Database administrator - it

Oracle
Albany, NY

Job Description

Building off our Cloud momentum, Oracle has formed a new organization - Oracle Health Applications & Infrastructure. This team will focus on product development and product strategy for Oracle Health while building out a complete platform supporting modernized, automated healthcare. This is a net new line of business, constructed with an entrepreneurial spirit that promotes an energetic and creative environment. We are unencumbered and will need your contribution to make it a world-class engineering center with a focus on excellence.

The Healthcare platform is an exciting team working at the intersection of infrastructure and applications, leveraging OCI to transform some of the largest healthcare applications in the industry. We are making healthcare better for everyone. To support this vision, we are building a platform that manages the end-to-end lifecycle, from provisioning to upgrade to termination. Providing a self-service cloud experience to the customer, we are looking for passionate Database Administrators who are Oracle Database, Oracle Cloud, and Oracle Autonomous Database experts. We seek Database Administrators with current experience in cloud technologies or those interested in expanding their skills in the Cloud.

Responsibilities

As a Database Administrator, you will be responsible for managing Oracle Health Applications & Infrastructure Databases (Prod & Non-Prod), performing basic database monitoring, and capacity management. You will triage database alerts and issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and supporting healthcare Non-production, Standby, Golden Gate, and Production databases, including setting up and maintaining database backups and monitoring and maintaining database replication.

You will apply database software updates and stand-alone hotfixes to customer environments, communicate with third-party software or hardware manufacturers as needed to ensure optimal configuration and support. Candidates should have good knowledge of Oracle Database architecture, Backup and Recovery, Data Guard, Real Application Clusters, ASM, Data Pump, Patching, Performance, and SQL Tuning.

You will also develop standardized work plans, documentation, processes, and automation. Willingness to work additional hours as needed and allowed by local regulations is essential. The primary focus is to keep the lights on, ensuring customer databases are stable and performant to fulfill our contractual obligations to customers.

Additionally, you will be part of the OHAI roadmap projects, such as migrating the Database to Oracle Cloud and Autonomous Databases

Minimum Qualifications

  • At least 3+ years of experience as Oracle DBA

  • 1+ years of experience shipping scalable, cloud native distributed systems.

  • Bachelor's degree/master's degree (Information Technology/Mathematics/Computer Science/Computer Software/Electronics/Operational Research/Computer System Engineering).

  • Ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.

  • Strong grasp of Computer Science concepts

  • Knowledge in Python, Perl and/or Shell Scripting

  • Managing production databases running on UNIX flavors (RHEL, OEL).

Skills :

  • Oracle Database

  • Oracle Grid Infrastructure, ASM & RAC

  • Oracle Cloud

Preferred Qualifications *: *

  • Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture & Exadata.

  • High availability & replication technologies (Data guard, Goldengate)

  • Advanced scripting/coding skills (Shell, Perl, and Python)

  • Oracle Autonomous Database

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from $30.29 to $60.63 per hour; from: $63,000 to $126,100 per annum. May be eligible for equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

Short term disability and long term disability

Life insurance and AD&D

Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

11 paid holidays

Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC2

About Us

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.

We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Posted 2025-11-08

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