ECS is seeking an Oracle DBA (Senior) to work in our Pittsburgh, PA office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.Job Description:ECS is seeking a qualified Oracle DBA (Senior) to support transformative science and technology solutions for the Department of Energy.This position will work as part of a large team providing infrastructure and operations support leveraging emerging industry best practices. The Senior DBA is able to communicate with management, technicians, and end-users to evaluate need prior to development of an automated solution. The DBA designs, creates, and maintains databases in a client/server environment and conducts quality control and auditing of databases in a client/server environment to ensure accurate and appropriate use of data and advises users on access to various client/server databases. The Senior Database Administrator applies knowledge and experience with Oracle database technologies, development methodologies, back-end programming languages (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL) and performs database programming to include supporting systems design.Responsibilities:
- Determining the cause of problems both in terms of functionality and performance, to include providing after action reports with root cause analysis.
- Identifying corrective actions for database issues.
- Coordinating database solution implementation.
- Providing end-to-end support for build and deployment activities.
- Conducting data migrations across the various environments.
- Providing support for Configuration, Change, and Release Management (CCRM) activities.
- Provide on-call problem resolution and support.
- Performance tuning of database instances across various applications.
- Creating database schemas and associated configurations.
- Creating scripts to support DB creation and related activities.
- Generating and maintaining scripts to automate common operations & maintenance tasks.
- Providing end-to-end support for production and alternate production deployment activities.
- Troubleshooting database related issues across environments.
- The ideal candidate has the ability to work with very large Oracle databases ranging up to 150TB+ in size and to cope with expected stress. The ability to communicate in an amiable fashion with developers and managers alike. Must have a passion for achieving successful outcomes for every project and task.
- Master's Degree in software engineering, computer engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related field AND four years of experience working on ORACLE databases performing modeling and administration
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- Bachelor's Degree in software engineering, computer engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related field AND six years of experience working on ORACLE databases performing modeling and administration
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- Ten years of experience working on ORACLE databases performing modeling and administration
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret or DOE Q clearance throughout the life of the contract
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must currently live in Pittsburgh, PA or willing to relocate