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# Senior Database Administrator (Oracle) #1891608

- **Company:** The Job Network
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Query Performance, Amazon Web Services, Backup Devices, Information Systems, Databases, System Configuration, Data Integrity, Database Connection, Database Security, Database Storage Structures, Microsoft SQL Server, Network Planning and Design, Oracle Databases, Oracle (Applications), Oracle Rac, Performance Tuning, Recovery Manager (RMAN), SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Databases, Web Applications, Web Services, Enterprise Software Applications, Database Performance, Database Migration, Information Technology, Database Backup
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-database-administrator-oracle-1891608-washington-dc--c2db95bb-cdd4-4eae-a83e-821fdde80bdc

## About the Role

Oracle DBA (Database Administrator), Network Design, Information Technology & Information Systems, Federal Contracts, Government, Technical Delivery, Government Contracts, Sales Pipeline, Oracle DBA (Database Administrator), Web Services, The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Oracle performance, availability, security, backup and recovery, database connectivity, and supporting UNIX/Linux infrastructure.

Requirements:

 * U.S. Citizenship is required
 * Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
 * This position is onsite 5/days a week in Washington D.C., * Bachelor''s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
 * Minimum 5 years of related database administration experience
 * Strong hands-on Oracle database administration experience.
 * Experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and tuning Oracle databases.
 * Experience with database and query performance tuning.
 * Database backup and recovery experience.
 * Experience supporting database security, auditing, and access controls.
 * Experience diagnosing complex database performance and connectivity issues.
 * UNIX/Linux experience supporting Oracle environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Oracle RAC.
 * Oracle RMAN.
 * High-availability and disaster-recovery architectures.
 * AWS or cloud-hosted database experience.
 * Experience supporting databases for large-scale web applications.
 * Microsoft SQL Server experience.
 * Federal or regulated-environment experience.

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to provide advanced Oracle database administration and operational support for enterprise applications and web services., * Install, configure, administer, maintain, patch, and tune Oracle database instances.

 * Perform Oracle database and SQL/query performance tuning.
 * Monitor database health, performance, availability, and capacity.
 * Manage database storage and space utilization.
 * Develop and maintain backup and recovery capabilities.
 * Configure and support Oracle RAC high-availability solutions.
 * Configure and support Oracle RMAN disaster-recovery and recovery processes.
 * Apply database administration best practices for setup, monitoring, tuning, auditing, backup, and recovery.
 * Troubleshoot complex performance, application connectivity, and database security issues.
 * Support database security, user access, data integrity, updates, and reporting.
 * Perform UNIX/Linux administrative activities necessary to support Oracle systems.
 * Create and configure database schemas.
 * Support database migrations, replication, stored procedures, and approved data imports.
 * Coordinate database changes with application, infrastructure, security, and release teams.
 * Maintain database technical and operational documentation.