Strong understanding of Linux operating systems.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently in a highly operational environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle RAC administration.
• Oracle Exadata.
• Oracle GoldenGate.
• Oracle ZDLRA.
• Oracle ZFS Storage.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) is a plus but not required.
• Support a combination of on-premises and cloud-based Oracle environments.
• Work within a highly standardized, process-driven enterprise organization focused on operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Schedule & Location

• Hybrid schedule based in the Boston area (Everett office also available).
• Flexible Agile Flex model requiring an average of 2 days onsite per week, or 20 onsite days over a rolling 90-day period.
• Standard business hours with participation in a rotating on-call schedule (currently one week every four weeks, with plans to extend to every six weeks as the team grows).

If you're an experienced Oracle DBA looking to support large-scale enterprise environments while working with modern database technologies and a collaborative global team, we'd love to hear from you!