Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator
Location: Durham, NC (Hybrid)
Duration: Long- term
Visa: USC, GC OR GC-EAD.

Note: Looking for candidates local to Durham, NC.

About the job:
We are looking for a highly proficient and highly motivated Senior Database Administrator with deep technical skills to support critically important database platforms. This position would provide an excellent opportunity to work on leading database technologies like Oracle, Postgres, NoSQL, Snowflake etc. It is a phenomenal place to experience and learn end to end DBA service capabilities!
This role requires a customer focused mentality and a good sense of ownership of the problems and requests assigned and is an opportunity to learn innovative technologies like machine learning!

Required Skills & Experience:
*7 experience in Oracle Database Administration / Performance Engineering / Replication Engineering across multiple platforms - Linux and Engineered systems.
*1 experience in DB performance for other database platforms (Postgres, Snowflake, Cassandra, MS SQL server, Netezza etc)
*Experience in Distributed replication technologies (Oracle GoldenGate, EDB Replication, etc), preferred
*Experience with cloud databases platforms (AWS/Azure/Oracle OCI certification is helpful), on both Linux and Windows environments
*Domain specialist in Oracle internals, Optimizer, Statistics management, Partition management, *Physical implementation & Workload management for highly scalable and resilient database platforms.
*Sophisticated skills in Query Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), Oracle Enterprise *Manager Grid control (OEM 12c), Linux shell scripting, and writing database supervising jobs in PL/SQL.
*Strong Linux shell scripting experience preferred with a good understanding of Linux Performance
*A good understanding of Oracle RAC related performance challenges
*Ability to work well in a team environment, as well as maintaining a positive demeanor are a must
*Ability to develop and drive database performance standards, standard methodologies and initiatives. AWS cloud experience desired.

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $65.00 - $70.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Experience:

• MySQL: 1 year (Required)
• Database administration: 7 years (Required)
• Oracle: 7 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Durham, NC 27701 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Durham, NC 27701: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person