Oracle Database Administrator

Title: Oracle DBA

Location: Radford United States

Job Description:

Job#: 3016677

Job Description:

Onsite Requirement:

An average of 40 hours per week with a blend of onsite and telework. Currently, a minimum of 2 days of onsite work per week is required, and telework is allowed 3 days a week. Depending on customer workload, there may be occasions when more than 2 days a week for onsite work will be required.

Required Certifications:  

·        DoD 8570 IAT Level II (eg: CompTIA Security+, SSCP, etc )

·        Oracle Database Certification

Position Requirements: 

Oracle DBA: This full-time Oracle database administrator position will challenge the candidate to expand their skillsets and learn new technologies in a fast-paced and friendly environment. The successful candidate remains up-to-date on vendor technologies and recommended best practices in a highly-available, enterprise environment. The successful candidate for this position will be solid in Oracle and familiar with MySQL and EDB PostgreSQL and will share “on call” rotation across a team of 5 DBAs.

Required skills:  

·        Five or more years of experience (including design, installation, configuration, administration, patching, upgrades, tuning, backup and recovery, and troubleshooting) with Oracle Enterprise Database in a Linux environment on virtual servers; similar skills are desired for MySQL and EDB PostgreSQL

·        Oracle 19c including Multitenant, Real Application Cluster (RAC), Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Data Guard, Grid Infrastructure, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Oracle Net, Data Pump, Oracle Database Auditing, Container Databases, and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (ACFS)

·        Strong backup and recovery experience using Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) with Veritas NetBackup

·        Strong performance tuning experience for both transactional and analytical workloads

·        Strong troubleshooting experience utilizing database and operating system capabilities

·        Strong shell scripting experience in PL/SQL

·        Strong bash shell scripting experience in Oracle Enterprise Linux

·        Strong system administration experience

·        Strong documentation skills

·        Strong interpersonal skills

·        Participates in a 24x7 on-call support rotation

Desired Skills:

·        Databases: Oracle 19c or higher, MySQL 8 or higher, PostgreSQL 13.7 or higher

·        Experience with any of the following is beneficial

o  Oracle Application Express

o  Apache Tomcat

o  Microsoft Azure

o  Amazon AWS</p>

·        Shell scripting experience in MySQL, and PL/pgSQL

·        Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and Security Requirements Guides (SRG)

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.