Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS) Database Administrator

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Database Administration, Exadata Administration, Oracle Database, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Exadata Database Machine

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

At GDIT you’ll be a meaningful part of improving how GDIT supports federal agencies in achieving their mission. Our continued success on the HOM Program depends on a Senior Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS) Database Administrator (DBA) joining our team to support our existing DBA team members in performing at the highest levels for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Financial Management Systems Group (FMSG).  

The primary application that GDIT supports on the HOM Program is the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) which is a very large complex system with approximately 3,000 total users, processing an average of 4.5 million transactional claim records per day which equates to over 1.2 billion annually. There is an average of 46,000 new accounts receivable, and 168,000 payments processed per day along with 20,000 queries/reports run daily. Utilizing Oracle Federal Financials as the base application of HIGLAS, it provides CMS with a uniform financial management system to account for over $1 Trillion in outlays for healthcare each year across multiple lines of business.

In this role you will:

• Support our mission critical production environments including our validation, test, and development environments.
• Support mission critical production systems, to include being available as needed for off-hour deployments over nights and weekends; or to support on-call team members. 
• Support Oracle EBS 12.2.x Database 19c RAC and Data Guard Databases along with other applications and databases
• Automate routine DBA tasks using Python, shell scripts, and Ansible.
• Work collaboratively with functional teams, infrastructure teams, security teams, and external vendors.
• Provide solutions to improve system performance tuning/optimization.
• Support capacity planning and forecasting
• Proactively monitor and quickly address identified application or system issues
• Clone, patch and upgrade the Oracle DB & eBusiness Suite (EBS)/HIGLAS
• Backup and restore the database and applications
• Maintain and support the synchronization of our production and disaster recovery (DR) environments
• Support migrations of data and code to various environments

What you’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or technical discipline
• 8+ years’ experience supporting Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS) applications and environments (installation, configuration, upgrade, patching) in a R12.2.x environment with Database 19c.
• Deep understanding of Oracle databases, Exadata environments, RAC, Data Guard, and backup/recovery processes.
• Experience supporting middleware applications including Hyperion/EPM, ECC, BIAPPS/OBIEE, Tableau, SOA, Incorta, and analytics platforms.
• Experience with managing enterprise identity solutions including Oracle OAM, OID, and OIG is a plus
• Experience in designing, developing, and testing updates and new enhancements within RDBMS and Oracle DB concepts.
• Capacity planning and High Availability (HA) configuration with DR setup and configuration experience
• Ability to diagnose complex production issues under pressure and lead cross‑functional incident response.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in large‑scale enterprise environments supporting mission‑critical financial or ERP systems.
• Knowledge and expertise in Shell, Perl scripting and/or Python, Ansible scripting
• Strong experience of Exadata Engineered Systems
• Knowledge of Oracle cloud will be a plus

Attributes for Success:

• Consultative and proactive Mindset for solving problems and presenting solutions to our team and our customers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Being a Team Player, including flexibility to support others when needed

LOCATION: Remote

CLEARANCE:

Ability to obtain a Public Trust: candidate must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years and pass a public trust background investigation.

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $129,813 - $175,375. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.