Job Title: Senior Oracle Database Engineer / Lead
Location: St. Louis, MO
Duration: 6 Months + Extension
Bill Rate: $82/hour
Job Type: W-2 Contract
Client: To Be Discussed Later
Work Authorization:
- USC
- GC
- H-1B
- OPT-EAD
- GC-EAD
Job Description:
**Role Summary**
We are seeking a highly experienced **Senior Oracle Database Engineer / Lead** to play a critical role in designing, engineering, and operating enterprise database platforms while driving **modernization, automation, and cloud adoption initiatives**.
This role will act as a **technical leader and subject matter expert (SME)** across Oracle platforms and will contribute to **cross-platform database strategy**, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost optimization across the enterprise.
**Required Qualifications**
- 10+ years of experience in **Oracle Database Engineering / Administration**
- Deep expertise in:
- **RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate, ASM**
- **Exadata platforms (on-prem and cloud)**
- Strong experience in:
- Performance tuning and troubleshooting large-scale systems
- Hands-on experience with:
- **Cloud platforms (OCI, AWS, Google Cloud Platform)**
- **Automation tools (Terraform, Ansible)**
- **Scripting (Python, Shell)**
- Experience in:
- **High-availability and mission-critical production environments**
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Experience with:
- **Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) / Exadata@Google Cloud Platform**
- Exposure to:
- **AI/ML applications in database operations**
- Knowledge of:
- **Kubernetes, containers, microservices**
- Experience with:
- **Enterprise audit and compliance frameworks**
- **License optimization and cost modeling**
Equal opportunity Employer : We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.