Senior Database Administrator

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sr. Database Administrator providing Oracle database support at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $136,406 - $171,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftAWSCloudEC2ERPJavaLinuxMySQLNFSOraclePerlPostgresShell ScriptingSQLUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide comprehensive Oracle database support in a high-performance, highly available environment
Collaborate with application and business support teams to analyze, design, and implement complex database solutions
Install, configure, and manage Oracle database environments on Unix, Linux, and Windows operating systems
Implement, configure, and support high-availability solutions for Oracle databases
Perform Oracle database patching and upgrades in a heterogeneous landscape, including Exadata, RAC, virtual machine, Veritas active/passive clustering, Data Guard, and Golden Gate
Ensure optimal Oracle database efficiency by performing database tuning, SQL and PL/SQL tuning, and hardware/operating system consulting related to database performance
Ensure database compliance with strict audit standards including SOX, PCI, FDA, FISMA, and HIPAA
Ensure adherence to change control policies
Manage database security at all levels
Perform database backup, recovery, and cloning
Automate and maintain automation for routine database tasks
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in a highly dynamic environment

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field of study
10 years of Oracle DBA experience on Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms, or related experience
Installation, configuration, and management of Oracle databases, including standalone databases, and clustered databases using RAC, Oracle Exadata, Veritas active/passive clustering, virtual machine, Oracle Data Guard, and Oracle Golden Gate
Engaging and managing Oracle support and Oracle Platinum support teams
Analyzing and tuning Oracle database environments, including configuring databases for optimal performance and tuning problematic SQL and PL/SQL
Oracle Golden Gate and data replication, including installation and deployment of Golden Gate locally and hub installations, instantiation of replication, and replication troubleshooting
Creating and maintaining automation scripts for routine database administration tasks
Unix/Linux shell scripting required or equivalent experience with Powershell, Perl, and Java
Ensuring database audit compliance, including SOX, PCI, FDA, FISMA, and HIPAA controls
Oracle database backup, recovery, and cloning using Oracle Rman, Veeam, EMC disk cloning, Data Domain, NFS, and Oracle ZFS backup technologies
Database physical and logical design for transactional and data warehouse systems
Managing databases in Amazon Web Services and Oracle Cloud deployments including RDS, EC2, and ATP installations, including resizing, patching, security, and maintenance
Analyzing, implementing, managing, and testing large heterogenous Database Disaster Recovery implementations
Database security including patching, user creation, password rotation, privilege management, profile management, and database encryption
Supporting large ERP systems including SAP, JD Edwards Enterprise One, ecommerce, and large data warehouses
Implementing and maintaining PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redshift databases
Dissemination of information to both technical team members and leadership, documenting and maintaining documentation for critical processes and SOPs

Benefits

Comp & perks

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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Hard Skills & Tools

Oracle database supportdatabase tuningSQLPL/SQLUnixLinuxWindowsshell scriptingOracle Rmandatabase backup and recovery

Soft Skills

collaborationtroubleshootingproblem-solvingcommunicationdocumentation