Senior Oracle Exadata DBA – Hybrid - Durham County, NC

Senior Oracle Exadata DBA – Hybrid - Durham County, NC

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Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) is an esteemed IT enterprise renowned for its exceptional customer service and innovation. We serve both government and commercial sectors, offering a range of solutions such as Healthcare IT, Human Services, Identity Credentialing, Cloud Computing, and Big Data Analytics. With clients in the US and abroad, we hold key contract vehicles including GSA IT Schedule 70, NIH CIO-SP3, GSA Alliant, and DHS-Eagle II.

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Role and Responsibilities

State of North Carolina - DHHS, is looking for Senior Oracle Exadata DBA. Work schedule is hybrid - Durham County, NC

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requires a Senior Exadata Applications DBA to support the migration and development support of various applications for North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST).

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an experienced Oracle Exadata DBA to lead the migration of large Oracle 19c databases (100+ TB) from standard AWS environments to Oracle Exadata in AWS. This role is responsible for optimizing, administering, and supporting Exadata platforms across development, test, and production environments, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability for a large portfolio of applications.

The DBA will work closely with engineering and application teams to modernize database architecture, streamline data models, and implement best practices for operating mission‑critical systems on Exadata within AWS.

This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends as required to meet business needs.

• Lead end‑to‑end migration of large 19c databases to Oracle Exadata in AWS, including planning, execution, cutover, and validation.
• Design and implement Exadata‑optimized database configurations, storage features, and performance strategies.
• Manage Oracle Exadata environments (dev/test/prod), including schema design, data modeling, and SQL optimization.
• Perform advanced performance tuning using AWR/ASH analysis, indexing, partitioning, and resource management.
• Administer high‑availability and DR configurations using Oracle Data Guard.
• Implement and manage replication solutions such as Oracle GoldenGate.
• Troubleshoot performance, configuration, and availability issues across Exadata and Linux platforms.
• Execute backups, restores, patching, and upgrades for Exadata environments.

Minimum Qualification

• 7 Years of deep understanding of Oracle Exadata architecture, including storage cells, InfiniBand networking, Smart Scan and Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC)
• 7 Years experience in managing storage using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and monitoring ASM disk groups
• 3 Years of proficiency in applying Exadata storage cell, compute node, and firmware patches, along with database-level PSU/DBRU/Release Updates
• 3 Years experience with performance tuning at both database and Exadata storage layer
• 5 Years in ability to troubleshoot complex issues across database, OS, and Exadata storage components
• 2 Years demonstrable expertise in designing database schemas, access patterns, indexing, locking strategies, and tuning Oracle databases
• 2 years experience with OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager) or Cloud Control for monitoring and diagnostics
• 2 Years of experience in Install, configure, and troubleshoot/maintain Golden Gate
• 5 Years of strong experience in SQL writing skills
• 5 Years participate in on-call rotation and weekend work
• 2 Years of experience with advanced security and Oracle DataGuard replication