Oracle DBA

About the role

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive.

Responsibilities

• Support the administration, maintenance, security, and optimization of Oracle database environments supporting mission-critical Army business systems and web-based applications.
• Perform database installation, configuration, performance tuning, backup and recovery operations, schema development, and support of integrated web applications.
• Collaborate with application developers, system administrators, and government stakeholders to ensure the availability, integrity, security, and performance of enterprise databases and associated systems.
• Support cybersecurity compliance requirements, patch management activities, and documentation efforts necessary to maintain secure and reliable operations.
• Administer, monitor, and maintain Oracle database environments, ensuring system availability, performance, security, and data integrity.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot Oracle database systems and related software components.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize database schemas, tables, views, stored procedures, PL/SQL code, and queries supporting enterprise applications.
• Perform database backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity operations to ensure data availability.
• Analyze database performance, query execution plans, indexing strategies, and system resource utilization to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Support the development and maintenance of data-driven web applications and web services that interface with Oracle databases.
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to gather requirements, design database solutions, and implement application enhancements.
• Establish and maintain database documentation, data dictionaries, database standards, and configuration baselines.
• Monitor database storage allocation, file structures, access methods, and data access controls to optimize performance and usability.
• Develop and implement database security measures, audit procedures, role-based access controls, and data protection strategies.
• Troubleshoot database connectivity, application integration, and data-processing issues across Windows and web-based environments.
• Create reports, dashboards, and data analysis products to support operational and business requirements.
• Support software testing, application deployments, and database migrations in development, test, and production environments.
• Utilize database administration and monitoring tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager, TOAD, or equivalent tools to manage database operations.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, user guides, and training materials related to databases and associated applications.
• Coordinate with system administrators and cybersecurity personnel to support patch compliance, vulnerability remediation, and secure database operations.
• Support RMF, STIG, vulnerability management, and cybersecurity compliance activities as required to maintain authorized systems.

Requirements

• Current/active Secret clearance or must be obtained; active Secret highly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience may be substituted for education.
• Security+ certification required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience administering Oracle and/or SQL database environments, database development, application support, and related information technology disciplines.

Physical Requirements

• Sitting for long periods
• Standing for long periods
• Ambulate throughout an office
• Ambulate between several buildings
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required
• Travel by land or air transportation 25%