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Senior Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

TOPSYSITSt. Louis, MO🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 14, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This long-term contract offers a fantastic opportunity to leverage your extensive Oracle DBA expertise, including GoldenGate and cloud exposure, to support critical systems within a reputable company. You'll thrive in this hybrid role if you possess a strong background in performance tuning and database management, with the flexibility to work both onsite and remotely. This is an excellent chance to further develop your skills and contribute to impactful projects.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
St. Louis, MO, United States
Posted
19 hours ago
OracleSQLAWSAzureGoogle Cloud

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

Location: St. Louis, MO Hybrid (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Experience: 10+ Years

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced Oracle Database Administrator to support mission-critical database environments across development, test, and production systems. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on Oracle DBA expertise, Oracle GoldenGate experience, cloud exposure, and a background in large enterprise environments.

Required Skills:

  • 10+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA.

  • Hands-on experience with Oracle GoldenGate.

  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, OCI, or Google Cloud Platform.

  • Strong SQL tuning and query optimization skills.

  • Experience troubleshooting database performance issues.

  • Expertise in database health checks, monitoring, backup, recovery, patching, and maintenance.

  • Strong knowledge of database security, availability, and performance management.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Administer Oracle databases across development, test, and production environments.

  • Perform proactive monitoring, daily health checks, and routine maintenance.

  • Troubleshoot database issues and implement performance improvements.

  • Optimize SQL queries and analyze database performance.

  • Manage database backups, recovery, patching, and security.

  • Perform capacity planning and recommend database best practices.

  • Collaborate with application owners, developers, architects, and infrastructure teams.

  • Participate in an on-call rotation approximately once every six weeks.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Oracle database migrations and upgrades.

  • Background supporting large enterprise database environments.

  • Experience leading or managing technical teams.

  • Knowledge of forecasting, roadmapping, budgeting, and maintenance contracts.

Soft Skills:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Strong ownership, accountability, and problem-solving abilities.

  • Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable working independently and collaboratively.

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