Senior Database Engineer

World Wide Technology Healthcare Solutions•Maryland Heights, MO

4d•$108,400 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Database Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for the reliability, performance, resilience, and continuous improvement of the ERP database platform. This role owns administration and engineering across Oracle databases in Oracle OCI, Oracle E-Business Suite environments on-premises, and Oracle Fusion applications in Oracle SaaS. The successful candidate will reduce operational toil through automation, strengthen platform observability and support readiness, and provide technical leadership that improves service quality, security, and scalability across the ERP ecosystem. In addition to deep technical capability, this role requires strong collaboration, sound judgment, and a continuous improvement mindset. Demonstrate an AI-native, automation-first mindset. Collaborate effectively within and across technical and business teams. Show curiosity, adaptability, and commitment to continuous learning. Drive continuous improvement with humility, accountability, and openness to feedback. Maintain a positive, solution-oriented approach in complex operational environments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
5+ years of Oracle database administration experience in enterprise environments.
Demonstrated experience with Oracle high availability and disaster recovery technologies, including RAC and Data Guard.
Experience designing, recommending, and implementing enterprise database solutions.
Strong working knowledge of database administration principles, performance tuning, monitoring, and operational support practices.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline.
Experience supporting Oracle E-Business Suite (R12.2+) environments.
Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure administration.
Experience with Oracle 23ai RAC or later core database platforms.
Proficiency with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Working knowledge of scripting and infrastructure automation tools such as Python, Bash, Terraform, or Perl.
Familiarity with Agile delivery practices and service management platforms such as ServiceNow.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead administration, engineering, and lifecycle management of Oracle database platforms supporting ERP workloads across OCI, on-premises Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle SaaS environments.
Provide end-to-end operational support for on‑premise Oracle E‑Business Suite (EBS), associated on‑premise boundary applications, and ERP‑owned Oracle Cloud SaaS applications.
Own platform availability, performance, resiliency, and disaster recovery design, including proactive monitoring, tuning, optimization, and incident response.
Drive automation and AI-assisted improvements that reduce support toil, improve operational consistency, and accelerate issue resolution.
Define and maintain technical standards, support documentation, and operational practices that improve support readiness and long-term maintainability.
Partner with project teams, development teams, and vendors to design and implement scalable technical solutions that align with business and platform requirements.
Provide technical leadership across supporting capabilities such as security, configuration management, observability, and orchestration, including tools such as GitHub, Kubernetes, Ansible, Puppet, Splunk, and Grafana.
Establish and track key performance indicators to improve platform health, service quality, and stakeholder experience.
Mentor junior resources, influence technical direction, and promote best practices across the team.
Participate in on-call support as required and bring a structured, solution-oriented approach to complex functional and technical issues.