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.

• Active .
• 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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