- Provide technical leadership and operational ownership for Oracle database platforms across production, non-production, standby, replication, and disaster recovery environments.
- Lead initiatives that improve database availability, scalability, security, and operational resilience through architecture, automation, and continuous improvement.
- Drive operational excellence through proactive monitoring, incident management, capacity planning, root cause analysis, problem management, and service reliability improvements.
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available database architectures using Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM, GoldenGate, and related technologies.
- Ensure backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies are regularly validated, tested, and continuously improved.
- Plan and execute database upgrades, patching, security updates, and lifecycle management activities with minimal business disruption.
- Optimize database performance through SQL tuning, indexing strategies, partitioning, compression, workload analysis, and performance diagnostics.
- Develop automation that streamlines database provisioning, maintenance, monitoring, compliance validation, and operational workflows using scripting and infrastructure automation tools.
- Lead database modernization initiatives, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Exadata, Autonomous Database adoption, and cloud migration efforts.
- Collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, security, and product organizations to resolve complex technical challenges, influence architectural decisions, and deliver strategic platform capabilities.
- Establish engineering standards, operational runbooks, documentation, and best practices that improve reliability, consistency, observability, and maintainability.
- Mentor engineers and database administrators through technical leadership, design reviews, knowledge sharing, and operational guidance.
- Partner with Oracle and third-party vendors to resolve complex database and infrastructure issues while ensuring platform stability and supportability.
- Leverage AI-assisted engineering practices to improve database operations, troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and operational decision-making.
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled workflows for incident triage, log analysis, SQL optimization, runbook generation, knowledge management, and operational analytics.
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive operational tasks using AI-assisted tooling while improving quality, consistency, and reducing operational risk.
- Champion responsible AI usage by ensuring adherence to enterprise security, privacy, intellectual property, compliance, and governance standards.
- Promote AI-assisted engineering practices that enhance productivity while maintaining operational excellence, customer trust, and service reliability.
- 8+ years of experience administering Oracle databases supporting mission-critical production environments.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
- Extensive experience administering Oracle Database on Linux/UNIX platforms.
- Strong expertise in:
- Oracle Database Administration
- Oracle RAC
- Oracle ASM
- Oracle Data Guard
- Oracle GoldenGate
- RMAN Backup and Recovery
- Database Performance Tuning
- SQL Optimization
- Database Security
- Database Upgrades and Patching
- Experience supporting highly available production environments with strong operational discipline and change management practices.
- Proficiency in Shell scripting and experience with Python and/or Perl.
- Experience troubleshooting complex production issues across database, operating system, storage, and networking layers.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence architectural decisions, and mentor engineers in a collaborative environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to engineering teams, cross-functional stakeholders, and leadership.
- Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Database Services.
- Experience with Oracle Exadata and Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA).
- Experience with Oracle Autonomous Database.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation frameworks.
- Experience with observability and monitoring platforms, including enterprise monitoring, telemetry, and performance analytics.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, REST APIs, JSON, and modern platform integration technologies.
- Strong understanding of Linux internals, storage architecture, networking, and system performance.
- Experience supporting regulated, security-sensitive, or highly available enterprise platforms, preferably within healthcare or other regulated industries.
- Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevSecOps principles.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, or related field AND 7 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, or related field AND 5 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, or related field. AND 4 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering
Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
Database Management Demonstrated ability to deploy, tune, and support high-availability databases.
Database Migration Demonstrated experience planning and executing database migrations with minimal disruption.
Incident Management and Response Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of incident management and response, including timely handling and escalation of incidents to minimize business impact.
Problem Solving Demonstrated ability to systematically analyze issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.
Quality Assurance Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
Self Development Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional growth through learning and feedback.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
11 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, or related field AND 7 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, or related field AND 5 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, or related field AND 3 years of experience in database administration, computer software, electronics, or computer system engineering.
Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
Change Control Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of change control, including assessing risks and coordinating structured modifications to products or services.
Data Integration Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of data integration, including specifying and using services to load and manage data from various sources.
Data Replication Demonstrated experience managing data replication solutions to ensure data reliability and availability.
Database Security Demonstrated proficiency in administering database security controls and compliance.
DevOps Demonstrated ability to apply CI/CD, automation, and collaboration practices to streamline software delivery.
Distributed Systems Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of distributed systems, including designing or managing scalable, secure, and highly available software systems.
Release and Deployment Demonstrated ability to coordinate releases and deployments to deliver enhancements with minimal disruption.