Oracle Data/Database Administration for HHSC, Austin, Tx

Oracle Database AdministratorTexas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of 1 Database Administrator 3, who meets the general qualifications of Database Administrator 3, Data/Database Administration and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.Location: 4601 W Gudalupe St Austin, TX 78751Required/Preferred:10 years, Required - Database experience8 years, Required - Experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL - (or similar)8 years, Required - Experience with Relational Database Administration - (SQL Server or Oracle, for example)8 years, Required - Experience in database design, analysis and performance tuning8 years, Required - Experience in database structures, data analysis, performance tuning8 years, Required - Experience designing enterprise applications and/or services8 years, Required - Experience creating technical and functional design documentation8 years, Required - Experience within software development Life Cycle using Agile methodology – (Scrum, for example)8 years, Required - Experience with multi-tier system/application development – (SOA, Microservices, 3-Tier applications, for example)8 years, Required - Experience with large volume databases, high availability, and disaster recovery infrastructure6 years, Preferred - Experience with Azure6 years, Preferred - Ability to Extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure SQL3 years, Preferred - Experience in DevOps technology including CI/CD pipeline and build and deployment tools such as Git3 years, Preferred - Experience in Java/J2EE Enterprise Development1 year, Preferred - Azure certification is preferred1 year, Preferred - DBA Associate certifications are preferredThe contractor role is for a Senior Database Administrator (Database Administrator III) and will perform advanced database administration tasks for databases used by applications with complex data models, workflows, and reports. Assists the team in creating and maintaining logical and physical data models. The successful candidate will work with Full-stack Java applications on HHSC's cloud platform (Azure/AWS) within an Agile (Scrum) environment. The role will involve migrating data from Oracle applications to SQL schemas and loading it into collections. Additionally, the candidate will optimize database performance during and after migration, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and implement monitoring solutions to track database health and performance metrics. The DBA III works on activities including but not limited to database tuning, indexing, customization, transformation, data migrations/conversions, installations, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, user management, security of data at rest and in motion, disaster recovery, clustering for high availability and load balancing, data backup, purging and archiving, implementation of database policies, data replication and backup to secondary sites like disaster recovery environments, procedures for the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of the sensitive and business-critical databases.