Application Database Administrator

• 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 ensure security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability (targeting 99.5%+ system availability). 

• Perform system maintenance and daily operations across production and non-production environments (patching, upgrades, updates). 

• Conduct system and performance monitoring/tuning; respond to alerts and outages within agreed timeframes; perform root-cause analysis. 

• Manage patch management, vulnerability management, and baseline configurations; prepare corrective action plans and remediate findings from vulnerability scans. 

• Provide backup/recovery and storage management; support instance creation/modification and environment refresh activities. 

• Support disaster recovery (DR), contingency planning, and continuity of operations, including maintaining alternate site readiness, monitoring DR synchronization, and supporting semi-annual DR testing. 

• Perform/assist with configuration management and documentation of installation/setup/processes/configurations; ensure documentation remains current. 

• Support Certification & Accreditation / Authorization activities and required documentation updates for audits and system reviews. 

• Support financial audits and security assessments; prepare and update required artifacts and evidence as needed. 

• Support migration initiatives, including EBS/application environment migration to AWS in coordination with government stakeholders and technical teams. 

• Provide expert support for virtualization environments (e.g., VMware) as needed to ensure optimal performance 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 in Applications DBA / Oracle financial systems environment experience;  

• Senior-level experience administering Oracle databases and supporting Oracle application environments (production + dev/test). 

• Strong experience with backup/recovery, patching, upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning in enterprise environments. 

• Experience with vulnerability remediation, security hardening, and compliance support in regulated/federal contexts (e.g., NIST/FIPS-aligned controls). 

• Working knowledge of DR/COOP planning and testing and operating in high-availability environments. 

• Experience supporting or participating in cloud migration to AWS for Oracle application/database environments (preferred). 

• Strong documentation skills and ability to work effectively with application teams, infrastructure teams, and stakeholders. 

• Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Program Management, Finance, Computer Science, or related field preferred. Master’s degree preferred. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered. 
• Clearance Requirements: Must be able to obtain and maintain SBA suitability/Public Trust, PIV access, and access to SBA systems as required. 
• Certification Requirements: No certification is specified in the PWS. Oracle DBA, AWS certifications are preferred but not mandatory. 
• Experience managing Oracle Federal Financials, Oracle EBS, federal financial systems, Agile delivery, AWS migration, production support, and O&M environments. 
• Experience with Linux and mid-tier administration, disaster recovery, vulnerability remediation, audit support, and VMware.  
• Travel will be required to Washington, DC as needed.