Senior Oracle Database Administrator at BRMi
Bethesda, VA
$110,000–$138,000from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Bethesda, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level Oracle DBA role supporting database environments at the National Institutes of Health, spanning Azure-hosted and hybrid on-premises infrastructure. Day-to-day work covers installation, patching, performance tuning, Data Guard and GoldenGate configuration, RMAN backup and recovery, and security compliance under FISMA and NIST frameworks. The role suits an experienced Oracle administrator comfortable working across Windows, Linux, and cloud platforms alongside development and cybersecurity teams.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 6–30
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 $111,141 (middle half $94,381–$144,959). 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 (6)
The role is hybrid (not fully remote), based in Bethesda, MD — part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria CBSA.
Public Trust suitability is required ('Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust'), but this is a federal suitability determination, not a formal security clearance — the clearance requirement is set to None accordingly.
The JD is explicitly W2-only and states BRMi will not sponsor work visas.
Oracle Database 19c, MySQL (on Ubuntu), Azure cloud experience, Federal Government (NIH/HHS) experience, and Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification all appear under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are marked as preferred.
FISMA and NIST appear in the responsibilities/context narrative as compliance frameworks the DBA must support; they are not called out as hard gates in the qualifications section, so they are marked preferred.
The alt SOC 15-1243 (Database Architects) is noted because the role includes data warehouse support and schema/object design work, though day-to-day DBA operations are clearly primary.
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