DBA/Engineer
Job Number: 26-01876
Job Number: 26-01876
Use your skills where innovative technology solutions begin. ECLARO is looking for a DBA/Engineer for our client in Norfork, VA.
ECLARO’s client is a leading technology solutions provider, collaborating with customers to manage their needs and achieve success in their business goals. If you’re up to the challenge, then take a chance at this rewarding opportunity!
Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, maintain, patch, upgrade, secure, and support Oracle Database, Oracle APEX, ORDS, and related application environments.
- Monitor database health, availability, performance, storage utilization, capacity planning, and operational metrics across all environments.
- Design, develop, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize Oracle APEX applications and supporting PL/SQL components.
- Perform database performance analysis and tuning utilizing AWR reports, ASH reports, SQL Trace, Explain Plans, OEM, and other Oracle diagnostic tools.
- Investigate and resolve database performance issues involving SQL execution, indexing, partitioning, concurrency, locking, blocking, deadlocks, memory management, and resource utilization.
- Manage database backup and recovery processes, disaster recovery planning, database cloning, environment refreshes, migrations, upgrades, and patching activities.
- Administer database security, including users, roles, privileges, encryption, auditing, access controls, and compliance with security best practices.
- Develop automation solutions using Shell Scripting, SQL*Plus, SQLcl, PL/SQL, and related tools to improve operational efficiency.
- Maintain system documentation, architectural diagrams, operational procedures, recovery plans, runbooks, and technical standards.
- Support production incidents, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), implement corrective actions, and participate in continuous improvement efforts.
- Collaborate with developers, system administrators, network engineers, security personnel, and business stakeholders to support Oracle-based applications and services.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and operational support to developers, engineers, technical staff, and college personnel utilizing Oracle database and APEX solutions.
- Plan, coordinate, and participate in planned maintenance activities and provide on-call support for critical database and application issues as needed.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of hands-on experience administering Oracle Database environments in enterprise production settings.
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience developing, deploying, supporting, and maintaining Oracle Apex applications.
- Extensive expertise with Oracle PL/SQL development, including packages, procedures, functions, triggers, views, collections, dynamic SQL, and performance optimization.
- Strong experience administering Oracle Linux and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers supporting Oracle databases and Oracle application environments.
- Experience managing Oracle APEX environments, Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), Apache/Tomcat web services, and related Oracle application infrastructure.
- Demonstrated experience with Oracle BI Publisher installation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and report development.
- Thorough understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, source control, deployment processes, testing, release management, and change control practices.
- Experience implementing, maintaining, and supporting Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Oracle Database Administration (DBA) certifications.
- Oracle APEX certifications or advanced APEX development experience.
- Experience with Oracle Data Pump, RMAN, Data Guard, Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), and Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS).
- Experience integrating Oracle applications with Active Directory, Entra ID, SAML, REST APIs, web services, and third-party enterprise systems.
- Experience leveraging generative AI, machine learning, and AI-assisted productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, and similar platforms) to improve operational efficiency, accelerate development, enhance troubleshooting, automate workflows, and support innovative technical solutions and business use cases.
- Experience working within higher education, government, healthcare, or similarly regulated enterprise environments.
If hired, you will enjoy the following ECLARO Benefits:
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan administered by Merrill Lynch
- Commuter Check Pretax Commuter Benefits
- Eligibility to purchase Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance through ECLARO
If interested, you may contact:
Homer Ballega
homer.ballega@eclaro.com
2013759070
Homer Ballega | LinkedIn
Equal Opportunity Employer: ECLARO values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status, in compliance with all applicable laws.
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