Senior Oracle DBA - Remote & Cloud-Driven Data

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to build and optimize scalable data foundations for its financial healthcare ecosystem. You will handle real-time processing, cloud-native platforms, CI/CD, and security, enabling secure access to financial tools for millions of members.

The role emphasizes Oracle 19c expertise, performance tuning, and documentation. Flexible remote work is offered nationwide with in-office requirements in select locations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of DBA administration experience.
• 5+ years in database design, SQL, and stored procedure development.
• 3+ years participating in team software development projects.
• 2+ years in database design, SQL, and stored procedure development.

Responsibilities

• DBA administration: install/configure/upgrade/patch/migrate; capacity planning, performance tuning, backups.
• Proficiency with network troubleshooting tools.
• Change management including deployment to production across multiple environments.
• 24x7 on-call support with RCA and weekly operations reviews.
• Proactive database monitoring and issue resolution.
• Database and PL/SQL optimization including performance tuning; experience with Oracle 19c.
• Participate in projects involving enterprise systems enhancements.
• Contribute to project design and Oracle database design decisions; refinement and troubleshooting.
• Create and maintain documentation about the database and data architecture.
• Regular proactive capacity planning and reviews of all Oracle databases; produce weekly/monthly reports.
• Project estimation, sizing new environments, and proposing infrastructure costs/resources.
• Develop and implement database security policies aligned with corporate objectives.

Skills

DBA administration

Database design & SQL

Stored procedures

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Oracle 19c

Oracle ExaData

Python

Shell scripting

SQL

PL/SQL

Perl scripting

Oracle GoldenGate

Oracle GoldenGate Micro Services

GitHub

Job description

Optum is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to build and optimize scalable data foundations for its financial healthcare ecosystem. You will handle real-time processing, cloud-native platforms, CI/CD, and security, enabling secure access to financial tools for millions of members.

The role emphasizes Oracle 19c expertise, performance tuning, and documentation. Flexible remote work is offered nationwide with in-office requirements in select locations.