Oracle Exadata Database Administrator

Sparibis • Suitland, MD

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Sparibis LLC is seeking an experienced Oracle Exadata Database Administrator to join their team. This role involves hands-on support for Oracle Exadata on-premises environments, including RAC, ASM, storage cells, compute nodes, patching, partitioning, backup/recovery, and Data Guard. The position also requires managing and supporting AWS RDS PostgreSQL and Oracle RDS production workloads. The administrator will be responsible for lifecycle activities, performance tuning, security compliance, automation, and collaboration with various teams to ensure high availability of production systems. This is a hybrid role with an anticipated on-site requirement of once per week in Suitland, MD, and the ability to travel for project support as needed.

Requirements

• 7+ years professional DBA experience with extensive hands on Oracle Exadata on premises support.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust Security clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT related field.
• Strong experience administering and troubleshooting Oracle 19c multitenant RAC and ASM.
• Proven experience supporting AWS RDS PostgreSQL and AWS RDS Oracle in production environments.
• Expertise with RMAN, Oracle Data Pump, Oracle Backup Design Planning, and database refresh/clone strategies.
• Proficiency with Terraform/CloudFormation, CloudWatch, and AWS cloud ecosystem tools.
• Strong SQL, PL/SQL, and PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL development skills.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, Docker) and automation scripting (Shell, Python, Bash).
• Experience migrating Oracle workloads into AWS or modernizing Oracle/Exadata platforms.

Nice To Haves

• AWS cloud certification or Oracle DBA certification (OCP, OCM, etc.).
• Experience with Oracle Spatial, performance tuning across large-scale enterprise systems, or managing 20+ environment footprints.

Responsibilities

• Administer, optimize, and maintain Oracle Exadata on premises environments including multitenant RAC, ASM, storage cells, compute nodes, patching cycles, partitioning, backup/recovery, transportable tablespaces, and Data Guard/standby deployments.
• Perform lifecycle activities for Oracle environments including provisioning, cloning, upgrades (19c → 26ai), patch set updates, system tuning, incident troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
• Manage and support AWS RDS PostgreSQL and Oracle RDS production workloads, including parameter tuning, backup strategies, snapshot management, CloudWatch monitoring, and performance diagnostics.
• Design and implement PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL functions, queries, and performance tuned procedures for large enterprise datasets.
• Automate deployments and configuration using AWS services (CloudFormation/Terraform, CloudWatch, Lambda, S3) and infrastructure as code best practices.
• Ensure security compliance across on prem and cloud environments, including RMAN encryption, Oracle Wallet/TDE, parameter hardening, AWS IAM/role policies, and alignment with NIST 800 53 and FedRAMP requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and application teams to support integrations, troubleshoot cross platform issues, and maintain high availability production systems.
• Conduct database health checks, performance tuning using OEM, AWR, ASH, ADDM, and optimize SQL/PLSQL and PostgreSQL workloads.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps automation, and cloud migration initiatives involving Oracle and PostgreSQL platforms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior