Senior Oracle Database Engineer

Ampcus, Inc; Owings Mills (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a Senior Oracle Database Engineer in Owings Mills, MD to lead large-scale database migrations and ongoing production operations. You will work with Exadata architecture, RAC, Data Guard, and patching to ensure high availability and performance.

The role requires deep client connectivity knowledge (JDBC/ODP.NET, OCI clients) and collaboration across DBA, infrastructure, and application teams during pre-migration prep, migration events, and post-cutover support.

Qualifications

• Experience with Exadata and Oracle databases (11g/12c/19c) in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on migration of databases to Exadata with cutover planning.
• Strong connectivity and integration with applications.
• Experience with RAC, Data Guard, patching, backup/recovery.

Responsibilities

• Support large-scale database migrations and ongoing production operations.
• Collaborate with DBA, infrastructure, and application teams during pre-migration prep and post-cutover support.
• Validate connectivity, performance, and functionality during migrations.
• Monitor, log, and validate enterprise environments post-migration.
• Coordinate change windows and incident escalations.

Skills

Oracle Exadata Platform

Oracle DBA & Migration

Oracle Client Connectivity

App Migration & Validation

Production Operations

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team. Job Title: Senior Oracle Database Engineer. Location: Owings Mills, MD. Job Description:

Responsibilities

• We are seeking an engineer with handson Oracle Exadata platform expertise combined with strong Oracle client/application side experience to support large-scale database migrations and ongoing production operations.
• Core platform skills.
• Deep experience with Oracle Exadata (onprem or OCI / Database@Azure), including architecture, performance characteristics, HA/DR concepts, and operational support.
• Strong Oracle Database administration skills (11g/12c/19c ), including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, patching, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
• Experience executing and supporting Oracle database migrations from VMbased or traditional environments to Exadata, including cutover planning and validation.
• Client / application side expertise.
• Strong understanding of Oracle client connectivity, including JDBC/ODP.NET, OCI clients, TNS, DNSbased redirection, and connection string behavior.
• Ability to support application teams during migrations, including connectivity validation, performance verification, and postmigration troubleshooting.
• Experience working with enterprise applications (e.g., Pega, portal, middleware platforms) that depend on Oracle databases.
• Operational and collaboration skills.
• Ability to partner closely with DBA, infrastructure, and application teams during pre-migration prep, migration events, and postcutover support.
• Experience supporting production migrations, including change management, outage coordination, and escalation handling.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and validation in enterprise environments (e.g., performance baselining, postmigration checks).

Top 5 Mandatory Skills

• Oracle Exadata Platform Expertise: Hands on experience with Exadata architecture, performance characteristics, HA/DR, and operational support (on prem or OCI / Database@Azure).
• Oracle Database Administration & Migration: Strong DBA skills (19c preferred) including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, backup/recovery, patching, and executing VM to Exadata migrations with production cutovers.
• Oracle Client Connectivity & Integration: Deep understanding of Oracle client side connectivity (JDBC, ODP.NET, OCI clients, TNS, DNS based redirection, connection strings) and how applications consume Oracle databases.
• Application Migration & Validation Support: Ability to work directly with application teams to validate connectivity, performance, and functionality during and after Exadata migrations, including troubleshooting issues at the app/DB boundary.
• Production Operations & Cross Team Coordination: Experience supporting production migrations, coordinating change windows, handling escalations, and collaborating across DBA, infrastructure, and application teams.

Required Skills

• Oracle Exadata Migration Engineer.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server and similar databases, Expert.
• Ability to communicate effectively with analysts, developers, tests, and project managers in both oral and written form., Advanced.
• Ability to work minimal supervision., Advanced.
• High-level of analytical and troubleshooting skills., Expert.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications., Advanced.
• Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SL), Advanced.

Education Level

• Bachelor's Degree.

Education Details

• Computer Science or IT related field.

Experience

• 5 years' Experience perform full data management duties, including migration and continuous integration/delivery.

In Lieu of Education

• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.