Remote Oracle/PeopleSoft DBA: Cloud, HA & Automation

Atlas Tech; South Carolina; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Tech seeks a skilled Oracle/PeopleSoft Database Administrator to design, implement, and optimize the PeopleSoft database supporting our HR system. The role focuses on configuring Oracle databases across AWS RDS, ensuring availability and security, and driving automated health checks and backups.

The candidate will administer performance tuning, cross-region backups, and DR/HA planning, while working with CloudWatch, RMAN, and PeopleTools-related tooling in a remote-friendly setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or relevant field.
• Security+ CE Certification, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as an Oracle DBA with in-depth knowledge of Oracle database architecture.
• Strong expertise in performance tuning, capacity planning, and system optimization.
• Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, and scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
• Familiarity with database automation and monitoring tools, including AWS RDS, CloudWatch, and PeopleSoft monitoring integrations.
• Experience with cloud-based databases (AWS RDS, OCI, etc.) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade Oracle database software across AWS RDS environments.
• Perform proactive performance monitoring, SQL tuning, and resource optimization for PeopleSoft databases.
• Ensure database availability, integrity, and reliability with automated monitoring and health checks.
• Develop and implement robust backup strategies including RMAN, PITR, cross-region backups.
• Enforce database security policies, including user access, encryption, auditing, and compliance artifacts.
• Troubleshoot database issues including slow queries, locks, and metadata inconsistencies.
• Create and maintain documentation for processes, configurations, and runbooks.
• Automate routine tasks using shell scripting, Python, SQL automation, Lambda, and Step Functions.
• Support migrations and upgrades across environments (on-prem/cloud) including PeopleTools upgrades.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and High Availability implementations for mission-critical systems.
• Adapt to changing requirements, tooling, and security mandates while maintaining audit reports.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or relevant field

Security+ CE Certification, or equivalent

Minimum 5 years of Oracle DBA experience

Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL

Scripting: Bash or Python

Tools

AWS RDS

CloudWatch

PeopleSoft monitoring integrations

Job description

Atlas Tech seeks a skilled Oracle/PeopleSoft Database Administrator to design, implement, and optimize the PeopleSoft database supporting our HR system. The role focuses on configuring Oracle databases across AWS RDS, ensuring availability and security, and driving automated health checks and backups.

The candidate will administer performance tuning, cross-region backups, and DR/HA planning, while working with CloudWatch, RMAN, and PeopleTools-related tooling in a remote-friendly setting.