Oracle Database Engineer (Remote)
GovCIO · Nashville, TN
$175,000–$195,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A fully remote database engineering role supporting a federal data modernization program for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The work centers on designing and maintaining Oracle GoldenGate replication pipelines to move data between on-premises VA systems and cloud environments, alongside administering Azure services, Databricks workspaces, and data lake components. Suits a seasoned database engineer with deep Oracle GoldenGate and cloud infrastructure experience, including automation and secure data integration at enterprise scale.
Senior level · 12+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 70 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 20–110
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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 '12+ years' experience requirement is stated as 'in business analysis, project management, or a similar role' — an oddly broad framing for a deeply technical Oracle/Azure database engineering role. It has been captured as the role-level minimum (the overall years minimum of 12) rather than tied to any single technology.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or commensurate experience,' so no hard degree gate is set.
Clearance is listed as 'Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/Public Trust' — this is a Public Trust background investigation, not a formal US security clearance, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role spans database administration (15-1242) and data/cloud architecture/engineering (15-1243). The day-to-day emphasis on GoldenGate replication operations, database design, and administration tips it toward 15-1242, with 15-1243 as a close runner-up.
Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates are listed together as interchangeable infrastructure-automation options within the same requirement; Python and PowerShell are similarly paired. Each pair is emitted as one skill with alternatives.
Delta Lake is listed alongside 'structured storage systems' as an example of required data lake architecture knowledge; it is the only named technology in that requirement and is marked required.
The preferred skills section lists a broad mix of technologies (T-SQL, SQL Server, Teradata, Active Directory, AWS, Snowflake, Java, Parquet, CI/CD, etc.) — all marked preferred.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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