Oracle DBA

Tech Partners•Tulsa, OK

21h•$140,000 - $140,000•Remote

About The Position

Our client is hiring a hands-on Oracle DBA to be the primary database administrator on a small, high-trust Database Services team. This is a mostly remote role - the Manager is onsite in Tulsa roughly once a week, and you'll have the flexibility to work remotely from Tulsa, OK, or Tempe/Phoenix, AZ. That flexibility comes with real accountability: you'll own the environment day to day, with the Manager acting as a secondary DBA and organizational point of contact rather than someone directing your daily work. This is a great fit for someone who wants genuine technical ownership without a lot of management overhead - you're trusted to run the environment, make the calls, and be the expert in the room.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on Oracle DBA experience in production environments
Proven, hands-on production experience with Oracle RAC (specifically a 2-node cluster) and Data Guard - this is a core requirement, not a nice-to-have
Strong Oracle 19c (or comparable recent version) administration expertise
Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills - able to read and write production code, not just execute scripts
Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager, AWR, ASH, ADDM, and execution plan analysis
Demonstrated ability to work independently and self-manage - this role has minimal day-to-day oversight, so a self-starter mindset is essential
Comfortable operating with broad technical ownership on a small, lean team

Nice To Haves

Oracle patching and version upgrade planning/execution
Index lifecycle management, partitioning, and large table reorganization
SQL Plan Management (SPM) and SQL Profiles
Connection pool administration (DRCP or shared server)
Lower environment refresh design/automation
Oracle APEX and/or ORDS administration
Experience with infrastructure or storage migrations
Strong documentation and runbook-writing habits
OCP certification or equivalent
Background in financial services or transaction-processing environments

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary Oracle DBA for a production RAC environment with Data Guard standby
Monitor and tune performance using OEM, AWR, ASH, and ADDM
Manage storage, capacity planning, and tablespace health
Own the patching and version management schedule
Own incident response - diagnose root cause and implement durable fixes, not band-aids
Manage backup/recovery procedures alongside the infrastructure team
Resolve SQL plan instability using SPM baselines and SQL Profiles
Design indexing strategies based on real application usage patterns
Tune connection pools, RAC-specific configuration, and parallel execution
Diagnose and remediate locking, contention, and wait event issues
Manage Oracle accounts, roles, profiles, and least-privilege service accounts
Enforce session controls, password policies, and audit configuration
Partner with developers on stored procedure design and code review
Build out DBA documentation, runbooks, and operational standards
Work with application, dev, and infrastructure teams
Coordinate with the external infrastructure vendor on migration work
Weigh in on architecture decisions and project planning