Oracle Infrastructure DBA/Developer

Description

Job Description:

Come join one of our high performing teams responsible for building and supporting enterprise open systems platform of the Social Security Administration (SSA) and their mission to meet the changing needs of the public, positively impacting at least 65 million American lives per month. The Oracle Private Cloud Platform and Automation Administrator must have strong systems, software, database, and cloud experience to support a complex program to provide development, operations and maintenance support for the Oracle Private Cloud and automation using Ansible Workbooks. The ideal candidate is a thought leader who possess a proven track record in providing automation support and programming for the Oracle Private Cloud Infrastructure. Do you have most of these key required skills, education, or experience? Do you want to learn more about our telework posture? Are you an US citizen, US resident, or Visa candidate and think you might fit? We recommend you apply and start the conversation today! Join us in supporting our SSA contracts in Woodlawn, Maryland.

Team Culture

Your passion and values might be a good fit for our teams if you answer “yes” to the following questions:

• Are you looking for a company that puts employees first, with a focus on career, flexibility, and well-being?
• Do you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and teammates and believe that the best ideas are fostered in an inclusive environment?
• Are you searching for a team with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive for daily mission success?
• Are you comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership?
• Do you enjoy being a catalyst, solving complex problems, and providing innovative solutions?
• Do you have the flexibility, creativity, and resilience to pivot the mission for success?
• Do you have the courage to make tough ethical decisions with pride, transparency, and respect?

Mentorship & Career Growth:

Our teams are dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Experienced engineers will be assigned to new hires for one-on-one mentoring, collaborative code reviews, and coaching on customer engagement to help each new hire successfully onboard and demonstrate their skills. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and will help you further develop your skillset.

Foundation for Success (Basic Qualifications):

This experience is the foundation a candidate needs to be successful in this position:

• 7 years of experience or more as an Oracle Platform Administrator
• 5 years of experience with basic Linux knowledge, skills and abilities with any of the following Fedora based operating systems (RHEL, OL, CentOS)
• 4 years of experience supporting an Oracle Cloud platform
• 4 years of experience programming knowledge in Python including JSON API based calls and PHP
• 4 years of experience with creating and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks. Ability to take documented manual procedures and translate them to Ansible playbooks.
• 2 years of experience with Groovy and Jenkins
• 3 years of experience with creating and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks. Ability to take documented manual procedures and translate them to Ansible playbooks.
• Expertise in the Linux command-line environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Factors to Help You Shine (Required Skills):

These skills will help you succeed in this position:

• Knowledge of Jenkins including groovy pipeline scripting and job creation.
• Knowledge of version control systems such as Git.
• Ability to create Linux scripts for the completion, automation of task level requirements and ability to create and manage cron jobs in Linux.
• Knowledge of a software development lifecycle that includes development, validation, integration, training and production
• Ability to develop a detailed project plan that includes schedule, scope, communication plan, risk analysis, resource estimates, milestones and back-out procedures.
• Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing.
• Ability to gather process requirements to automate into Ansible playbooks.
• Ability to develop and implement service request workflows for automating system operation and maintenance processes.
• Ability to perform written and oral communications, and oral presentations, to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, and to interface with the internal customers on a daily basis.
• Adept at working independently, but also in a team environment.

How to Stand Out from the Crowd (Desired Skills)

Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

• Knowledge of Jenkins including groovy pipeline scripting and job creation.
• Adept at working independently, but also in a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience delivering technology solutions in a fast-paced, deadline driven enterprise environment
• Excellent understanding of change management, testing requirements, techniques, and tools to ensure high availability of systems
• Prior Federal government experience
• Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts to a dynamic work environment
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities

Day to Day Responsibilities:

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams and contribute to our communities. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. If this sounds like a mission you want to be a part of, keep reading!

Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it. Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find you passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status. We are excited for you to take your place in our Leidos Family.

Find your “Why” with us!

• Work with advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.
• Be challenged with working on complex technical problems and providing innovative solutions.
• Work with highly experienced and technical resources
• Creating and maintaining new and existing Ansible Playbooks to automate Linux administration, Oracle software, Oracle databases, and other third-party software.
• Updating Ansible playbooks for new versions of software and patches.
• Installing, developing and maintaining scripts and code to support various new system functions.
• Developing and using Ansible dynamic inventories using Python.
• Using Oracle Private Cloud Platform Administrator Git and BitBucket to maintain and store Ansible playbook repositories.
• Creating and modifying Jenkins Jobs for lifecycle deployment of Ansible playbooks.
• Maintaining and supporting OVM virtualization technology with Python and JSON API calls.
• Maintaining and developing Python JSON database to supplement inventory.
• Creating and maintaining Groovy pipeline code for Jenkins Jobs.
• All other duties as assigned or directed

Education & Qualifications

• Master’s degree and 6+ years of experience in a training-related field or bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in a training-related field
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Leidos’ Health Group is recognized as a Top 10 Health IT provider. We draw on decades of success to deliver a range of solutions and services designed to meet the healthcare challenges of today. From the research bench to the patient bedside, we are a company of scientists, engineers, and technologists delivering a broad range of impactful, customizable, and scalable solutions to hospitals and health systems, biomedical organizations, and every U.S. federal agency focused on health. Leidos works with customers across the continuum of care to improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes with innovative solutions that advance the next generation of care. Our mission is to contribute to creating a healthier world. Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today!

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.