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Oracle Database Administrator

TekShapersOaks, PA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 23 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Elevate your Oracle DBA career with this impactful role at TekShapers, offering significant growth and skill development opportunities within a reputable company. You'll thrive here if you possess extensive experience in Oracle and Exadata administration, performance tuning, and backup/recovery strategies, making you an ideal candidate to contribute to critical database operations. Apply today to leverage your expertise in this dynamic on-site hybrid position.

Quick Overview

Work Type
On Site
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Role: Oracle Database Administrator

Location: Oaks, PA

Type : Contract

Need candidate to work onsite from Day 1 (Hybrid 3 days onsite per week)

Experience: 09+ years

Required Skills

  • Minimum 10+ years of Oracle DBA experience with production support background
  • Hands-on experience in Oracle Database Administration including installation, patching, and upgrades
  • Experience with Oracle Exadata Administration
  • Strong expertise in SQL profiling, performance tuning, database monitoring, backup & restore
  • Experience with Data Guard and Grid Control toolset
  • Experience with Oracle Goldengate replication
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-hosted Oracle databases (OCI, Azure)
  • Knowledge of DR setup, replication, and disaster recovery exercises
  • Experience with automation tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, GitLab Runner
  • Proficiency in scripting (Shell, Python, Perl)
  • Knowledge of Git/code management practices
  • Strong understanding of monitoring tools
  • Understanding of ITIL processes
  • Strong technical knowledge in database domain with exposure to complementary infrastructures

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage Oracle database infrastructure including installation, upgrades, patching, and maintenance
  • Provide technical database support across infrastructure, applications, and related processes
  • Perform performance tuning, monitoring, backup, and recovery activities
  • Manage replication technologies (Data Guard, Goldengate) and DR readiness
  • Participate in planning, design, and development of technical specifications and documentation
  • Support application development by providing inputs on database design and emerging technologies
  • Troubleshoot and resolve user issues, enforce standards, and provide operational support
  • Execute and support DR drills and ensure business continuity readiness
  • Utilize monitoring tools effectively to ensure system health and uptime
  • Collaborate with teams and mentor junior resources in production support

Good-to-Have Skills

  • Knowledge of finance/banking domain, data structures, and terminology
  • Experience with other databases such as SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
  • Understanding of identity frameworks
  • Relevant technical certifications
  • Strong learning agility and ability to adapt to new technologies
  • Good communication and teamwork skills
  • Experience working in fast-paced production environments
Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Skills

MongoDB
Oracle
SQL
SQL Server
Shell
Ansible
Azure
Git
Jenkins
Perl
PostgreSQL
Python

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