Senior Oracle DB Engineer – Cloud & Hybrid Platforms

Guidehouse Inc.

United States

On-site

USD 106,000 - 176,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. is seeking a Database Engineer (Oracle & Cloud Platforms) to support enterprise database services in a secure federal hybrid-cloud environment, ensuring performance, availability, security, and reliability of production databases.

You will administer Oracle databases, patch, upgrade, tune performance, manage backups, and address security concerns while supporting cloud services like Azure and Tessell, and driving automation and IaC initiatives.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree; additional four (4) years of relevant experience may substitute for degree.
Six (6+) years of experience in database administration, database engineering, or related technical roles.
Hands-on experience administering Oracle database environments in production settings.
Experience with: Oracle DB administration and lifecycle management; performance monitoring, analysis, and tuning; backup and recovery operations; high availability and resiliency solutions; patches and upgrades.
Experience supporting mission-critical or business-critical database environments with stringent availability, security, and performance requirements.
Experience supporting databases within cloud, managed-service, virtualized, or hybrid-cloud environments.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and customer-service skills.
Demonstrated ability to adapt to evolving technologies, cloud modernization initiatives, and changing operational requirements.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or other federal government clearance as required.

Responsibilities

Administer, maintain, and support production Oracle databases, including configuration management, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management.
Serve as a senior escalation point for complex Oracle database incidents and operational challenges.
Support and maintain database workloads hosted on cloud and managed database platforms, including Microsoft Azure and Tessell.
Participate in database modernization initiatives, migrations, and cloud adoption efforts.
Design, implement, and maintain automation solutions leveraging scripting, APIs, configuration management, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) technologies.
Troubleshoot issues that span database, infrastructure, application, cloud, and security domains while collaborating with cross-functional technical teams.
Support additional database technologies, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server, as operational requirements evolve.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, automation artifacts, and knowledge transfer materials to support effective primary and secondary coverage.
Perform work in accordance with Incident Management, Change Management, Problem Management, vulnerability remediation, security compliance, and DevSecOps practices.
Support highly available, business-critical production environments requiring reliable 24x7 operations.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, service reliability, automation, and customer satisfaction.