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Oracle Database Administrator

Unisys Corporation
Philadelphia, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/9/2026

What success looks like in this role:

Position Summary

The Oracle Database Administrator designs, installs, configures, and maintains Oracle database management systems, including definition, structure, documentation, long-range requirements, operational guidelines, and protection. This role optimizes the data environment by keeping databases finely tuned, automating incoming and outgoing data feeds, and troubleshooting data access problems.

The Oracle DBA establishes and maintains security and integrity controls, designs and builds relational databases, and supports software developers with database operations, working with data users to recommend appropriate solutions.

Core Responsibilities

Database Design & Administration

  • Works with leadership to define, develop, and recommend database and related data management policies and procedures, building on responsibilities such as:
  • Manages database backup / recovery and configures parameters and prototypes designed against logical data models.
  • Defines data repository requirements, data dictionaries, and warehousing requirements.

Performance & Capacity Management

  • Optimizes database access and allocates/re-allocates database resources for optimum configuration, performance, and cost.
  • Drives end-to-end availability, performance monitoring, and capacity planning.
  • Supports multiple services and databases with diverse concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity, and accessibility of data.

Technical Leadership & Automation

  • Acts as team/project lead on technical projects.
  • Provides technical, process, and functional guidance to less experienced team members.
  • Strategizes and owns the automation of administrative tasks.

Organizational Contribution

  • Assists in driving organizational activities and initiatives.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

  • BA/BS degree and 6-8 years of relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Deep expertise in Oracle database design, administration, and optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and mentor junior staff.
  • U.S. Citizenship and U.S. residency required.

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This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

This commitment includes our efforts to provide for all those who seek to express interest in employment the opportunity to participate without barriers. If you are a US job seeker unable to review the job opportunities herein, or cannot otherwise complete your expression of interest, without additional assistance and would like to discuss a request for reasonable accommodation, please contact our Global Recruiting organization at GlobalRecruiting@unisys.com or alternatively Toll Free: 888-560-1782 (Prompt 4). US job seekers can find more information about Unisys' EEO commitment here.


Unisys is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Females/ Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/ Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

 

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