Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Job Title: Oracle Database Admin (19c & Azure cloud)

Duration: 12+ Months (Possible extension)

Location: Lake Mary, FL 32746

Hybrid Role (2-3 days a week)

Responsibilities:

• Design, operate, and secure Azure Oracle database services.
• Implement strong identity and access practices, provide expert leadership with Oracle database backup, restore and resiliency management, perform database maintenance tasks including patching and upgrade, and monitoring / audit of database performance and capacity in Azure.
• Role emphasizes practical, scalable solutions that ensure secure, auditable operations, clear documentation, and effective collaboration with security, engineering, and operations teams.

Identity and Access for Databases

• Provisioning, Configuration, maintenance of Oracle database servers for database version 19c or 23ai
• Provision appropriate administrative roles and enforce least privilege access via role assignments and security groups
• Experience with Oracle database vault in managing privileges for system database administrators and application support resources
• Experience with Guardium database monitoring would be additional advantage

Backup, Restore and Resiliency

• Develop and maintain baseline configurations for Oracle database servers, including encryption at rest, auditing, threat detection, backup/restore, retention, and access parameters.
• Configure, maintain and optimize Active Data Guard providing minimal replication lag while maintaining maximum performance
• Configuration and implementation of Oracle Golden Gate and enabling active/active schema or table level replication providing higher level of resiliency for application at database server level
• Perform database restores in lower environment using RMAN or logical exports and imports

Controlled Maintenance and Records

• Plan and document database patching, diagnostics, and repair activities, including remote maintenance records.
• Implement secure media handling and sanitization practices for backups, exports, and logs associated with databases.

Monitoring and Audit Readiness

• Configure Azure-native monitoring and logging for database identity/access and operational events.
• Tune alerts to service owners/security teams and support audit readiness for access and operational controls.

Education/Experience:

• Proficiency with managed identities for applications and reducing local key usage in favor of centralized identity.
• Strong grounding in configuration baselines, resource tagging, and asset/data inventories in Azure.
• Familiarity with Azure monitoring/logging for database events and integration with approval and incident workflows.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating secure Oracle database environments at scale.
• Proven capability to govern elevated access, emergency access workflows, incident handling, and post event reviews.
• Practical approach to external service oversight and maintenance recordkeeping supporting audit readiness.