Oracle Database Administrator / Architect (Top Secret/SCI Cleara with Security Clearance

North Point Technology; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

North Point Technology in Herndon, Virginia, seeks an Oracle Database Administrator/Architect to support a classified federal program. The role focuses on security, availability, and performance of enterprise Oracle databases, with responsibilities spanning installation, patching, backup, and capacity planning.

Candidates will design and implement GoldenGate replication, manage Exadata deployments, and ensure compliance with government standards through hardening and auditing.

Qualifications

• Oracle DB administration in production environments including patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and tuning.
• Experience with SQL and PL/SQL scripting for data manipulation and automation.
• Designing architectures with high availability and disaster recovery plans.
• Implementing security hardening, auditing, and access controls to standards.

Responsibilities

• Administer Oracle Database environments across development, test, and production.
• Design, build, and maintain GoldenGate replication to keep data current.
• Deploy and operate Oracle databases in OCI and plan capacity.
• Document configurations, runbooks, and recovery procedures.

Skills

Oracle Database administration

SQL/PLSQL scripting

Database performance tuning

High availability & disaster recovery

Security hardening & auditing

Tools

Oracle GoldenGate

Exadata

OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)

Linux

Job description

Oracle Database Administrator / Architect (Top Secret/SCI Clearance Required) Herndon, Virginia, United States is looking to hire an Oracle Database Administrator / Architect to support a mission-critical classified federal program. In this role you will keep enterprise Oracle databases secure, highly available, and performing at peak capacity while also contributing architectural decisions that the customer depends on. An active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.

Responsibilities: You will administer Oracle Database environments across development, test, and production, handling installation, patching, upgrades, backup and recovery, and performance tuning. You will design, build, and maintain Oracle GoldenGate replication to keep data consistent and current, and manage Oracle databases on Exadata, including patching, capacity planning, and performance monitoring. You will deploy and operate Oracle databases in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and architect database solutions encompassing data models, high availability, disaster recovery, and capacity plans. You will also secure databases to government standards through hardening, auditing, and access controls, and maintain thorough documentation including configurations, runbooks, and recovery procedures.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Oracle Database administration in production environments, including installation, patching, upgrades, backup and recovery, and performance tuning
• SQL and PL/SQL scripting
• Performance and Tuning of Databases
• Database architecture design including data models, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions
• Database security hardening, auditing, and access control implementation to government standards

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Amazon RDS, EC2, S3, EFS, ELB, lambda, cloud formation
• Oracle GoldenGate replication configuration and support * mysql
• Kinetica
• Linux
• Environment as a Service 2.0 (Ansible, Teraform, Python, Java, Docker, EKS/ECS)
• Edition-Based Redefinition (EBR) for online application upgrades
• Oracle Label Security policy implementation
• Oracle Exadata administration, including patching, capacity planning, and performance monitoring
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) database deployment and management
• Data Warehouse (dimension/aggregation/partition) approaches
• Security+ Certification Qualifications:

Additional Information:

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions!

We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems. At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.

For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.