Sr Oracle DBA

Linuxnewbieguide; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Sr Oracle DBA for a remote contract position. The successful candidate will be responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and security of production databases including PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and MySQL, supporting operational excellence and customer satisfaction. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and extensive experience in database administration, with a focus on compliance and process improvements. Candidates with a Bachelor's degree and additional experience in Oracle database management will be preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of general database administration experience.
• 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and MySQL databases.
• 2+ years of experience with Oracle database preferred.

Responsibilities

• Play a significant role in the implementation and maintenance of database systems.
• Assist with database performance monitoring and security.
• Participate in on-call support and maintenance activities.

Skills

Database Administration

Performance Tuning

Scripting

Backup and Recovery

Security Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Veritas Netbackup

JIRA

Confluence

HashiCorp Terraform

Job description

Job Title :- Sr Oracle DBA

Location :- CST(100%Remote)

Job Type :- Contract On W2

Only:- W2

Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for using your technical knowledge of professional concepts to solve business problems. We are looking for a talented individual that can work on diverse work tasks and work with others in the department on complex assignments. You will be responsible for evaluating elements of technology's effectiveness through requirements gathering, testing, research and investigation and make recommendations for improvements that result in increased performance and effectiveness.
• As a Database Administrator, you will play a significant role in the implementation and maintenance of PostgreSQL, MariaDB and MySQL production databases. In addition, you will monitor daily database activities and overall performance, growth and tuning configurations as well as the security of the databases. You will assist with process improvements and change activities. We are looking for a self-starter that will maintain established service level agreements to meet customer expectations and quality standards.
• Requires participation in an on-call support (2 weeks on 4 weeks off rotation with other team members), and some monthly maintenance window support.

Required qualifications:

• 5+ years of general database administration experience
• 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL, MariaDB and MySQL databases
• Implement and support tasks such as patching coordination, backup and recovery procedures, access management, database utilities, upgrades and data replication technologies for production and non-production environments.
• Create and maintain scripts to automate tasks such as monitoring, export / import, and reporting.
• Log, schedule and track all changes using change management system tools.
• Responsible for all corrections to the database infrastructure and for repairs to the system or database.
• Protecting our customers and our brands by incorporating security and compliance in all decisions.
• Work with application owners and DBAs to ensure database compliance standards are maintained.

Preferred:

• 2+ years of experience with Oracle database
• Experience with Veritas Netbackup
• Experience with database management on Linux.
• Experience in database performance tuning methodology
• Experience with HashiCorp Terraform
• Knowledge of Linux scripting languages such as python, bash, ksh, etc.
• Experience engineering and supporting cloud databases such as AWS Aurora and Azure database services.
• Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred.