Oracle DBA

Ethereum Technologies; West Virginia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies in the United States (West Virginia) seeks an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to install, configure, administer, and optimize Oracle databases across development, QA, and production environments. The role emphasizes hands-on DBA work, performance tuning, backup, and disaster recovery readiness.

The ideal candidate has deep RMAN backup and recovery experience, and hands-on expertise with Oracle RAC, ASM, and Data Guard.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Oracle Database Administration.
• Experience with Oracle database installation, configuration, administration, patching, and upgrades.
• Expert RMAN backup and recovery skills.
• Experience with Oracle RAC, ASM, and Data Guard.
• Strong SQL tuning and use of AWR/ASH reports.
• Familiarity with ITIL incident and change management.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, patch, and upgrade Oracle databases across development, QA, and production environments.
• Perform database monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting.
• Manage backup and recovery using RMAN, including recovery validation and DR readiness.
• Support Oracle RAC, ASM, and Data Guard environments.
• Monitor health, storage usage, logs, sessions, locks, and jobs; perform RCA for critical issues.
• Coordinate with IT, Linux/Unix, storage, network, and security teams; participate in changes and weekend support.

Skills

Oracle DBA

RMAN

SQL performance tuning

RAC/ASM/Data Guard

ITIL incident/change management

Tools

AWR/ASH reports

Execution plans

Database monitoring

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator (Oracle DBA) to install, configure, administer, maintain, and optimize Oracle databases across development, QA, and production environments. The ideal candidate should have strong hands‑on experience in Oracle database administration, performance tuning, backup and recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, administer, patch, and upgrade Oracle databases across development, QA, and production environments.
• Perform database monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting.
• Manage database backup and recovery using RMAN, including recovery validation and disaster recovery readiness.
• Support and troubleshoot Oracle RAC, ASM, and Data Guard environments.
• Perform database refreshes, cloning, migrations, patching, and version upgrades.
• Monitor database health, tablespaces, storage utilization, alert logs, sessions, locks, and database jobs.
• Troubleshoot complex database incidents and conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical production issues.
• Optimize SQL performance using execution plans, AWR/ASH reports, SQL tuning techniques, and database statistics.
• Manage Oracle users, roles, privileges, profiles, and database security requirements.
• Support High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) activities, including DR drills and failover/failback testing.
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, Linux/Unix, storage, network, security, and middleware teams.
• Participate in production changes, maintenance activities, releases, and weekend/off-hours support when required.
• Handle incidents, service requests, problems, and changes in accordance with ITIL processes and defined SLAs.
• Maintain database documentation, operational procedures, SOPs, and troubleshooting knowledge articles.

Required Skills:

• Strong hands‑on experience in Oracle Database Administration (Oracle DBA).
• Experience with Oracle database installation, configuration, administration, patching, and upgrades.
• Expertise in RMAN backup and recovery.
• Working experience with Oracle RAC, ASM, and Data Guard.
• Strong database performance tuning and SQL troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with AWR/ASH reports, execution plans, and database monitoring.
• Knowledge of High Availability and Disaster Recovery procedures.
• Experience supporting production database environments and resolving critical incidents.
• Understanding of ITIL processes, incident management, and change management.

Experience Requirement:

• Target experience: 10+years in Oracle Database Administration.
• The requirement's skills field also specifies 5+ years of experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.