Oracle DBA

We look forward to you bringing your talent to add to our team supporting a robust, world-wide national intelligence program providing mission application design, development, engineering and integration services in support of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Peraton, a recognized leader in Cyber, Digital Transformation, Cloud, Operations and Engineering, is seeking skilled Oracle Database Administrator to join our team of professionals delivering technology services and capabilities in defense of the nation. You would be joining a team of professionals with over 10 years of outstanding support developing and sustaining mission critical and mission essential applications to prevent strategic surprise and deliver a decision advantage to warfighters, defense planners, and policy makers. We take pride that our users include warfighters and interagency partners that defend America's national security interests. We are committed to investing in you and your family through paid benefits, competitive total compensation, challenging opportunities and career growth opportunities. If you are ready to be challenged, advance your career, passionate about making a difference, and are excited to support our country's defense and intelligence missions, we are ready to talk to you!

Position description:

Peraton is seeking an Oracle Database Administrator candidate to support an Intelligence Community customer in the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area. The candidate will be responsible for:

Perform database administration activities required to install and maintain database management software, design and implement predictive analysis.
• Install, configure, provision, operate, and administer database management systems and related software and backend storage server and hardware platforms.
• Design, install, monitor, maintain, and performance tune production databases while ensuring high levels of data availability.
• Provide support to the development and implementation of database policies and procedures to ensure databases' integrity and availability, including software updates.
• Communicate regularly with the development team, business, and operations teams to ensure the security and confidentiality of data.
• Responsible for the availability, reliability, and integrity of business data stored in production databases.

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with poly clearance adjudication or active TS/SCI ability to obtain and pass a poly
• Bachelor's degree in a field of study applicable to the position with 8+ years of relevant experience. Additional 4 years experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• A minimum 8 years of experience with Oracle Database Administration
• Active Security+ (DoD 8570 Baseline certification for IAT Lvl 2)
• Experience with Oracle database platforms
• Experience with applying database STIGs
• Experience with patching databases
• Experienced with troubleshooting and resolving database performance issues
• Independently able to upgrade major database instances
• Experienced with and independently able to employ multiple database backup strategies

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience writing SQL and PL/SQL queries to generate system data reports, modify data as necessary, etc.
• Experience in database design and development
• Experience with Linux and/or Windows operating systems
• Experience with Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud experience
• Experience with VMWare
• Familiar with Agile practices
• Advanced experience in database monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and high availability strategies for Oracle 19c or higher
• Experience architecting, designing, developing, and managing databases
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle Database backup and recovery strategies
• Advanced knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for Oracle Database
• Ability to design, develop and document technical solutions and standard operating procedures
• Ability to administer Linux/Windows server-based operating systems and CLI w/ scripting.
• Experience with capacity planning, utilization, and performance monitoring (Index, Table, Queries, and Stored procedures).

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.