Oracle DBA Application Database Administrator - Savantage Solutions

Savantage Solutions is seeking an Oracle Application Database Administrator (DBA) to join our high-quality team that delivers innovative solutions to our federal clients. The Oracle DBA maintains our proprietary Oracle-based financial software product, Altimate®. The position will support software maintenance of the database and application servers including installation, upgrades, and patching as well as support all Altimate application-related aspects of development, unit testing, integration testing, and production deployment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform installation, configuration, upgrade, and patching of Oracle Fusion Middleware software including Java, WebLogic 12c, WebLogic 14c, Forms/Reports, OID, OAM, ORDS and Oracle HTTP Server.
• Perform installation, configuration, upgrade, and patching for Oracle Database software including ORDS and APEX.
• Perform application file system and database backup, restore, recovery, replication, and cloning.
• Monitor and proactively tune-up database and application performance.
• Perform root cause analysis for issues, develop resolution strategies, and address issues timely.
• Contribute to analysis on objectives such as capacity, availability, scalability, security, data migration, and disaster recovery planning.
• Collaborate with other teams, vendors, and customers to ensure project goals and milestones are achieved.
• Create and maintain Windows and Linux shell scripts.
• Create and maintain standard operation procedure documentation.
• Prepare timely Status Reports

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:

The candidate must have:

• 5+ years of experience in database development and support.
• 3+ years of experience in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration.
• Strong working knowledge of Oracle 19c Database Management System (DBMS) including Multitenant, ORDS and APEX management.
• Experience with Oracle APEX application deployment methods.
• Experience with Oracle Forms/Reports 12c Administration and deployment.
• Experience with Oracle Reports, APEX, OID and OAM SSO configuration.
• Experience with APEX application performance tuning and debugging.
• Experience with Oracle WebLogic server and HTTP server administration.
• Experience WebLogic application High Availability configuration.
• Experience using PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, SQLC and SQL-Developer tools etc.
• Experience with Data Pump, SQL*Loader and backup and recovery tools and methods such as RMAN utility.
• Monitor and tune database performance-related issues.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently and within a collaborative team-oriented environment using sound judgment and decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must be a United States (U.S.) Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with Windows 2016, Windows 2019, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Linux etc.
• Experience with Web application development using Oracle APEX.
• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Management tools.
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Forms and Reports server administration.
• Experience with Cloud Technologies such as Oracle Cloud (OCI) or Amazon Cloud (AWS).
• Experience DevOps, CI/CD methodologies and tools like Terraform and Git.
• Understanding OAM SSO Federation with Microsoft ADFS using SAML is a plus.
• Experience with Oracle OBIEE/Analytics and BI Publisher.
• Experience Oracle Financials E-Business Suite (EBS) 12. 

Corporate Summary:

Savantage Solutions provides a wide range of consulting, systems integration, and financial and project management support to federal and DoD agencies. For over two decades, Savantage Solutions has partnered with organizations in both the public and private sectors to achieve innovative solutions for customers' challenges. 

Savantage Solutions is a woman-owned company that values diversity, initiative, and a commitment to learning and growing. Our philosophy is that diversity is an asset to any industry or organization, and that innovation is only nurtured in an environment that embraces creativity and open minds. We thrive on the ideas and perspectives generated by a diverse workforce.

Savantage Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer