Role:
Senior Oracle Database Engineer
Location: St. Louis, MO – Onsite
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Oracle Database Engineer to join an enterprise Database Services organization supporting a large-scale, mission-critical database environment across on-premises, Exadata, OCI, AWS, and GCP.
The role will focus on Oracle database architecture, Exadata modernization, cloud migration, automation/DBaaS, performance engineering, observability, security, and enterprise database transformation.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, and manage Oracle 11g/12c/19c/23c databases across OLTP, Data Warehouse, and mixed workloads.
- Provide deep expertise in Oracle RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate, ASM, RMAN, and Data Pump.
- Lead Exadata X6–X9, Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC), and Exadata Cloud engineering and modernization.
- Drive database migrations to OCI, AWS, and GCP, including hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
- Execute zero-downtime migrations using GoldenGate and other replication technologies.
- Design and implement DBaaS and database automation using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Shell scripting.
- Integrate database provisioning, patching, and compliance workflows with Jenkins/GitHub Actions CI/CD.
- Perform advanced performance tuning using AWR, ASH, ADDM, SQL tuning, indexing, and execution plan analysis.
- Implement enterprise monitoring and observability using OEM, Foglight, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Support AI/ML and AIOps initiatives including predictive failure detection, anomaly detection, and GenAI-assisted incident management.
- Implement database security, encryption, auditing, access controls, and compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB/DocumentDB, Redis, and other database teams.
- Serve as a technical lead/SME, mentor engineers, establish standards, and participate in production escalation/support.
Required Skills
- 10+ years of Oracle Database Engineering/Administration
- Strong expertise in RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate, and ASM
- Extensive Exadata experience
- Strong performance tuning and troubleshooting experience
- Hands-on experience with OCI, AWS, and/or GCP
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Shell
- Experience supporting high-availability, mission-critical production environments
- Strong database architecture and technical leadership skills