Sr. SRE-Oracle DBA

Oracle Corporation; Reston (VA); Sur place; USD 102 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

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

Résumé du poste

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.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

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

Outils

Exadata

Description du poste

• Does this position require a security clearance? Yes
• Years 6 to 10+ years
• Applicants Less than 10 applicants
• Additional Info Visa / work permit sponsorship is not available for this position
• Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English

Job Description

We are constantly pushing to define and develop the end-to-end automation of complex workflows found in day-to-day management of the Recovery Service. This team will keep you learning and, on your toes, delivering mission critical services that our customers depend on.

Work with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team on the shared full stack ownership of a collection of services and/or technology areas. Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of production services.

Responsible for the design and delivery of the mission critical stack, with focus on security, resiliency, scale, and performance. Authority for end-to-end performance and operability. Partner with development teams in defining and implementing improvements in service architecture.

Articulate technical characteristics of services and technology areas and guide Development Teams to engineer and add premier capabilities to the Oracle Cloud service portfolio. Understand and communicate the scale, capacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of the service and technology stack. Demonstrate clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles.

Act as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Utilize a deep understanding of service topology and their dependencies required to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations.

Understand and explain the effect of product architecture decisions on distributed systems. Professional curiosity and a desire to develop a deep understanding of services and technologies.

This Position will require being available for Shifts and Weekends.

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Responsibilities

Relevant skills include ability to:

Manage, maintain, and optimize mission-critical Oracle database environments.

This role is responsible for ensuring database availability, performance, security, and recoverability across on-premises and/or cloud-based systems.

The ideal candidate has strong expertise in Oracle technologies, RMAN backup/recovery, Linux systems, and high-availability architectures such as RAC and Data Guard, with experience in Exadata environments highly preferred.

Required Skills:

• Must Possess U.S. CITIZENSHIP and ACTIVE TS/SCI W/POLY SECURITY CLEARANCE To Be Eligible for Consideration
• Willing to workShifts and Weekends
• Strong experience with Oracle Database (11g/12c/19c or later)
• Expertise in RMAN backup and recovery, including restore and disaster recovery scenarios
• Hands-on experience with Oracle RAC and/or Data Guard
• Shell scripting (Bash)
• System performance tools (top, vmstat, iostat)
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills
• Experience with performance tuning (AWR, ASH, execution plans)
• Knowledge of Oracle architecture (SGA, PGA, redo/undo, etc.)
• Experience with database patching and upgrades
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Preferred But not Required Qualifications

Prior SRE experience managing production cloud services.

Prior experience in releasing and maintaining cloud services.

Production experience managing systems or database environment.

Experience with a general-purpose systems language such as: Python, Perl, Unix Shell and/or database language SQL, PL/SQL,Rust

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $102,300 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC4

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