Oracle Database Administrator, Senior (GT26081008)

Global Science & Technology Inc•Arlington, VA

2d•$135,000 - $155,000•Hybrid

About The Position

GST, LLC is seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator. This role will be responsible for performing day-to-day database administrative tasks for the different NASA NSPIRES Oracle databases under the NRESS II contract and support the teams that use them. Applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the NSPIRES system (https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/) prior to applying. This position has been approved for a local remote schedule, but the individual should be flexible if in person meetings in the Arlington, VA office is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's in computer science or related field
10 years of general experience, including 5 years of experience with DBMS, systems design and analysis, operating system software, and internal and data manipulation language.
Years towards degree can substitute for experience.
Applicants will be subject to a government background investigation.
This position will require working with IT systems that contain export-controlled information.
Eligible candidates must be a US Citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

Responsibilities

Experience with backup, restore and recovery of databases including the use of RMAN (Oracle Recovery Manager)
Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools
Experience with Oracle 19G, the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, and MySQL
Creating Oracle databases according to established parameters
Performing upgrades of the database and software to new release levels
Managing the storage structures of the database, the users, and security
Managing database objects, such as tables, indexes, and views
Backing up the database and performing recovery operations when necessary
Monitoring the state of the database and taking preventive or corrective action as required
Monitoring and tuning database performance
Owning, tracking, and resolving database related incidents and requests
Fulfilling requests and resolving incidents within service-level-agreements (SLAs)
Reviewing service-related reports (e.g.: database backups, maintenance, monitoring) on a daily basis to ensure service-related issues are identified and resolved within established SLAs
Responding to database related alerts and escalations, diagnosing and reporting critical errors and working with Oracle Support Services.
Managing, maintaining and backing up a MySQL database
Experience writing scripts in Perl, SQL and the Linux OS
MS Word, Excel, Outlook, SQL Developer
Good communication and documentation skills.