Oracle DBA- Onsite (US Citizens Eligible to Obtain Clearance)

Swingtech is seeking a Database Administrator / Oracle DBA to support enterprise application operations and maintenance in a federal IT environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on DBA who can support production and non-production database environments, maintain data availability, troubleshoot performance issues, support backup and recovery activities, assist with patch coordination, and help ensure secure and reliable database operations.

The selected candidate will work closely with application developers, system administrators, security teams, service desk staff, infrastructure providers, and customer stakeholders to support database stability, application availability, data integrity, controlled changes, and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support administration of enterprise database environments across production and non-production systems.
• Monitor database availability, performance, capacity, security, and operational health.
• Troubleshoot database issues affecting application functionality, performance, connectivity, data integrity, and availability.
• Support backup, recovery, restore validation, and outage response activities.
• Maintain scheduled and on-demand database backup procedures.
• Support database patching, version updates, vulnerability remediation, and post-change validation activities.
• Support database security, access control, account management, user permissions, and audit-related activities.
• Assist with database configuration management for application releases, new business needs, and environment changes.
• Support database-driven applications, web-based systems, middleware-connected applications, reporting interfaces, scheduled jobs, and integrations.
• Develop, maintain, or troubleshoot SQL scripts, stored procedures, database jobs, schemas, queries, and data-related application components.
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, security, and service desk teams to resolve incidents, service requests, and operational failures.
• Support disaster recovery, continuity planning, backup validation, and recovery exercises as needed.
• Maintain documentation including database procedures, backup and recovery steps, schema information, configuration notes, performance tuning parameters, issue logs, and recurring maintenance activities.
• Follow applicable federal security, configuration management, change management, access control, and documentation requirements.

Do you have experience in Technical writing within technology?, * 7-10+ years of experience in database administration, database engineering, production database support, data platform support, or similar technical roles.

• Experience supporting production or mission-critical database environments.
• Experience with database management, backup and recovery, performance management, tuning, and availability support.
• Experience with database security, data integrity, access controls, and user/account management.
• Experience with one or more major relational database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting database-backed web applications, enterprise applications, reporting systems, or integration-heavy environments.
• Experience troubleshooting issues across database, application, middleware, and infrastructure layers.
• Experience developing or maintaining SQL scripts, stored procedures, scheduled jobs, queries, schemas, or related database objects.
• Ability to document technical procedures, configuration changes, issue resolutions, backup/recovery steps, and recurring support processes.
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Pulled from the full job description

• Referral program
• Pet insurance
• AD&D insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account, * 15 PTO days
• 11 paid holidays
• Medical Insurance with - 3 options (HSA with $600 Employer Contribution).
• Dental Insurance with no age limit orthodonture.
• Vision Insurance through EyeMed in and out of network coverage.
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support,
• Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Critical Care and Accident Insurance availability
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k with enrollment from day one. 4% deferral by company.
• $1500 Annual Training Budget
• $1500 Referral bonus
• Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonus
• Flexible work arrangements

Swingtech delivers innovative Information Technology and Professional Support services to a diverse range of clients across the federal and intelligence communities. With over 15 years of trusted experience as a systems integrator, we apply agile methodologies and deep industry insight to help our customers achieve greater efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. At Swingtech, we’re committed to excellence and long-term success for our clients and our team.