Senior Oracle DBA & System Administrator at Allegion
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$110,000–$145,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
CO
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role is responsible for administering and optimizing Oracle E-Business Suite R12 databases running on Oracle Exadata hardware, covering installation, patching, backup/recovery, cloning, performance tuning, and security compliance. The position also involves technical leadership — building automation, writing runbooks, mentoring other DBAs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams on upgrades, DR testing, and architecture reviews. It suits an experienced Oracle DBA with deep Exadata and EBS R12 hands-on expertise.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 710 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 150–1,050
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role title includes 'System Administrator' alongside 'Oracle DBA', and the responsibilities span both deep database administration (RMAN, ASM, RAC, EBS cloning) and infrastructure/system-level work (Exadata hardware, Grid Infrastructure, storage/networking). 15-1242 Database Administrators was chosen as the primary classification because the dominant day-to-day work is database-focused; 15-1244 is the runner-up given the infrastructure and system administration scope.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is listed as 'preferred' and explicitly states equivalent experience will be considered, so no minimum degree is hard-required.
Oracle certifications (OCA/OCP/OCE, Exadata Database Machine Administrator, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) are all listed as preferred, not required.
Data Guard is listed in the requirements section but qualified with 'is a plus', so it is treated as preferred.
Ansible/Puppet/Chef and CI/CD appear in the required qualifications section but are qualified with 'is a plus'; they are treated as preferred accordingly.
Cloud/hybrid Exadata architectures (OCI, AWS RDS, Azure) and Python/Perl scripting appear in a secondary block of additional preferred qualifications following the core requirements list.
The role is bonus-eligible in addition to the stated base salary range.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Oracle E-Business Suite R12, Oracle OCA/OCP/OCE certifications.
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