Database Administrator III - Active TS/SCI

Riptide Technology is hiring a Database Administrator III with an active TS/SCI for onsite work in Suitland, Maryland. The role provides IT support services to ONI N64 (Enterprise Modernization and Integration) to include Tier 1 through 3 on-call support, planning and scheduling, customer/user support, systems engineering and technical assessments, software engineering, system administration and operation, database administration and development, system/software testing and break-fix support.

Further support includes temporarily support current on premise GOTS application; and in addition, moving forward with migrating the GOTS application capabilities to a cloud enterprise environment.

• Design, implement, measure and fabric and host-based technologies for networking
• Resolve highly complex technical issues on Oracle Cloud and Exadata On-Prem platforms, spanning across database footprint including Exadata architecture, Real Application Clusters, High Availability, Data Guard, Corruption, Backup and Recovery
• Install, configure, and maintain of complex network of Cloud and on-premise systems
• Assist with integrating services across Cloud and data center
• Contribute to the prioritization of requirements and matching of resources with requirements.
• Establish baselines and configuration control. Reviews CMDB and identifies opportunities for improvement
• Administer, maintain, develop and implement policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of customer databases
• Support the production and non-production Oracle databases by; correcting issues, supporting routine and ad-hoc data change requests, creating documentation, implementing and monitoring daily and nightly database maintenance jobs, and monitoring, diagnosing, resolving, and responding to system failure and performance issues and taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminating recurrence of the problem
• Analyze and improve system performance
• Act as a subject matter expert and resource in the area of database management
• Build out plans for improvements to databases and associated data
• Formulate and implement backup procedures for all customer databases
• Document new or modified infrastructure solutions, test activities/results, and workflows
• Perform database design and modeling; as well as, the collection and interpretation of customer requirements relevant to database migration, troubleshooting, performance observation and tuning

• Active DoD - TS/SCI
• DoD IAT Level II Certification - Level two certifications typically require one of these additional certifications as prerequisites:
• CCNA Security, or Cisco Certified Network Associate certification OR
• CySA+ **, or Cybersecurity Analyst Plus certification OR
• GICSP or Global Industrial Cybersecurity Professional OR
• GSEC or Global Information Security Essentials Certification OR
• Security+ CE, or Security Plus Continuing Education OR
• CND or Certified Network Defender OR
• SSCP or Systems Security Certified Professional OR one of the preceding

• Contractor site with 0%-10% travel possible. Possible off-hours work to support releases and outages.
• Database architecture knowledge and administration
• Solid ability to use CellCLI, ExaCLI, DCLI, ExaDCLI, patchmgr, and other Exadata administration tools in various situations
• Solid hands-on experience with Exadata configuration, security, and administration
• Experience in Exadata monitoring and troubleshooting
• Solid hands-on ability to update/patch different Exadata machine components
• Able to backup different Exadata Database Machine components and databases on Exadata
• Experience with clustering technologies from different vendors
• Thorough understanding of the Oracle database features
• Extensive hands on interaction with large Database management systems
• ZDLRA, Backup and Recovery, RMAN, knowledge of various restore and recovery scenarios.

Riptide Technology, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer ensuring no employee or prospective employee will be discriminated against based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or marital status with regards to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion or rehiring.