Significance Inc.
Senior Oracle Database Administrator - DOE Enterprise IT Support
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Administer and secure DOE’s Oracle Fusion Middleware environment, serving as the primary SME for WebCenter, Enterprise Manager, OID/OAM, and SSL/TLS encryption. Responsibilities include installation, configuration, patching, tuning, monitoring, identity and access management, certificate lifecycle management, compliance with NIST and FedRAMP controls, audit support, remediation, and backup support for broader Oracle technologies. The role also requires collaboration with program managers, security teams, and product SMEs.
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Significance Inc. is seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator to support a federal program with the Department of Energy (DOE). This role will be fully remote.
The Senior Database Administrator will provide systems database administration support for DOE applications across all environments, including Development, Sandbox, Test, Performance, Training, and Production.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide database administration support for Oracle Portal, DOE Budgeting System (Oracle Hyperion), DOE Financial System (Oracle EBS), and core databases supporting DOE applications.
- Install, configure, and administer Oracle 26 AI in production and development environments.
- Design, configure, and support Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO), Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Oracle Access Manager (OAM), and UCM.
- Perform Oracle Fusion Middleware installations, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
- Recommend and implement database security, backup, recovery, redundancy, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Implement automated monitoring and continuously monitor database storage, availability, performance, and system health.
- Perform database health checks, performance analysis, capacity planning, system sizing, and ongoing maintenance.
- Provide break/fix support, resolve production defects, and implement system stabilization changes.
- Support remediation of cybersecurity findings.
- Maintain system documentation, baseline configurations, SOPs, installation and upgrade documentation, security records, and event logs.
- Support system owners and security teams with annual A&A and ATO activities.
- Support internal and external data calls.
- Review quarterly Oracle Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) and coordinate testing and implementation across applicable environments.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline with 8 years of relevant experience in Oracle Federal Financials and Oracle Hyperion. In lieu of a degree, 9–10 years of relevant experience is required.
- Approximately two-thirds of the candidate’s experience must be as a Database Administrator supporting Oracle OID, OAM, and SSO. Experience managing Oracle Portal and Hyperion implementations is preferred.
- Strong understanding of Oracle databases, related utilities, and tools.
- Strong experience with performance tuning and monitoring.
- Knowledge of load balancers, storage, and cloud environments.
- Working knowledge of Windows Server and IIS.
- Strong knowledge of Oracle backup and recovery.
- Understanding of Oracle security management and data integrity.
- Experience with code migration, database change management, and data management throughout the development lifecycle.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- U.S. Citizenship required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Clearance.
- This role is fully remote. Accessing DOE Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) or logging into the DOE network from outside the United States is strictly prohibited without proper authorization.
Additional Information:
Desired Skills:
- Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Professional certification.
- Experience with ServiceNow for incident, problem, and service request management.
- Previous Department of Energy (DOE) experience.
- Ability to analyze business and functional requirements and recommend optimal technical solutions.
At Significance, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location.
We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a comprehensive and generous benefits package.
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