Oracle DBA: Performance & High Availability Expert

Valiant Technologies LLC; Weehawken (NJ); On-site; USD 89,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking an Oracle Database Administrator in Weehawken, NJ, to manage and optimize Oracle database environments across development, test, stage, and production. The role focuses on reliability, performance, security, and availability for mission-critical applications.

You will monitor health, support deployments, and implement backup/recovery and high-availability strategies, collaborating with developers and IT teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience as an Oracle Database Administrator.
• Strong experience with Oracle Database administration in enterprise environments.
• Proven experience using RMAN, Data Pump, and performance monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Oracle databases across development, test, stage, and production environments.
• Monitor database health, availability, security, storage utilization, and backup/recovery processes.
• Support application deployments and collaborate with developers to ensure efficient database design and operation.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database incidents, outages, and data-related issues.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, operational procedures, and technical documentation.
• Participate in change management, system upgrades, and Agile project activities.
• Proactively monitor and analyze database performance to identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.
• Perform SQL and PL/SQL tuning using execution plans, AWR, ASH, Statspack, and Oracle performance diagnostic tools.
• Analyze and optimize database queries, indexes, partitions, and schema designs to improve performance.
• Monitor and optimize CPU, memory, I/O, and network utilization.
• Partner with application teams to diagnose and resolve performance issues across the database and application stack.
• Establish performance baselines and implement proactive monitoring and alerting strategies.

Skills

Oracle Database Administration

Performance Tuning

SQL/PLSQL

Security Management

Automation scripting

Tools

RMAN

Data Pump

AWR/ASH/Statspack

Linux/UNIX

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking an Oracle Database Administrator in Weehawken, NJ, to manage and optimize Oracle database environments across development, test, stage, and production. The role focuses on reliability, performance, security, and availability for mission-critical applications.

You will monitor health, support deployments, and implement backup/recovery and high-availability strategies, collaborating with developers and IT teams.