Senior SRE Oracle DBA: Secure, High-Availability Ops

Oracle Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short/Long term disability

Life insurance and AD&D

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Oracle Corporation is seeking a Senior Oracle DBA to own and optimize mission-critical database environments across on-premises and cloud platforms. You will ensure availability, performance, security, and recoverability while collaborating with development teams to improve service architecture.

The role requires TS/SCI with poly, shifts/weekends availability, and strong RMAN, RAC, and Data Guard experience. Exadata familiarity is highly preferred for this position.

Qualifications

• US citizenship and TS/SCI with poly required for eligibility.
• Willing to work shifts and weekends.
• Strong experience with Oracle Database (11g/12c/19c or later).
• RMAN backup and recovery expertise including DR scenarios.
• Hands-on with Oracle RAC and Data Guard.
• Shell scripting (Bash) and system performance tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, and optimize mission-critical Oracle database environments.
• Ensure database availability, performance, security, and recoverability across on-premises and cloud-based systems.
• Expertise in Oracle technologies, RMAN, Linux, and high-availability architectures such as RAC and Data Guard (preferred with Exadata).
• Troubleshoot complex issues; act as escalation point and define mitigations.
• Explain the effect of product architecture decisions on distributed systems.
• Be available for shifts and weekends.

Skills

US citizenship

TS/SCI with poly

Oracle Database

RMAN backup and recovery

Linux systems

Oracle RAC

Data Guard

Shell scripting

SQL/PLSQL

AWR/ASH

Performance tuning

Oracle architecture (SGA, PGA)

Database patching/upgrades

Troubleshooting

Python/Perl/Unix shell

Tools

Exadata

Job description

Oracle Corporation is seeking a Senior Oracle DBA to own and optimize mission-critical database environments across on-premises and cloud platforms. You will ensure availability, performance, security, and recoverability while collaborating with development teams to improve service architecture.

The role requires TS/SCI with poly, shifts/weekends availability, and strong RMAN, RAC, and Data Guard experience. Exadata familiarity is highly preferred for this position.