Sr. SRE - Oracle DBA

Salary: $102,300 - 209,500 per year Requirements:

• U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance are required.
• Willingness to work shifts and weekends.
• Strong experience with Oracle Database 11g, 12c, 19c, or later.
• Expertise in RMAN backup and recovery, including restore and disaster recovery scenarios.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle RAC and/or Data Guard.
• Solid Linux/Unix administration skills, including RHEL or Oracle Linux.
• Bash shell scripting skills.
• Familiarity with system performance tools such as top, vmstat, and iostat.
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills.
• Experience tuning performance with AWR, ASH, and execution plans.
• Knowledge of Oracle architecture, including SGA, PGA, redo, and undo.
• Experience with database patching and upgrades.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Prior SRE experience managing production cloud services is preferred.
• Experience releasing and maintaining cloud services is preferred.
• Production experience managing systems or database environments is preferred.
• Experience with a general-purpose systems language such as Python, Perl, or Unix Shell, and/or database languages such as SQL or PL/SQL, is preferred.

• Manage, maintain, and optimize mission-critical Oracle database environments.
• Ensure database availability, performance, security, and recoverability across on-premises and/or cloud systems.
• Work with our Site Reliability Engineering team to share full-stack ownership of services and technology areas.
• Understand production services configurations, technical dependencies, and operational behavior.
• Design and deliver mission-critical systems focused on security, resilience, scale, and performance.
• Own end-to-end service performance and operability, partnering with development teams to improve service architecture.
• Explain service and technology characteristics, including capacity, scale, security, and performance, and guide development teams in improving our Oracle Cloud portfolio.
• Apply automation and orchestration principles.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex or critical issues not covered by standard operating procedures; use knowledge of service topology and dependencies to troubleshoot and define mitigations.
• Assess and communicate how product architecture decisions affect distributed systems.

• Bash
• Cloud
• Linux
• Oracle
• Perl
• Python
• RHEL
• SQL
• Security
• Unix
• Rust

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We are Oracle, collaborating with hackajob to connect with professionals for this role. Our Recovery Service team develops end-to-end automation for complex operational workflows and delivers mission-critical services our customers depend on. This role offers ongoing learning and is at career level IC4. The U.S. hiring range is $102,300–$209,500 per year, with possible bonus and equity. Our U.S. benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; disability and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; commuter benefits; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and parental leave; adoption assistance; an employee stock purchase plan; financial planning and group legal services; and voluntary insurance options. Certain U.S.-based or customer-facing roles may be subject to applicable health or drug-testing requirements. Application timing and compensation information may vary by location.

last updated 42 week of 2026