Oracle RDS Database Operations / Contract / Onsite

Our large finance and advisory client is looking for a contract Oracle RDS Database Operations Contractor. This is a fully onsite role located in Seattle, WA.

The Operational Database Platform team builds and maintains scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions powering our Operational Database Platform. We handle massive data volumes, ensuring high performance, redundancy, and security.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Oracle RDS Database Operator to join our team on a contract basis. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing our Oracle RDS database environments.

Contract Duration: 4-Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of Oracle database operator experience.
• Extensive experience with Oracle RDS and AWS environments
• Strong SQL knowledge Strong knowledge of Oracle database operations, including user management, storage configuration, and performance tuning
• Experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk and OpsGenie
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing infrastructure and deployments.
• Experience with version Control & CI/CD tools such as Git, ArgoCD and GitLab.
• Experience with database patching and upgrade processes
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team environment

Desired Skills & Experience

• Oracle certifications preferred AWS RDS certifications preferred SQL certifications preferred

What You Will Be Doing
Daily Responsibilities

• This contractor role requires a high level of expertise in Oracle RDS database operations and the ability to handle a wide range of database operations and maintenance tasks.
• Storage Management: Manage tablespaces, conduct database purging and handle RDS storage increases.
• Deployment: Execute deployments and schema migrations maintaining detailed records of all database activities, changes, and configurations.
• Performance: Optimize performance through session management, query flushing, and statistics gathering. Review database queries for better performance and efficiency.
• Maintenance and Monitoring: Perform new DB builds, configure monitoring agents, and manage alerts.
• High Availability and Patching: Execute data warehouse switchovers, perform OEM, server, and database patching.
• Support and Capacity Planning: Create and manage AWS and Oracle support cases, participate in capacity reviews.
• User Access Management: Create users, reset password and process terminated users.
• Audit Support: Assisting in audit processes by providing necessary data and documentation.
• On-call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation to address urgent issues, ensuring minimal disruption to the platform.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.