Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Job Summary

Our client, a leading Utilities provider, is seeking an experienced Senior Oracle Database Administrator to lead the administration, engineering, modernization, and optimization of enterprise Oracle database environments. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, Golden Gate, performance tuning, large-scale data migrations, and database automation. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing highly available Oracle database platforms supporting business-critical applications.

The ideal candidate will have strong troubleshooting skills, automation expertise, and experience managing multi-"-terabyte databases within complex enterprise ecosystems.

12 Month Contract.

Work location:

Oakland, California – Hybrid. This position is W-2 only. We do not work with third-party firms or C2C arrangements for this role.

• Install, configure, and maintain Oracle Grid Infrastructure, RAC, ASM, and Clusterware environments
• Design and support highly available Oracle database architectures utilizing RAC and Data Guard technologies
• Perform database provisioning, patching, cloning, upgrades, and lifecycle management
• Design, implement, and maintain Oracle Data Guard configurations
• Perform advanced Oracle performance tuning at database, SQL, RAC, ASM, and operating system levels
• Optimize SQL execution plans, partitioning strategies, and workload management
• Troubleshoot RAC interconnect, cluster, locking, and contention issues
• Manage schema upgrades and cross-environment data synchronization activities
• Perform data conversions and database re-platforming initiatives
• Engineer secure data transfer mechanisms utilizing Transportable Table spaces (TTS), Data Pump (EXPDP/IMPDP), and advanced migration methodologies

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline
• 10+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience in large enterprise environments
• Extensive hands-on experience with Oracle 19c Administration, 19c RAC, ASM, Grid Infrastructure, Data Guard, Golden Gate 26ai, RMAN, OEM, AIX, LINUX, High Availability and Disaster Recovery architectures, Ansible Automation and Infrastructure as Code
• Database performance tuning, SQL and PL/SQL development, Shell scripting, Large-scale database migrations

• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Oracle Certified Master (OCM)
• Experience with Oracle Golden Gate 26AI
• Microservices Knowledge
• Knowledge of Database Migration Services (DMS)
• Experience with UC4 workload automation solutions

Pay Range:
The approximate pay range for this position is between $75.00 and $97.00. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans.

Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP) 401K offered.