DBA

Summary

Join ARC Group as a remote Oracle DBA, working Eastern Time zone business hours with occasional onsite visits. This contract position, running through February 2026 with potential extension, offers strong career growth within a well-respected organization. The Advanced IT Database Administrator will provide consultation on database management and administration, performing detailed data flow analysis to ensure efficiency. Responsibilities include administering database systems to protect data integrity and availability, maintaining complex query languages, and designing backup and recovery schemes. The role requires extensive experience with Oracle databases, AIX and Linux systems, and various database technologies. The ideal candidate will possess strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to data security.

Requirements

• 5+ year's professional experience as an Oracle Database Administrator with strong working knowledge of Operational/Systems DBA to setup and support Oracle 12c/19c databases in RAC and Non-RAC environment on IBM Power (AIX) Systems
• Must have knowledge of JSM/SOC2/HITRUST audit requirements and working knowledge of DISA STIGS
• Hands on working experience on Cloud infrastructure (OCI), supporting ATP databases
• In depth knowledge of the Oracle database architecture, hands on configuration experience
• Working knowledge of Fleet Maintenance for Oracle
• Experienced in installing, configuring, and upgrading Oracle databases and clusters. In v19c
• Experience in working container databases, Golden Gate
• Experience in configuring and supporting Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Experience in deploying Oracle on AIX Power 10-11/ Linux-RHEL 7/8/9 and good understanding of operating system concepts of AIX and Linux (RHEL)
• Good knowledge of capacity planning and architecture design for database server deployment
• Proven experience in working in a mission critical environment in a multi-terabyte database platform
• Working knowledge of architecting, configuring, setting up data guard for HA solution
• Experience in setting up backups using RMAN
• Perform routine maintenance on several database environments including application of updates, patches, and hotfixes
• Installation/configuration and implementation of custom scripts for monitoring and Performance Dashboard
• Creating databases, migrating database objects from non-production to production environment
• Designing and building data models, schemas, views, and tables to support application requirements
• Working knowledge of Database Security mechanism, data encryption, obfuscation, auditing using tools such as Guardium
• Extensive experience designing and executing backup and recovery concepts and procedures
• Measure database performance and troubleshoot complex database issues, I/O bottlenecks, SQL Tuning
• Experience in using Splunk, Nimsoft for Availability and performance
• Good understanding of licensing options and optimization
• Experience in scripting languages (shell or python or Perl) for automating DBA administrative tasks
• Experience with automation tools such as Control-M
• Experience in implementing Oracle STIG implementation, testing, and other vulnerability remediation
• In-depth knowledge of IT industry database technologies and processes and business applications integrated with database technologies
• Provide 24 x 7 Support to Critical production systems
• Knowledge of Project Management Methodologies
• Experience in working closely with the application development teams to resolve any performance related issues and provide application support
• Bachelor's degree in an IT related field or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation related to database management and administration
• Perform detailed data flow analysis ensuring the highest levels of efficiency in database and query design in distributed data flows
• Administer database systems to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data
• Maintain, control and testing of complex databases which provide orderly methods of data storage and controlled access to data
• Maintain complex query language for established database systems, design and execute backup and recovery schemes and implement disaster recovery procedures
• Serve as a subject matter expert providing consultation to end-users and project team members on database management, query development, system requirements and database change management initiatives and providing technical guidance to other DBAs

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Database Administration Certification
• Added advantage of knowledge of administration of MongoDB Postgres, LDAP/OUD, MySQL
• Working knowledge of Oracle cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and ATP databases