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# Senior Oracle Database Administrator

- **Company:** Thought Creek Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $132,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** IBM AIX, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, Databases, Data Centers, Database Design, Disaster Recovery, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Databases, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Migration Manager, SQL Databases, Database Performance, Database Migration, Amazon Relational Database Service, Cloud Migration, Ibm Power Systems, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ec7c5b3a6da7fcb9

## About the Role

* 10+ years of Oracle Database administration and architecture experience

## Description

Strategic database architecture and advisory role focused on Oracle environments, modernization,performance, resiliency, cloud evaluation, and long-term technology planning. The work emphasizes database strategy and architecture rather than traditional day-to-day DBA administration., * Oracle Database architecture

 * Oracle Database 19c
 * Enterprise database strategy development
 * Database modernization planning
 * Database technology roadmaps
 * Current-state database platform assessments
 * Database architecture standards
 * Database design recommendations
 * Database performance analysis
 * SQL and workload performance optimization
 * Database scalability planning
 * Capacity and resource-utilization planning
 * High-availability database architecture
 * Backup and recovery architecture
 * Disaster recovery planning
 * Business continuity planning
 * Retention and recovery strategy development
 * Cloud database platform evaluation
 * Hybrid database architecture
 * Cloud migration assessment and planning
 * Database migration strategy
 * Infrastructure dependency analysis
 * Database operational-readiness planning
 * Architecture documentation
 * Technical assessment development
 * Strategic recommendation development
 * Implementation roadmap development
 * Infrastructure governance and change-review participation
 * Collaboration with application, infrastructure, storage, virtualization, and business stakeholders
 * Technical leadership and knowledge transfer
 * Managed services transition support
 * Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
 * Preferred Skills
 * Oracle Database on IBM Power Systems
 * Oracle Database on IBM AIX
 * Microsoft SQL Server
 * SQL Server migration planning
 * Microsoft Azure SQL
 * Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database services
 * Amazon RDS
 * Cloud and hybrid database transformation
 * Datacenter modernization
 * Infrastructure transformation programs
 * Storage and virtualization dependencies affecting database performance
 * Mission-critical or 24/7 operating environments
 * ITIL-based operational processes
 * Preferred Certifications
 * Oracle Certified Professional
 * Oracle Certified Master
 * Microsoft Azure database or cloud certification
 * Other cloud database certifications
 * IBM AIX or Power Systems certification
 * ITIL Foundation


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