Oracle DBA | Sage IT | Jersey City, NJ

Tech Junction Ltd; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sage IT is seeking an experienced Oracle DBA for a permanent, on-site role in Jersey City, NJ. You will own Oracle Database administration, RAC, ASM, and Data Guard, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across enterprise environments.

The position requires 5+ years in Oracle DBA roles, with strong SQL tuning, RMAN backups, and Unix/Linux skills. On-call rotation and collaboration with cross-functional teams are part of the responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Database Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Progressive hands-on experience in Oracle Database Administration within enterprise environments.
• Strong, demonstrable expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and RMAN backup operations.
• SQL tuning, performance diagnostics, and memory architecture knowledge.
• Unix/Linux operating systems, shell scripting, and storage management.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and administer Oracle Database instances across environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain Oracle RAC and ASM for high availability.
• Configure, monitor, and test Data Guard standby databases for DR and continuity.
• Perform database performance tuning and memory management.
• Execute backup and recovery strategies using RMAN and storage snapshots.
• Monitor health, tablespace usage, and wait events with monitoring tools.
• Enforce database security controls, user access, auditing, and patching.
• Collaborate with software engineers, DevOps, and infrastructure squads.
• Maintain architecture docs, runbooks, and change logs.
• Participate in on-call rotation to resolve incidents.

Skills

Oracle DBA expertise

RAC experience

Data Guard experience

RMAN backup operations

SQL performance tuning

Unix/Linux proficiency

Shell scripting

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/IT/DBMS

Tools

Oracle RAC

ASM

Data Guard

RMAN

Unix/Linux

Job description

Position Summary:

Driving advanced database administration, high-availability architecture, and enterprise data security in Jersey City, New Jersey, Sage IT is actively seeking an experienced Oracle DBA for a permanent full-time professional engagement. In this vital database infrastructure role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of Oracle Database administration, Real Application Clusters (RAC), Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Data Guard replication, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and database security compliance. Bringing progressive professional experience in Oracle database engineering, you will empower an elite technology solutions and IT consulting enterprise to achieve uncompromised database uptime, lightning-fast query execution, and bulletproof data protection. This prestigious career opportunity offers competitive remuneration, enterprise client exposure, and professional growth within a leading global IT recruitment and software solutions corporation.

Detailed Job Description:

As an Oracle DBA supporting Sage IT on a professional on-site basis in Jersey City, New Jersey, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of enterprise database maintenance, performance tuning, disaster recovery readiness, and cross-functional engineering collaboration. Your day-to-day responsibilities include installing, configuring, upgrading, and managing Oracle Database instances across enterprise environments, administering Oracle RAC, Data Guard, and ASM for high availability and disaster recovery, monitoring database performance, tuning SQL queries, and optimizing memory allocation, collaborating proactively with software developers, system administrators, and technical recruitment leadership like Sridhar Marasa at Sage IT, ensuring strict adherence to database security policies, participating in 24/7 on-call rotation support, and managing application requirements by submitting your updated resume via direct email to [e-mail] while explicitly mentioning your position title, visa status, and current location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and administer enterprise Oracle Database instances across production and non-production environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM) for high availability.
• Configure, monitor, and test Oracle Data Guard standby databases for seamless disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Perform rigorous database performance tuning, SQL query optimization, index restructuring, and resource allocation.
• Execute comprehensive backup and recovery strategies utilizing Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) and enterprise storage snapshots.
• Monitor database health, tablespace utilization, lock contention, and wait events using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Enforce strict database security controls, user access privileges, auditing policies, and patch compliance.
• Collaborate proactively with cross-functional software engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure squads.
• Maintain meticulous database architecture documentation, backup runbooks, schema diagrams, and change management logs.
• Participate in on-call rotation support to resolve critical database incidents and production outages rapidly.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Database Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Progressive professional hands-on experience in Oracle Database Administration (DBA) within enterprise environments.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and RMAN backup operations.
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical hands-on proficiency in SQL tuning, performance diagnostics, and memory architecture.
• Solid practical grasp of Unix/Linux operating systems, shell scripting, and storage management.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex database bottlenecks, corruption issues, and replication failures.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and effective stakeholder communication capabilities.
• Mandatory legal work authorization and physical availability for professional operations in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Professional vendor certifications such as Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Oracle Database Administrator Certified Master.
• Prior professional working experience supporting Tier-1 global financial institutions, banking corporations, or mission-critical enterprise systems.
• Hands-on familiarity with cloud database migrations (Oracle Autonomous Database, AWS RDS, OCI) and automation scripting in Python or Ansible.
• Experience utilizing enterprise agile tracking and IT service desk platforms (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow).
• Active participation in Oracle user groups, database administration forums, or technical associations.

Compensation & Details:

• Salary/Rate: Market Competitive / Enterprise Database Engineering Package
• Work Schedule: On-Site Professional Operations (Jersey City, NJ)
• Deadline: Open until filled (Urgent Jersey City Oracle DBA Opening)
• Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days Preferred
• Contract Duration: Permanent / Full-Time Employment
• Company Website: https://www.sageitinc.net

Recruitment Pro Tip:

When applying for this Oracle DBA position with Sage IT in Jersey City, ensure your resume explicitly highlights your Oracle RAC/Data Guard tenure, performance tuning expertise, and current visa status.