Oracle Database Engineer With Azure

Job Title: Oracle Database Engineer with Azure

Location: New York, NY 10286 | Pittsburgh, PA 15219 | Lake Mary, FL 32746

Duration: 12 Months (Goal to convert FTE)

Job Descrption:

• We are seeking a contractor Azure Oracle Database Engineer to design, operate, and secure Azure Oracle database services.
• The engineer will 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.
• The role emphasizes practical, scalable solutions that ensure secure, auditable operations, clear documentation, and effective collaboration with security, engineering, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

Identity and Access for Databases

• Provisioning, configuration, and 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 an 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 GoldenGate and enabling active/active schema or table-level replication providing a 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

Required Technical Skills:

• 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

Qualifications and Competencies:

• 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
• Strong documentation and communication skills;
  comfortable coordinating across engineering, security, and operations
• Practical approach to external service oversight and maintenance recordkeeping supporting audit readiness

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience integrating identity/access workflows with enterprise approval systems and incident/ticketing processes
• Exposure to data classification/discovery tooling and secure media handling for database backups and exports
• Familiarity with CI/CD guardrails for secret management and application-to-database identity patterns