Oracle Database Administrator

Convergenz; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Convergenz is seeking an experienced Oracle/MySQL Database Administrator to support database infrastructure and Drupal-based applications hosted primarily in AWS GovCloud. The role combines database administration, systems administration, performance tuning, and web application support across development, pre-production, and production environments.

You will install, configure, maintain, and tune Oracle and MySQL, manage RAC/RMAN, administer RDS in AWS GovCloud, and support Drupal on Red Hat

Qualifications

• 7+ years of database or systems administration experience.
• Hands-on Oracle DB administration including RAC and RMAN.
• Experience with MySQL, Amazon RDS, and AWS GovCloud.
• Experience with Drupal, Red Hat Linux, PHP, Apache, and EC2.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, and tune Oracle and MySQL databases.
• Manage Oracle RAC, RMAN backups, disaster recovery, storage, database space, and high availability.
• Administer Amazon RDS databases and supporting AWS GovCloud infrastructure.
• Support Drupal environments running on Red Hat, PHP, Apache, and AWS EC2.
• Create and configure database schemas, perform migrations, and update database scripts.
• Support data imports, stored procedures, database replication, and application development activities.
• Troubleshoot system and application issues and apply security and operational patches.
• Perform UNIX/Linux systems administration and ongoing performance monitoring.

Skills

Oracle DBA

MySQL DBA

AWS GovCloud

Performance tuning

Drupal support

UNIX/Linux

Tools

Oracle RAC

RMAN

RDS

AWS EC2

Linux shell

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Oracle/MySQL Database Administrator to support database infrastructure and Drupal-based applications hosted primarily in AWS GovCloud. This position combines database administration, systems administration, performance tuning, and web application support across development, pre-production, and production environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, maintain, and tune Oracle and MySQL database environments.
• Manage Oracle RAC, RMAN backups, disaster recovery, storage, database space, and high availability.
• Administer Amazon RDS databases and supporting AWS GovCloud infrastructure.
• Support Drupal environments running on Red Hat, PHP, Apache, and AWS EC2.
• Create and configure database schemas, perform migrations, and update database scripts.
• Support data imports, stored procedures, database replication, and application development activities.
• Troubleshoot system and application issues and apply security and operational patches.
• Support legacy ColdFusion, JRun Java, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle RAC environments.
• Perform UNIX/Linux systems administration and ongoing performance monitoring.

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of database or systems administration experience.
• Hands-on experience administering Oracle databases, including RAC and RMAN.
• Experience with MySQL, Amazon RDS, and AWS-hosted infrastructure.
• Experience supporting Drupal, Red Hat Linux, PHP, Apache, and EC2 environments.
• Experience with database backup, recovery, migration, replication, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• AWS GovCloud or federal systems experience is preferred.