Principal Database Administrator

Oracle; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 84,900 - 209,500; Full time

Job summary

Oracle seeks an experienced DBA to focus on day-to-day database support, troubleshooting, and performance tuning. You'll collaborate with the Site Reliability Engineering team on service configuration and performance characteristics, being responsible for the mission-critical stack.

Candidates should have strong experience with Oracle databases, RMAN, and Linux systems. A U.S. citizenship and an active security clearance are required. The hiring range is $84,900 - $209,500 annually, with eligibility for bonuses.

Qualifications

• Must possess U.S. citizenship and active TS/SCI W/Poly security clearance.
• Strong experience with Oracle Database and RMAN backup and recovery.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle RAC and/or Data Guard.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize Oracle database environments.
• Ensure database availability and performance across systems.

Skills

Oracle Database (11g/12c/19c or later)

RMAN backup and recovery

Linux/Unix administration

Shell scripting (Bash)

SQL and PL/SQL skills

Performance tuning (AWR, ASH)

Troubleshooting skills

Job description

Job Description

As an Oracle DBA the role will focus on day‑to‑day DBA support, production troubleshooting, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and high availability. You'll work with the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team as part of shared full‑stack ownership of a collection of services and/or technology areas, understanding end‑to‑end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of production services.

Responsible for the design and delivery of the mission‑critical stack, with focus on security, resiliency, scale, and performance. Authority for end‑to‑end performance and operability. Partner with development teams in defining and implementing improvements in service architecture. Articulate technical characteristics of services and technology areas and guide Development Teams to engineer and add premier capabilities to the Oracle Cloud service portfolio. Understand and communicate the scale, capacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of the service and technology stack. Demonstrate clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles. Act as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Utilize a deep understanding of service topology and their dependencies required to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations. Understand and explain the effect of product architecture decisions on distributed systems. Professional curiosity and a desire to develop a deep understanding of services and technologies.

This position will require being available for shifts and weekends.

Responsibilities

Manage, maintain, and optimize mission‑critical Oracle database environments. This role is responsible for ensuring database availability, performance, security, and recoverability across on‑premises and/or cloud‑based systems.

Required Skills

• Must possess U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI W/Poly security clearance to be eligible for consideration.
• Willing to work shifts and weekends.
• Strong experience with Oracle Database (11g/12c/19c or later).
• Expertise in RMAN backup and recovery, including restore and disaster recovery scenarios.
• Hands‑on experience with Oracle RAC and/or Data Guard.
• Solid Linux/Unix administration skills (RHEL, Oracle Linux).
• Shell scripting (Bash).
• System performance tools (top, vmstat, iostat).
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills.
• Experience with performance tuning (AWR, ASH, execution plans).
• Knowledge of Oracle architecture (SGA, PGA, redo/undo, etc.).
• Experience with database patching and upgrades.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred But Not Required Qualifications

• Prior SRE experience managing production cloud services.
• Prior experience in releasing and maintaining cloud services.
• Production experience managing systems or database environment.
• Experience with a general‑purpose systems language such as Python, Perl, Unix Shell, and/or database language SQL, PL/SQL, Rust.

Disclaimer: Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization or occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only:

US: Hiring range in USD from $84,900 - $209,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

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