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Significance is seeking an Oracle Database Administrator to support a long-term federal program with the Department of Energy (DOE). This role is fully remote.
Security Requirements
Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities
- Perform database administration for Oracle Portal and the core databases supporting DOE applications.
- Install, configure, patch, upgrade, troubleshoot, and maintain Oracle Fusion Middleware products, including WebLogic Server, Oracle WebCenter (Portal/UCM), OID, and OAM.
- Design, implement, and advise on Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO), Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Oracle Access Manager (OAM), and Universal Content Management (UCM).
- Administer and tune WebLogic domains, managed servers, clusters, and data sources.
- Use Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) to monitor, alert on, and automate proactive issue handling for databases and middleware.
- Support data warehouse environments, including database design, ETL performance, and storage and capacity planning.
- Support administration of on-premises and cloud-hosted databases in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Microsoft Azure.
- Recommend and implement database and middleware security policies, including SSL/TLS certificate management.
- Recommend and implement backup, recovery, and redundancy strategies, and support disaster recovery operations.
- Continuously monitor databases for storage space, availability, and performance bottlenecks.
- Working independently, perform performance analysis, capacity planning, system sizing, and ongoing maintenance.
- With the CBS and OCIO teams, perform periodic database health checks and prepare quality assurance and performance reviews covering business requirements, testing, upgrades, architecture, and storage changes.
- Provide break/fix support, including identifying and resolving production defects and implementing stabilization changes.
- Remediate cybersecurity findings.
- Review Oracle’s quarterly Critical Patch Updates (CPUs), give feedback to system owners, and coordinate testing and implementation with system owners and OCIO across all environments.
- Maintain system documentation, including baseline configurations, installations, upgrades, security, and event logs.
- Work with system owners and CBS security staff to provide input for the annual Assessment & Authorization (A&A) and ATO.
- Establish and maintain SOPs that ensure database security, integrity, and accuracy.
- Support internal and external data calls.
- Support evaluation and adoption of Oracle AI Database 26ai features as DOE modernizes.
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited institution and 5 years of relevant experience; without a degree, 6–8 years of relevant experience is required.
- At least two-thirds of that experience as a DBA/middleware administrator supporting Oracle OID, OAM, and SSO in enterprise environments. Oracle Portal/WebCenter experience is preferred.
- Hands-on experience administering Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware.
- Strong understanding of Oracle Database and its utilities and tools, including Oracle Enterprise Manager.
- Strong knowledge of performance tuning and monitoring.
- Strong knowledge of Oracle backup and recovery scenarios.
- Good understanding of Oracle security management and data integrity.
- Good knowledge of load balancers, storage, and cloud environments.
- Working knowledge of Windows Server and IIS.
- Experience with code migration, database change management, and data management across the development lifecycle.
Desired Skills
- Experience with Oracle Federal Financials and/or Oracle Hyperion environments.
- Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including Autonomous Database, Base Database Service, and Exadata Cloud.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, including Oracle Database@Azure and Azure VM-hosted Oracle workloads.
- Data warehouse administration experience (Oracle DW, ADW, or similar).
- Exposure to Oracle AI Database 26ai, including AI Vector Search and other new features.
- Certifications such as Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Professional, OCI Architect, Oracle WebLogic Administrator, or Microsoft Azure Administrator/Database Administrator.
- Ability to analyze business and functional requirements and recommend solutions across database, middleware, and cloud platforms.
- Experience supporting a federal ATO/A&A process.
- Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Professional certification
- Ability to analyze a range of business and functional requirements to recommend optimal solutions
$94,000 - $102,000 a year
- This position is also eligible for a comprehensive and generous benefits package.
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