Senior Oracle Database Engineer – Onsite (Fort Meade)

Piper Companies

Fort Meade (MD)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 220,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Senior Oracle Database Engineer to join a government-focused technology team on an onsite contract in Fort Meade, MD. The role focuses on developing, troubleshooting, optimizing, and supporting enterprise-grade Oracle database applications and critical data feeds.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years in Oracle DB, deep SQL/PLSQL skills, and strong production support experience in secure environments.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience developing and supporting Oracle Database solutions.
Advanced expertise in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, including packages, procedures, functions, triggers, views, and bulk processing.
Experience troubleshooting and debugging SQL/PL-SQL in production environments.
Experience analyzing database code to identify defects and optimize performance.
Strong experience with data integrations, APIs, file transfers, ETL workflows and enterprise data feeds.
Experience with Apache NiFi, AWS services, and service-based integrations.
Knowledge of Oracle performance tuning, execution plans, indexing, partitioning, and optimizer behavior.
Familiarity with RAC, RMAN backup/recovery, Data Guard, security, auditing, and production support procedures.
Active CompTIA Security+ Certification is required.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field.
Ability to collaborate with developers, DBAs, analysts, infra teams, and application owners.
Experience with Exadata, Database Vault, Label Security and large-scale data migration is highly preferred.
TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) is required.

Responsibilities

Debug and resolve complex SQL, PL/SQL, data-processing and production issues across environments.
Review, rewrite and optimize existing SQL/PL/SQL code for performance and scalability.
Develop ad hoc queries and scripts for investigations, reporting and data validation.
Develop and maintain PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, triggers and batch jobs.
Monitor and maintain data feeds and integrations involving Oracle databases, NiFi, AWS, APIs and files.
Investigate failed data flows and coordinate resolution with multiple teams.
Perform SQL/PL/SQL performance tuning using execution plans and optimizer tools.
Support database deployments, releases, incident response and post-deployment validation.
Collaborate with Oracle DBAs on RAC, Data Guard, security and recovery initiatives.
Create technical documentation, deployment procedures and runbooks.