[Hiring] Senior Oracle DBA @AET FEDERAL INC

Role Description

AET Federal is seeking a Senior Oracle DBA to join a four-person team supporting a federal agency's server-based applications. The team includes a Senior and Mid-Level DBA for Oracle and the same pair for SQL Server.

The Senior Oracle DBA serves as the Oracle Team Lead and is responsible for:

• Oracle database administration
• Performance, availability, backup and recovery
• Disaster recovery, patching, and critical incident response
• Providing technical guidance to the Mid-Level Oracle DBA

Key Responsibilities

• Oracle administration and monitoring
  • Administer and monitor production and non-production Oracle database environments
  • Support Oracle Database, Grid Infrastructure, ASM, and RAC
  • Monitor database health, availability, storage, backups, and performance
  • Troubleshoot complex database, application, and connectivity issues
  • Manage ServiceNow incidents, requests, and changes
• Maintenance and performance
  • Plan and perform Oracle patching, upgrades, installations, and scheduled maintenance
  • Perform routine database maintenance, including tablespace, statistics, storage, security, and user administration
  • Diagnose and resolve performance issues using AWR, ASH, ADDM, alert logs, and execution plans
  • Tune SQL/PLSQL, indexes, optimizer statistics, and database configurations
• Backup, recovery and disaster recovery
  • Manage and validate Oracle RMAN backup and recovery procedures
  • Perform RMAN restores, recovery testing, and point-in-time recovery
  • Lead failover and disaster recovery testing and execute recovery procedures
  • Support high-availability environments using RAC and Data Guard
  • Maintain DR runbooks and document recovery testing
• Leadership and collaboration
  • Lead response to critical production incidents and perform root-cause analysis
  • Provide technical guidance to the Mid-Level Oracle DBA
  • Coordinate with application, infrastructure, and technical teams
  • Maintain database documentation, procedures, and recovery plans
  • Contribute to weekly support reporting and remain available on Microsoft Teams during core hours

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on Oracle database administration experience
• Strong experience with Oracle Database, Grid Infrastructure, ASM, and RAC
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills
• Hands-on experience with Oracle RMAN backup, restore, and recovery
• Experience executing database recovery, failover, and disaster recovery testing
• Strong Oracle performance tuning experience using AWR, ASH, ADDM, and execution plans
• Experience with Oracle patching, upgrades, maintenance, and production support
• Experience leading critical database incidents and root-cause analysis
• Experience with ServiceNow or a comparable ITSM tool
• Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills
• Willing and able to pass a federal background investigation
• Able to work 8 hours per day within 7:30 AM–6:00 PM ET, with occasional scheduled after-hours work
• Willing to sign a letter of commitment for this proposal
• This is a remote position.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Competitive salary