Cleared Oracle Database Engineer at SHINE Systems
Washington, DC
$90,000
Jul 20, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cleared Oracle Database Engineer role supporting the modernization of a government information system in the aerospace and defense sector. Day-to-day work centers on administering Oracle 19c databases across on-premises and AWS RDS environments — covering schema design, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security hardening, and compliance controls. The role also involves coordinating with Java developers and supporting integrations with SAP Business Intelligence and Apache Solr. A TS/SCI clearance is required, with a polygraph preferred.
Senior level · 13+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $111,141 (middle half $94,381–$144,959).
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The role is titled 'Oracle Database Engineer' with no seniority level in the title; advertised seniority is Unspecified. However, the 13+ years of experience requirement and the breadth of production, compliance, and migration responsibilities firmly support a Senior classification.
Clearance gate: the posting requires the ability to obtain and/or maintain a TS/SCI clearance (US Citizenship required). The desired qualifications additionally call for an active TS/SCI with an in-scope polygraph — that is preferred, not a hard gate.
Degree is not strictly required: a Bachelor's may substitute for 4 years and a Master's for 6 years of the 13+ year experience requirement, so no degree is mandated.
Apache Solr appears in the required qualifications section but is explicitly softened to 'preferred' ('Apache Solr experience preferred'), so it is marked as preferred.
SAP BI and VMware appear only under Desired Qualifications and are marked as preferred accordingly.
Telework is currently approved, but the posting lists specific preferred office locations (Annapolis Junction MD, Washington DC, Reston VA) and does not describe the role as fully remote; remote is set to false.
No compensation figures are provided; salary is described as determined by contract funding and candidate factors.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Oracle database security hardening, Oracle patch management, backup and restore procedures, database schema design.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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