Senior/Lead Oracle, MySQL & MariaDB DBA / Database Architect
Location: Los Angeles, California
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Contract Duration: 1-year, possible extension, W2
Pay: $68.00/hr
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead the design, modernization, migration, and support of complex enterprise database environments within the healthcare industry.
This position is ideal for a senior-level database and infrastructure professional with deep expertise in Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, AWS, database performance tuning, backup and disaster recovery, automation, and large-scale cloud/platform migrations.
The Technical Architect will provide hands-on technical leadership while partnering with application development, database administration, infrastructure, business, and executive teams to develop scalable, secure, reliable solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, implement, and support complex enterprise database and technology solutions.
- Lead administration and optimization of Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB environments.
- Perform database performance monitoring, analysis, troubleshooting, optimization, and tuning.
- Design and maintain database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
- Support enterprise backup platforms such as Commvault.
- Manage database cloning, replication, and copy data management using technologies such as Dell EMC AppSync and Commvault.
- Automate database administration and operational processes using Jenkins, Ansible, Control-M, Azure DevOps, and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).
- Deploy, configure, administer, and support database solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Work with AWS technologies including EC2, RDS, Aurora, MariaDB, and MongoDB.
- Utilize AWS monitoring, logging, and observability services to maintain database performance and operational reliability.
- Apply database security best practices, patches, updates, and vulnerability remediation.
- Lead complex Oracle database migrations, including migrations from IBM AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
- Support cross-platform migrations involving endian conversion, storage redesign, application compatibility assessment, and performance benchmarking.
- Utilize migration technologies and methodologies such as RMAN Convert, Data Pump, and Oracle GoldenGate.
- Develop migration cutover plans, risk mitigation strategies, and approaches designed to minimize downtime and business disruption.
- Design database schemas based on system and business requirements.
- Develop and support scheduled jobs and integrations with external systems.
- Create prototypes and proof-of-concept solutions to validate technical approaches.
- Ensure technical architecture aligns with business objectives, security requirements, scalability needs, and long-term technology strategy.
- Partner with business stakeholders, developers, DBAs, infrastructure teams, management, and executive leadership.
- Provide technical direction to team members and support project milestones from requirements through implementation.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in systems development, systems analysis, programming, testing, database administration, or related technology environments.
- Extensive enterprise experience with:
- Oracle
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- Database performance tuning and optimization
- Database backup and recovery
- Disaster recovery architecture
- Cloud and platform migrations
- Strong understanding of database security, patching, vulnerability remediation, and operational reliability.
- Hands-on experience supporting complex enterprise database environments.
- Experience working with technical and business stakeholders across multiple organizational levels.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Highly Desired Experience
Ideal candidates will bring extensive senior-level experience, preferably 12+ years, across several of the following areas:
- Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB database administration
- AWS database infrastructure and cloud migrations
- Oracle performance tuning and optimization
- Commvault backup and recovery
- Dell EMC AppSync
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- Control-M
- Azure DevOps
- Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)
- AWS EC2, RDS, and Aurora
- MongoDB
- IBM AIX
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Oracle RMAN
- Data Pump
- Oracle GoldenGate
- Database cloning and replication
- Disaster recovery and business continuity
- Cross-platform database migrations
- Enterprise monitoring and logging
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant qualifying professional experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.
- Master’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field preferred.
- Oracle certification preferred.
Ideal Candidate
The strongest candidate will be a senior-level Oracle/database architect or DBA who is equally comfortable working hands-on with enterprise databases and leading major modernization initiatives. Experience migrating Oracle environments from AIX to RHEL, supporting AWS database platforms, and designing enterprise-grade backup, recovery, DR, automation, and performance-tuning solutions will be especially valuable.
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