Oracle Database Administrator / Architect (Top Secret/SCI Clearance Required)

North Point Technology is looking to hire an Oracle Database Administrator / Architect to support a mission-critical classified federal program. In this role you will keep enterprise Oracle databases secure, highly available, and performing at peak capacity while also contributing architectural decisions that the customer depends on. An active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.

Responsibilities:

You will administer Oracle Database environments across development, test, and production, handling installation, patching, upgrades, backup and recovery, and performance tuning. You will design, build, and maintain Oracle GoldenGate replication to keep data consistent and current, and manage Oracle databases on Exadata, including patching, capacity planning, and performance monitoring. You will deploy and operate Oracle databases in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and architect database solutions encompassing data models, high availability, disaster recovery, and capacity plans. You will also secure databases to government standards through hardening, auditing, and access controls, and maintain thorough documentation including configurations, runbooks, and recovery procedures.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Oracle Database administration in production environments, including installation, patching, upgrades, backup and recovery, and performance tuning
• SQL and PL/SQL scripting
• Performance and Tuning of Databases
• Database architecture design including data models, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions
• Database security hardening, auditing, and access control implementation to government standards

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Amazon RDS, EC2, S3, EFS, ELB, lambda, cloud formation
• Oracle GoldenGate replication configuration and support
• mysql
• Kinetica
• Linux
• Environment as a Service 2.0 (Ansible, Teraform, Python, Java, Docker, EKS/ECS)
• Edition-Based Redefinition (EBR) for online application upgrades
• Oracle Label Security policy implementation
• Oracle Exadata administration, including patching, capacity planning, and performance monitoring
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) database deployment and management
• Data Warehouse (dimension/aggregation/partition) approaches
• Security+ Certification

Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance