Oracle Database Engineer

Position: Oracle SME / Database Engineer Location: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite in a Week) Duration: 12 Months Contract to Hire Payrate: $ 60-65 per hour Job Description: We are seeking a hands-on Oracle SME / Database Engineer to manage and support enterprise production Oracle environments. This is a pure DBA / database engineering role focused on installation, upgrade, patching, stability, performance, and automation — not a developer role. Responsibilities: • Install, build, deploy, upgrade, and patch Oracle components including RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, OEM, ASM, and Partitioning • Manage replication and failover (GoldenGate or HVR), including setup and troubleshooting • Perform all database work in production environments • Monitor systems (sessions, locks, logs, traces, disk space, performance, and uptime) • Ensure production availability, including backup, recovery, refresh, security, and DR setup/maintenance • Handle database recovery during log full or system crash scenarios • Perform routine DBA activities: schema creation, auditing, access control, space/storage management, object management, and maintenance • Execute performance analysis, query monitoring, and tuning • Automate DBA operations using Shell, Python, Ansible, Go, or similar tools Requirements: • Strong experience as an Oracle DBA / Oracle SME / Database Engineer • Deep Oracle infrastructure expertise (RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, OEM, ASM, Partitioning) • Experience with replication technologies • Strong Linux experience • Ability to write and deploy SQL patches • Strong communication, attention to detail, proactive and urgent mindset Nice to Have: • Redis or NodeSQL • NoSQL databases (Cassandra, Sybase, HANA) • Exposure to GCP Russell Tobin offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.