Oracle Platform Administrator IV

The Giant Company

$92K — $138K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience administering container or shared enterprise platforms.
  • 5+ years of experience in Database Oracle Engineering/DBA roles.
  • Experience supporting 24/7 database environments.
  • Extensive experience with RMAN, HADR, Data Guard, and data management tools.
  • Proven ability as an Oracle database analyst, engineer, or architect.
  • Strong troubleshooting, communication, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead upgrades and policy rollouts on Oracle database clusters.
  • Optimize database performance and reliability through tuning and autoscaling.
  • Automate provisioning and compliance checks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Implement security management practices aligned with enterprise standards.
  • Mentor junior teammates on advanced incident resolution and troubleshooting.
  • Maintain accurate documentation and service health dashboards.
  • Conduct SQL reviews for performance enhancement.

Benefits

  • Flexible/hybrid work schedule with remote options.
  • Opportunity to work in a senior position leading platform administration and optimization.
  • Engagement with engineering and product teams on high availability projects.
  • Potential for professional growth through mentoring and leadership opportunities.
Full Job Description
Primary Purpose

The Oracle Platform Administrator IV is a senior practitioner who leads complex platform changes, optimizes performance, and advances automation to our Oracle database systems. The role partners with engineering and product teams to sustain high availability and consistent service quality.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations are Salisbury, NC & Quincy, MA.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Lead cluster upgrades, node pool changes, ingress/egress updates, and policy rollouts.
  • Optimize resource utilization and platform reliability via tuning, quotas, and autoscaling.
  • Automate provisioning, configuration, and compliance checks with IaC and GitOps.
  • Implement secrets management, RBAC, and image/security controls aligned to enterprise standards.
  • Resolve advanced incidents and mentor junior teammates on troubleshooting and RCAs.
  • Maintain high quality documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and CMDB accuracy.
  • Monitor SLOs/SLIs, capacity, and health dashboards; recommend corrective actions.
  • Support lifecycle planning (upgrades, deprecation, refresh) and multi tenant governance.
  • Configure and deliver end-to-end support for database servers and data services running on AIX, Linux, Windows, VMware platform and Cloud for product development teams.
  • Conducts SQL reviews to optimize application performance and efficiency.
  • Coaches and mentors' teams on the efficient use of SQL and database services.


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent years of work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience administering container or shared enterprise platforms.
  • 5+ years of Database Oracle Engineering/DBA experience.
  • Experience supporting 24/7 databases.
  • Extensive experience in RMAN, HADR, Data Guard, and Data-Domain or Rubrik.
  • Experience as an Oracle database analyst, engineer, or architect.
  • Experience with development and design in the database space.
  • Experience designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing Oracle database instances, objects, software, and related components.
  • Extensive knowledge in creating and maintaining well performing physical database structures.
  • Strong skills in observability, incident response, and change controls.
  • Effective communication, incident leadership, and mentoring capabilities.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Relevant certifications (CKA/CKAD/OpenShift) and experience with service mesh or API gateways.
  • Certification in Oracle, Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps
  • Experience with Backup and Recovery tools - Rubrik or Cohesity or TSM.
  • Experience with windows scripts, programing languages, or Unix shell scripts.
  • Experience in supporting vendors delivered software products.
  • Experience with Datadog & general systems monitoring tools for databases and data services.
  • Retail industry background is a plus.


ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $92,640 - $138,960

IL/MA/MD/NY Salary Range: $106,480- $159,720

All ADUSA job offers take multiple factors into consideration including, but not limited to salary range, internal equity, a candidate's qualifications, geographic region, job-related knowledge and skills.

This position is eligible for an incentive bonus based on company performance as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.

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