Senior Oracle Database Engineer - PL/SQL

Quevera LLC • Annapolis Junction, MD, US, MD

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Quevera is seeking a highly skilled Senior Oracle Database Engineer – PL/SQL with an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph to support mission-critical programs in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. In this role, you will develop, troubleshoot, and support enterprise-scale Oracle database applications. The position is primarily focused on hands-on SQL and PL/SQL development, production debugging, script remediation, ad hoc data analysis, and maintaining data feeds and integration endpoints. Working alongside software developers, database administrators, application owners, business analysts, and infrastructure teams, you will resolve complex production issues, optimize database code, support application integrations, and maintain scalable and reliable Oracle database solutions. The successful candidate will bring advanced Oracle SQL and PL/SQL expertise along with complementary database administration skills supporting performance tuning, deployment, recovery, and production troubleshooting.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience developing and supporting enterprise solutions using Oracle Database, including Oracle 10g through current versions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Advanced expertise in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, including packages, procedures, functions, triggers, views, materialized views, dynamic SQL, collections, bulk processing, exception handling, and database APIs.
• Extensive experience debugging and troubleshooting complex SQL and PL/SQL code in development, testing, and production environments.
• Experience analyzing existing database code and business logic to identify defects, data issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Experience rewriting, refactoring, and optimizing existing scripts and developing operational and production-support scripts.
• Experience creating ad hoc queries for data analysis, reporting, reconciliation, validation, and issue resolution.
• Experience maintaining and supporting data feeds and system integrations involving Apache NiFi, AWS services and endpoints, APIs, file-based transfers, batch interfaces, and connected applications.
• Experience diagnosing data-feed and integration failures across database objects, PL/SQL processes, NiFi flows, AWS endpoints, files, APIs, and dependent systems.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL performance tuning, including execution-plan analysis, optimizer statistics, indexing, partitioning, query optimization, locking, concurrency, and wait-event analysis.
• Experience using Oracle diagnostic and performance tools, including AWR, ASH, ADDM, SQL Trace, TKPROF, and Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.
• Experience supporting high-volume data processing, batch jobs, ETL workflows, data conversion, data migration, and data-reconciliation processes.
• Working knowledge of database application design, data modeling, schema development, and database object management.
• Experience deploying SQL, PL/SQL, schema, and configuration changes through structured development, testing, validation, and production-release processes.
• Familiarity with source control, code reviews, release documentation, rollback planning, and automated or repeatable database deployment practices.
• Working knowledge of Oracle database administration, including Oracle RAC, RMAN backup and recovery, Oracle Data Guard, database security, roles, privileges, auditing, tablespaces, storage, sessions, locks, monitoring, and recovery procedures.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, database administrators, application owners, business analysts, infrastructure teams, and integration partners.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to work independently and manage production issues and competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Oracle Exadata.
• Experience with Oracle Database Vault.
• Experience with Oracle Label Security.
• Experience supporting large-scale data migration initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Debug and resolve complex SQL, PL/SQL, data, and production-processing issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Review, rewrite, refactor, and optimize existing SQL and PL/SQL scripts.
• Develop ad hoc queries and scripts supporting investigations, reporting, reconciliation, data correction, validation, issue resolution, and operational requests.
• Maintain and enhance PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, triggers, views, materialized views, batch jobs, and database interfaces.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain data feeds involving Oracle databases, Apache NiFi, AWS endpoints, APIs, files, and connected applications.
• Investigate failed or incomplete data flows and coordinate their resolution across database, integration, application, and infrastructure teams.
• Perform data validation, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis to identify discrepancies between source and target systems.
• Support high-volume data processing, batch jobs, ETL workflows, data conversion, data migration, and data-reconciliation processes.
• Tune SQL and PL/SQL workloads to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Support application releases, database deployments, production incidents, and post-deployment validation.
• Participate in database application design, data modeling, schema development, and database object management.
• Partner with Oracle Database Administrators on database configuration, Oracle RAC, recovery, Data Guard, security, performance, and environment-related issues.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, support procedures, deployment instructions, troubleshooting guides, and operational runbooks.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical coverage (optional plan)
• Competitive options for Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employer-paid life insurance
• $5,000 annually for education, training, certifications, and professional development
• Career advancement through our structured iQTouch Program
• Up to 6% 401(k) match
• Additional 4% profit-sharing contribution, at company discretion

What This Job Offers

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