Senior Oracle Database & Middleware Engineer
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GDIT is looking for a Senior Oracle Database & Middleware Engineer to join our National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program., * Serve as a senior technical expert for Oracle database and middleware services, administering and supporting complex production environments and providing technical guidance to engineers, application teams, and customers.
- Lead troubleshooting and performance optimization for complex database, middleware, operating system, connectivity, and application issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
- Maintain secure and compliant environments through configuration hardening, vulnerability remediation, security patching, access management, and implementation of required database and middleware security baselines.
- Lead major database and middleware lifecycle initiatives, including installations, upgrades, migrations, platform modernization, high availability and disaster recovery improvements, and migrations from on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments.
- Partner with application teams and customers to design and implement database and middleware solutions, support schema and data changes, optimize application/database interactions, and provide technical recommendations for complex requirements.
- Develop automation, scripts, engineering standards, technical documentation, and repeatable operational practices that improve reliability, consistency, efficiency, and service delivery.
- Mentor other engineers, contribute to technical strategy and architecture decisions, and participate in incident management, change management, project execution, and continuous improvement across the Database Services portfolio.
Requirements
IT Database,Middleware,Oracle, 8 + years of related experience, We are seeking an experienced engineer who combines deep Oracle database expertise with strong enterprise infrastructure and middleware knowledge to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing technology services. Our ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience supporting complex Oracle environments and can independently diagnose challenging technical problems, lead major upgrades and migrations, and provide technical guidance to customers and other engineers., * BS/BA and 6+ years of relevant IT experience, or equivalent experience.
- Deep hands-on Oracle database administration experience in complex production environments, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, backup/recovery, performance tuning, and high availability/disaster recovery.
- Hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting enterprise middleware technologies, including configuration, patching, performance, security, and application integration.
- Advanced troubleshooting skills across databases, middleware, operating systems, storage, networking, and applications, including root cause analysis of complex production issues.
- Experience securing database and middleware environments through vulnerability remediation, configuration hardening, access management, encryption, certificate management, and security baselines.
- Experience leading complex upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives, including cloud migrations, and using scripting and automation technologies such as SQL/PL/SQL, PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Ansible.
- Strong technical leadership and customer engagement experience, including solution design, technical documentation, mentoring engineers, and advising customers and stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced experience with Oracle high availability and enterprise technologies such as RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, Enterprise Manager, and Oracle WebLogic or comparable middleware platforms.
- Experience architecting and migrating Oracle workloads to AWS or Azure, including cloud-native database services, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and hybrid database architectures.
- Relevant Oracle, AWS, Azure, or middleware certifications and experience supporting mission-critical systems within federal government, healthcare, life sciences, or similarly regulated environments.
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Benefits & conditions
The likely salary range for this position is $124,093 - $158,700. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About the company
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
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