Hybrid Remote - Oracle Database Engineer (TS/SCI)

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced to support the modernization of a mission-critical government information system. This role focuses on Oracle 19c database administration across both on-premises and AWS RDS environments, supporting database performance, security, migrations, disaster recovery, and enterprise application integrations. The ideal candidate will have extensive Oracle administration experience within secure government environments and a strong background supporting large-scale modernization initiatives.

• Hybrid role supporting a mission-critical federal modernization effort.

• 3 days on, 2 days remote.

• Candidates may work from , while collaborating with application, infrastructure, database, and security teams to modernize and sustain enterprise government systems.

• Administer, maintain, and optimize databases in production environments.

• Design and implement database schemas supporting enterprise applications and reporting solutions.

• Perform database performance tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization activities.

• Manage Oracle patching, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance.

• Develop and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Implement database security controls, hardening standards, and compliance requirements.

• Ensure database integrity, availability, and operational reliability.

• Support integration efforts with Java applications, SAP Business Intelligence environments, and Apache Solr indexing platforms.

• Assist with migration efforts from VMware/on-premises environments to .

• Deploy and manage database monitoring and operational support solutions.

• Troubleshoot production database issues and coordinate resolution efforts across infrastructure and application teams.

• Maintain system documentation, architecture artifacts, operational procedures, and compliance records.

• 13+ years of experience in database engineering, database administration, or enterprise IT environments.

• Extensive experience administering in production environments.

• Experience supporting both and on-premises Oracle deployments.

• Strong experience with database design, schema development, and implementation.

• Expertise in database performance tuning and optimization.

• Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.

• Strong understanding of Oracle security hardening and database compliance requirements.

• Experience supporting Java application and database integrations.

• Experience troubleshooting complex production database environments.

• Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks such as , , or similar.

• Strong documentation and technical communication skills.

• Active required.

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• Experience migrating databases from VMware environments to AWS RDS.

• Experience supporting environments.

• Experience integrating Oracle databases with .

• Experience supporting large-scale government modernization or cloud migration initiatives.

• Pay Band: $170,000 - $210,000

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, 20 days of paid time off, 11 federal holidays, and sick leave.

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