Job Description
Supporting high viability mission environment.

Work Location: Oracle SCIF, or contractor facility in Columbia, Maryland. One day per week at Customer location.

Duty hours are Monday - Friday 8am - 5 pm (flexible). Must be available for after hours and call in support if needed. Note: Project requires scheduled OCB's on Saturday evening on an as needed basis, typically quarterly.

Administer and support Oracle 19c databases in a Data Guard configuration (1 primary, 2 standbys)

Manage and maintain Oracle Data Guard using Data Guard Broker

Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Fast-Start Failover (FSFO) including multiple observers across distributed environments

Perform routine and emergency patching (RU/CPU), including planning, testing, and post-patch validation

Monitor database health, performance, and availability using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

Execute and validate switchover and fail-over operations, including reinstatement of the primary database

Troubleshoot Data Guard issues such as transport/apply lag, archive gaps, and broker-related errors

Maintain backup and recovery processes using RMAN, including support for FRA and flashback features

Strong hands-on experience with Oracle 19c on Linux (non-RAC)

Proven expertise with Data Guard Broker and FSFO in multi-standby environments

Solid experience with Oracle patching and lifecycle management

Working knowledge of OEM for monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis

Experience with RMAN backup/recovery and Flashback Database

Proficiency in Linux administration and shell scripting

Experience supporting multi-site observer configurations

Familiarity with performance tuning (AWR/ASH)

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

Role - Sr. Oracle Database Administrator with 10+ years Oracle database administration experience supporting large scale or enterprise level database services.

10 + years' experience administering to, and engineering solutions with Oracle's database. Extensive experience with database design and modeling; as well as, the collection and interpretation of customer requirements relevant to database migration, troubleshooting, performance observation and tuning.

Significant experience with the production and deployment of RAC, RMAN backup & recovery.

Experience with DB security, Data Guard and / or DB Vault, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, label security, and data migration.

BS in CS or related course of study, or equivalent years' experience.

Must be an independent worker with strong communications skills.

Security + CE required.

Desired: Currently holds or recently held SYS3 PRIVAC level.