Application Database Administrator
Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
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Job Summary
DDC is seeking anApplication Database Administrator (Applications DBA)to support mission-critical Oracle financial systems and related application/database platforms in a federal environment. This roleis responsible forday-to-daydatabase administration and application environment managementacross production and non-production instances ensuring systems meet security availability and performance requirements. The Applications DBA will support patching upgrades monitoring backup/recovery configuration management vulnerability remediation audit support and disaster recovery/continuity activities. The role also supports modernization initiatives includingmigration of the current application environment to AWS and works closely with technical teams tomaintainstable secure and well-documented environments
*This position is contingent upon contract award.*
Responsibilities:
Provide database administration and application management support for Oracle-based financial application environments and associated databases.
Administer Oracle database and application/mid-tier environments to ensuresecurity confidentiality integrity and availability(targeting99.5% system availability).
Performsystem maintenance and daily operationsacross production and non-production environments (patching upgrades updates).
Conductsystem and performance monitoring/tuning; respond to alerts and outages within agreedtimeframes; perform root-cause analysis.
Managepatch management vulnerability management and baseline configurations; prepare corrective action plans and remediate findings from vulnerability scans.
Providebackup/recoveryand storage management; support instance creation/modification and environment refresh activities.
Supportdisaster recovery (DR) contingency planning and continuity of operations includingmaintainingalternate site readinessmonitoringDR synchronization and supporting semi-annual DR testing.
Perform/assist withconfiguration managementand documentation of installation/setup/processes/configurations; ensure documentationremainscurrent.
SupportCertification & Accreditation / Authorizationactivities anddocumentation updates for audits and system reviews.
Support financial audits and security assessments; prepare and update required artifacts and evidence as needed.
Support migration initiatives includingEBS/application environment migration to AWSin coordination with government stakeholders and technical teams.
Provide expert support for virtualization environments (e.g. VMware) as needed to ensureoptimalperformance for Oracle applications and databases.
Provide as-needed Oracle database platform support per customer request.
Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Years of Experience:10 years of experience inApplications DBA / Oracle financial systems environment experience;
- Senior-level experience administeringOracle databasesand supporting Oracle application environments (production dev/test).
- Strong experience withbackup/recovery patching upgrades monitoring troubleshooting and performance tuningin enterprise environments.
- Experience withvulnerability remediation security hardening and compliance support in regulated/federal contexts (e.g. NIST/FIPS-aligned controls).
- Working knowledge ofDR/COOP planning and testingandoperatingin high-availability environments.
- Experience supporting orparticipatingincloud migration to AWSfor Oracle application/database environments (preferred).
- Strong documentation skills and ability to work effectively with application teams infrastructure teams and stakeholders.
- Education Level:Bachelors degree in Information Systems Business Administration Program Management Finance Computer Science or related field preferred. Masters degree preferred. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- Clearance Requirements:Must be able to obtain andmaintainSBA suitability/Public Trust PIV access and access to SBA systems as.
- Certification Requirements:No certification is specified in the PWS.OracleDBAAWS certificationsare preferred but not mandatory.
- Experience managing Oracle Federal Financials Oracle EBS federal financial systems Agile delivery AWS migration production support and O&M environments.
- Experiencewith Linux and mid-tier administration disaster recovery vulnerability remediation audit support and VMware.
- Travel will be required to Washington DC as needed.
About Us
Diné Development Corporation (DDC) is a Navajo Nationowned family of companies that provides government agencies and commercial organizations with high-quality IT professional environmental and research and development services. DDC is dedicated to empowering the Navajo Nation and the communities we serve.
Benefits
Eligible full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision life and disability coverage retirement savings with company match and paid time off. Additional benefits include voluntary supplemental benefits access to an employee assistance program and educational assistance with tuition reimbursement.
Equal Opportunity & Compliance Statement
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a) 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or for inquiring about discussing or disclosing information about compensation or any other basis prohibited by law. We participate in E-Verify.
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