Senior Oracle Database Administrator

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Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA working on software projects or complex health systems
• Previous programming experience using shell script to drive automation
• Active Security+ certification preferred
• Experience working in a federal government agency environment preferred
• Previous leadership experience highly desired

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, deploy, and secure Oracle databases and recognize potential enhancements or limitations of new software utilized within their area of expertise/tasking.
• Performs maintenance of application configuration files and kernel parameters
• Automate system deployments and integrations with pipelines while applying the best-in-class orchestration and high availability principles to databases and associated applications
• Secure database environments according to NIST and DHA standards, including encryption of data at rest, in-transit and in-use with certificates and encryption and application of STIGs.
• Assists with training and presenting to various audiences utilizing I.T. applications and government policy and procedures.
• Ability to synthesize and evaluate information from a variety of sources, prepare documents, and provide insight to allow leadership to make timely and accurate decisions.
• Accurately and reliably create backup, restoration, and recovery of the application systems including, but not limited to, configuration files, settings, processes, permissions.
• Execute archive and data retention tasks to migrate data between tiers of storage to meet performance objectives and data retention requirements.
• Responsible for testing and installation of all IAVA compliance items.
• Performs troubleshooting, tuning, problem diagnosis, and problem resolution as needed.