Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Location: Lake Mary, FL preferred; Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY also considered Schedule: Hybrid, 2 days on site per week with flexible days About The Role Our client, a large financial services organization, is looking for a senior Oracle DBA to operate and secure Oracle databases in the cloud during an accelerated rollout. This is a hands-on administration role. You will own backup, recovery and resiliency, patching and upgrades, access controls, and monitoring, working closely with security, engineering, and operations teams. We are looking for someone who takes ownership and delivers independently. What You Will Do Provision, configure, and maintain Oracle 19c and 23ai database servers in a cloud environmentLead backup, restore, and resiliency work, including RMAN, logical exports and imports, snapshots, and point-in-time recoveryConfigure and tune Active Data Guard for minimal replication lag without sacrificing performancePlan, perform, and document patching, upgrades, diagnostics, and repairEnforce least-privilege access through role assignments and security groups, including Oracle Database Vault for administrator and application support privilegesMaintain baseline configurations covering encryption at rest, auditing, threat detection, retention, and access parametersSet up cloud-native monitoring, logging, and alerting for performance, capacity, access, and operational eventsKeep clear maintenance records and handle backups, exports, and logs securely to support audit readiness What You Need Extensive, recent, hands-on Oracle database administration experience at a senior levelStrong Oracle 19c experienceProven backup and recovery skills with RMAN, including point-in-time restoresWorking knowledge of Oracle Data GuardComfort working directly at the Linux command lineExperience running Oracle in a cloud environment; any major cloud platform is fineExperience operating secure, auditable database environments at scale, including governing elevated accessStrong documentation and communication skills across engineering, security, and operations teamsA self-directed working style; you can run with a deliverable without step-by-step guidanceU.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency, and the ability to sign an NDA for government project work Nice to have Microsoft Azure experience, including Azure-native monitoring and logging, managed identities, and resource taggingOn-premises to cloud Oracle migration experienceOracle GoldenGate, including active/active schema or table level replicationOracle 23aiIBM Guardium database monitoringExperience integrating access workflows with enterprise approval and ticketing systemsExposure to data classification tooling and CI/CD guardrails for secret management Additional Details The team supports weekend work, which is why the on-site requirement is two flexible daysInterviews are moving quickly; please include your availability when you apply