Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Salary
Not specified
Type
fulltime
Posted
Today
Job Description
Akkodis is seeking a
Sr. Oracle Database Engineer
for a
Direct Hire
position with a client located in
Pittsburgh, PA
. Ideally looking for applicants with a solid background in the financial services industry.
Salary Range
: $150k to $170k annually \+ benefits. The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.
Sr. Database Engineer job responsibilities include:
- Architect and implement scalable Oracle database solutions for high-throughput applications
- Design and manage cross-region replication and fault-tolerant architectures
- Drive performance tuning and optimization (query tuning, indexing, partitioning)
- Enforce data security and encryption standards (data at rest/in transit, access controls)
- Partner with engineering teams on data modeling, PL/SQL development, and system design
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and database reliability standards (SLOs)
- Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines (Liquibase, Flyway, or similar)
- Contribute to modernization efforts, including Snowflake and Databricks integrations
To fulfill this role the Sr. Database Engineer will be required to:
- Database \& Data
- Oracle (primary environment; migrating to Exadata)
- PL/SQL, stored procedures, and performance tooling (AWR, SQL Trace, TKPROF)
- Microsoft Azure (primary)
- Cross-region failover and disaster recovery
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Experience in regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP or similar)
- Database encryption (TDE, in-transit security)
- Access controls and least privilege design
- Auditing and compliance standards
Qualifications
- Query optimization and code generation assistance
- Test generation and validation
- Reviewing and debugging AI-assisted outputs
- 9–11\+ years of experience in database engineering or related roles
- Deep expertise in Oracle database internals and performance tuning
- Strong experience with replication, high availability, and fault tolerance
- Experience integrating databases into modern CI/CD workflows
- Background in financial services or regulated environments is a plus
- Experience designing mission-critical, high-availability data systems
- Strong understanding of data architecture and distributed systems
- Ability to communicate and drive technical standards across teams
- Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, delivery-focused environments
If you are interested in this
Sr. Oracle Database Engineer
job in
Pittsburgh, PA
, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to www.akkodis.com.If you have questions about the position, please contact
Varun Mahajan
at
610-230-7027 or [email protected].
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
(INCLUDE
YOUR CLIENT’S BENEFITS HERE
)
Benefits include but are not limited to:
- 401(k) with match
- Comprehensive medical insurance (PPO, HSA)
- Dental insurance (PPO)
- Vision assistance
- Three weeks of Paid Time Off to Start; Accumulating Structure Afterwards
- Paid Holidays Off
Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pays upon meeting eligibility criteria.
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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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