Database Architect

Pay range: $127,962 – $181,800 (determined by scope, qualifications, internal equity, and external market data).

About the Role

Join the Information Technology Directorate as a Database Architect. In this role, you will design, implement, and administer the scientific databases and financial applications that support Fermilab’s research and business operations, including the Oracle E-Business Suite and related enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, install, create, develop, modify, implement, and administer scientific databases and financial applications.
• Develop and review change specifications for several large, inter-related projects and implement them with oversight.
• Support and administer Oracle E-Business Suite application and database instances, Oracle OBIEE or Analytic server application and database instances, and Oracle IDCS/ICS products.
• Support and administer the DosiServ application and database instances.
• Support and administer the custom-built Oracle APEX based application and database.
• Develop and manage UNIX/Linux shell scripts and programs.
• Continuously learn and become effective with new technologies and applications.
• Master and utilize troubleshooting techniques to solve problems quickly.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Database Engineering, or a related field, or a foreign equivalent, and 5 years (60 months) of progressive relevant experience in database administration, including at least 1 year of experience in:

• Database administration, including installation, backup configuration, and upgrades.
• Oracle E-Business Suite administration, Oracle E-biz cloning, patching, and application upgrades.
• Upgrading databases, RAC instances and E-Business Suite environment, and support of RAC and ASM databases.

Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Database Engineering, or a related field, or a foreign equivalent, and 8 years (96 months) of progressive relevant experience in database administration, including at least 3 years of experience in the same areas listed above.

Schedule

Telecommuting is permissible from anywhere in the United States. Work arrangement is subject to change based on business needs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts.
• Paid time off.
• Life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Retirement benefits.
• Onsite day care.

About the Organization

Fermilab is America’s premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. We support discovery science experiments in Illinois and locations around the world, including deep underground mines in South Dakota and Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, CERN in Europe, and the South Pole.