Senior Oracle Exadata DBA – High Availability & Cloud Ready

bkconsulting; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

bkconsulting is seeking a Database Administrator in McLean, VA to lead hands-on database engineering for high-volume data processing. The role requires current Oracle Exadata experience and a track record across the full lifecycle from design to upgrade and patching.

Ideal candidates have strong PL/SQL/SQL skills, experience with Oracle engineered systems, and familiarity with data security and vulnerability remediation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in CS/IT or equivalent.
• Hands-on lifecycle of database engineering and administration including design, install, migrate, maintain, backup/recover, patch and upgrade.
• Experience with database security analysis and vulnerability remediation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure database backups are performed and valid.
• Perform data migrations and account management tasks as requested by data owners.
• Ensure security requirements are met including changes and vulnerability scans.
• Patch engineered and OEM systems as required.
• Monitor database performance and take corrective action as needed.

Skills

PL/SQL

SQL

Scripting

High availability

Cloud transition

NoSQL

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT or equivalent technical discipline

Tools

Exadata

Oracle Engineered Systems

OEM

Job description

bkconsulting is seeking a Database Administrator in McLean, VA to lead hands-on database engineering for high-volume data processing. The role requires current Oracle Exadata experience and a track record across the full lifecycle from design to upgrade and patching.

Ideal candidates have strong PL/SQL/SQL skills, experience with Oracle engineered systems, and familiarity with data security and vulnerability remediation.