Oracle DBA

Oracle DBABroadPoint Federal, Inc. is a CMMI Level 3 (DEV/SVC) certified small business headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. BroadPoint has over 25 years of experience providing successful Oracle financial, budgetary, and supply chain implementations, upgrades, and support for numerous federal agencies. As a long-term member of the Oracle Partner Network, we work collaboratively with our clients to obtain the best performance and most cost-effective Oracle solutions that meet and exceed requirements and resolve government challenges.We are seeking a highly motivated Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) to become an integral part of a team that is responsible for supporting the operations, development, implementation, integration, and maintenance of our client's Oracle Federal Financial EBS (on-premises) system (hosted on the AWS cloud). We are seeking a responsible, results-oriented Oracle DBA with a passion for detail, achievement, and innovative thinking, to provide solid support and advanced solutions to business challenges.The Oracle DBA is responsible for defining, supporting, securing, and administering Oracle databases to ensure optimal performance and availability. The DBA performs a variety of activities including database management, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security management, diagnostics, and issue resolution; and will have the opportunity to grow technically and professionally while working in a fast-paced collaborative environment.QualificationsThe successful candidate will possess the following:Provide database administration services including:Apply patches on a timely basis.Create backup and recovery strategies.Provide upgrades and applying upgrade patches when made available by Oracle.Conduct performance tuning/optimization of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) for recoverability, security, confidentiality, and integrity.Ensure data integrity and security are maintained.Perform backups per schedule and when necessary.Evaluate and apply quarterly Oracle released Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) and security vulnerability patches.Interact with Oracle for critical incidents, patches, changes, and upgrades/service bulletins.Manage and administer concurrent managers, concurrent programs, request sets, request groups, workflows.Troubleshoot database issues (e.g., workflow mailer, notifications, user reported, etc.).Manage Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) for regular backups.Manage Data Guard for disaster recovery replication.Utilize Procedural Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL) Packages, Shell, and Perl scripts for task automation.Review, develop, recommend, enforce, and adhere to agency database policies and standards to provide high availability, replication, archiving, access, and security.Maintain and update standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) application software installation and configuration.Enforce measures to maintain database storage capacity for all environments.Identify opportunities to upgrade or replace software to meet the current and future requirements.Identify opportunities for innovation and automation.Develop and maintain supporting documentation (e.g., designs, etc.).Provide strategic thinking and collaboration with extensive information sharing.Produce all work products and deliverables with quality and on schedule.Additional Information Required Qualifications Hands-on experience providing database support for Oracle databases aligned with Oracle applicationsProficiency across a wide range of database technologiesExperience creating and managing standalone Oracle databasesExcellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify, diagnose, and resolve issuesExperience troubleshooting daily Oracle, SQL Server, and/or SQL Cluster issues, including error triageExperience troubleshooting Oracle application related issues as they relate to database development, support, and managementExperience performing analysis of Oracle patches and open SRsExperience responding to requests for change (RFCs) for maintenance and/or enhancementsExperience performing server maintenance, installing software patches, etc.Experience performing impact analysis of periodically released Oracle product updatesExperience establishing and enforcing database security policies, user access controls, and data encryptionExperience monitoring and optimizing database performanceExperience planning, implementing, and managing backup and recovery strategiesAbility to create and maintain database documentation (e.g., configurations, procedures, processes, policies, etc.)Ability to work individually and as part of a teamStrong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with multiple levels of management and other stakeholdersBachelor degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR Equivalent experience5+ years of relevant experience