Senior Oracle Database Engineer

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team. Job Title: Senior Oracle Database Engineer. Location: Owings Mills, MD. Job Description:

• We are seeking an engineer with handson Oracle Exadata platform expertise combined with strong Oracle client/applicationside experience to support largescale database migrations and ongoing production operations.
• Core platform skills.
• Deep experience with Oracle Exadata (onprem or OCI / Database@Azure), including architecture, performance characteristics, HA/DR concepts, and operational support.
• Strong Oracle Database administration skills (11g/12c/19c ), including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, patching, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
• Experience executing and supporting Oracle database migrations from VMbased or traditional environments to Exadata, including cutover planning and validation.
• Client / applicationside expertise.
• Strong understanding of Oracle client connectivity, including JDBC/ODP.NET, OCI clients, TNS, DNSbased redirection, and connection string behavior.
• Ability to support application teams during migrations, including connectivity validation, performance verification, and postmigration troubleshooting.
• Experience working with enterprise applications (e.g., Pega, portal, middleware platforms) that depend on Oracle databases.
• Operational and collaboration skills.
• Ability to partner closely with DBA, infrastructure, and application teams during premigration prep, migration events, and postcutover support.
• Experience supporting production migrations, including change management, outage coordination, and escalation handling.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and validation in enterprise environments (e.g., performance baselining, postmigration checks).

Top 5 Mandatory Skills:

• Oracle Exadata Platform Expertise: Hands on experience with Exadata architecture, performance characteristics, HA/DR, and operational support (on prem or OCI / Database@Azure).
• Oracle Database Administration & Migration: Strong DBA skills (19c preferred) including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, backup/recovery, patching, and executing VM to Exadata migrations with production cutovers.
• Oracle Client Connectivity & Integration: Deep understanding of Oracle client side connectivity (JDBC, ODP.NET, OCI clients, TNS, DNS based redirection, connection strings) and how applications consume Oracle databases.
• Application Migration & Validation Support: Ability to work directly with application teams to validate connectivity, performance, and functionality during and after Exadata migrations, including troubleshooting issues at the app/DB boundary.
• Production Operations & Cross Team Coordination: Experience supporting production migrations, coordinating change windows, handling escalations, and collaborating across DBA, infrastructure, and application teams.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Knowledge of Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server and similar databases, Expert.
• Ability to communicate effectively with analysts, developers, tests, and project managers in both oral and written form., Advanced.
• Ability to work minimal supervision., Advanced.
• High-level of analytical and troubleshooting skills., Expert.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications., Advanced.
• Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SL), Advanced.

Education Level:

• Bachelor’s Degree.

Education Details:

• Computer Science or IT related field.

Experience:

• 5 years’ Experience perform full data management duties, including migration and continuous integration/delivery., * In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.