Oracle DBA: Performance Tuning & High Availability

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, maintain, secure, and optimize Oracle database environments supporting mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in database administration, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and troubleshooting across development, test, staging, and production environments.

The role includes collaboration with application and development teams to support deployments and

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• Strong experience administering Oracle databases in enterprise environments.
• Proven expertise in database performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience with Oracle RMAN, Data Pump, backup/recovery strategies, and database security.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Oracle databases across multiple environments.
• Monitor database performance, availability, security, storage, and backup/recovery processes.
• Implement and support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database incidents, outages, and performance issues.
• Collaborate with application and development teams to support deployments and optimize database operations.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and standards.
• Participate in change management activities, system upgrades, and Agile project initiatives.
• Monitor and analyze database performance to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
• Perform SQL and PL/SQL tuning using Oracle performance tools such as AWR, ASH, Statspack, and execution plans.
• Optimize queries, indexes, partitions, and database schemas.
• Monitor and improve CPU, memory, I/O, and network utilization.
• Establish performance baselines and implement proactive monitoring and alerting.

Skills

Oracle database administration

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Agile

Tools

Oracle RMAN

Data Pump

Linux/UNIX

Shell scripting

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, maintain, secure, and optimize Oracle database environments supporting mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in database administration, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and troubleshooting across development, test, staging, and production environments.

The role includes collaboration with application and development teams to support deployments and