Database Administrator (Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB)

Quick Facts

• Role: Database Administrator (Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB)

• Work mode: Hybrid

• Contract duration: 12 months (extension possible)

Description

You will administer and support Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB databases in an enterprise environment, focusing on performance tuning, backup/restore, disaster recovery, cloning, automation, and AWS deployments. The role also includes operational monitoring, security patching, and leading/assisting Oracle platform migrations (IBM AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux).

Responsibilities

• Tune and optimize Oracle/MySQL/MariaDB performance using monitoring and analysis

• Design and implement backup, restore, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies using enterprise platforms

• Support database cloning/replication and copy data management workflows

• Automate routine DBA tasks and operational processes with enterprise automation/orchestration tools

• Deploy, configure, and support database solutions on AWS (EC2, RDS, Aurora, MariaDB, MongoDB)

• Apply vendor security patches and follow database security best practices

• Lead Oracle database platform migrations (IBM AIX to RHEL), including data migration planning and risk mitigation

• Participate in on-call support for after-hours incident response and service remediation

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in systems development, analysis, programming, or testing

• 12+ years of Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB database administration experience

• Enterprise experience with performance monitoring, optimization, and tuning

• Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery (DR) architecture experience

• CommVault-based backup/recovery solution support

• Dell EMC AppSync/CommVault database cloning and copy data management experience

• Automation experience for Oracle DBA tasks using Jenkins, Ansible, Control-M, Azure DevOps, and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

• AWS deployment and administration experience (EC2, RDS, Aurora, MariaDB, MongoDB)

• Ability to maintain service reliability through monitoring, troubleshooting, and observability

• Security patching and vulnerability remediation experience

• Experience leading Oracle migrations from IBM AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field (or equivalent qualifying experience)

• Master’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field and Oracle certification

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule (onsite + telework)

• Overtime as needed (average ~4 hours/week anticipated)

• On-call participation with after-hours incident response

• County pays overtime at the hourly rate