Oracle DBA and Pl/SQL Development

100% remote
EST hours, LATAM
New Notes
They are looking for an Oracle Developer who can act as a quarterback across the entire technology team someone who can effectively connect and coordinate with developers, testers, clients, business stakeholders, and other technical teams.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Oracle development, SQL/PLSQL, database development, integrations, troubleshooting, and application support, along with the ability to understand requirements and translate them into actionable technical solutions.
IMPORTANT: This is NOT a .NET Developer role and is not a traditional DevOps-only position. We need a senior platform/database engineer with deep hands-on production Oracle DBA experience. FIS Relius experience is a major plus, but it is NOT required and Client can train the right candidate on Relius.
What We Need
The two biggest screening areas are:
Deep hands-on Oracle production experience
Strong communication and production support skills
Must-Haves
Deep hands-on Oracle DBA experience, ideally Oracle 12c/19c
Production database patching
Backup, recovery, restore, and environment refreshes
Oracle performance troubleshooting and tuning
Capacity management, tablespaces, disk, and database health
Strong PL/SQL development
Ability to troubleshoot large/complex legacy schemas
Experience writing safe corrective/data-fix scripts against production data
Experience reviewing SQL/PL/SQL scripts before production deployment
Production release and hotfix deployment experience
Strong production incident troubleshooting/root-cause analysis
Experience in regulated financial services or similarly controlled production environments
Strong change-control and release-management discipline
Public cloud database experience OCI strongly preferred; AWS/Azure considered
Strong written and verbal communication
Ability to lead production issue discussions and coordinate with vendors/technical teams
Comfortable working independently and across US/India time zones
Regular use of AI development tools as part of daily work
Nice-to-Haves
FIS Relius Administration experience
Retirement/recordkeeping experience
Financial services experience
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
SQL Server
CDC/replication
Databricks or data lake integrations
Database/platform modernization or migration experience
What They Will Do Day To Day
This person will essentially own the Oracle/Relius production platform from a technical perspective.
Typical Responsibilities Will Include
Supporting Dev, UAT, and Production Relius/Oracle environments
Performing Oracle database and OS patching in OCI
Managing backups, restores, and environment refreshes
Troubleshooting slow queries, stored procedures, batch jobs, and reports
Writing PL/SQL scripts for production data fixes and integrations
Reviewing developers' SQL/PL/SQL scripts before UAT or Production
Executing scheduled releases and emergency hotfixes
Troubleshooting production incidents down to the database/data level
Investigating transaction, reporting, file-feed, and data issues
Managing database access and permissions
Monitoring database/platform health and responding to alerts
Working with FIS and other vendors on escalated production issues
Supporting Oracle data movement, CDC, replication, and downstream integrations
Improving deployment safety, repeatability, documentation, and auditability
Eventually becoming the primary technical owner for the Relius/Oracle estate
Full Job Description
Client runs FIS Relius Administration as a core recordkeeping platform backed by Oracle and hosted in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). We are seeking a Platform Engineer to own this environment end to end, including databases, environments, production deployments, and ongoing production support.
This is not a pure DBA or pure DevOps position. The engineer will serve as the technical bridge between development and production, reviewing scripts, deploying releases and hotfixes, troubleshooting production issues to the data level, managing vendor escalations, and ensuring the Oracle platform remains patched, performant, monitored, and stable.
Key Responsibilities
Relius Platform Ownership
Own Dev/UAT/Prod Relius environments
Support upgrades and service packs
Perform environment refreshes and configuration changes
Manage capacity, disk, tablespaces, and audit logs
Manage FIS support cases and coordinate with database/infrastructure vendors
Support the Relius application/web tier, including service restarts, configuration changes, and deployment checks
Oracle Database Engineering
Perform OS and Oracle DB patching across OCI environments
Manage backup, restore, recovery, and environment refresh operations
Troubleshoot and tune long-running queries, stored procedures, batches, and reports
Develop PL/SQL scripts for data fixes, corrective actions, and integrations
Deployment & Release Engineering
Review SQL/PL/SQL scripts before UAT and Production deployment
Execute releases and production hotfixes
Document deployments and changes
Improve deployment repeatability, safety, and auditability
Production Support
Serve as an escalation point for Relius production incidents
Troubleshoot transaction posting, statements/reports, participant/plan data, and inbound/outbound file-feed issues
Diagnose problems at the database and data-model level
Develop safe corrective scripts within a regulated financial environment
Platform & Data Integration
Support Oracle-to-data-lake pipelines and CDC-based replication
Support integrations with custodians, advisors, and downstream systems
Monitor platform/database health and respond to alerts
Manage database access for onboarding/offboarding
PLEASE SCREEN BEFORE SUBMITTING
I Am Specifically Looking For Resumes That Clearly Demonstrate
Production Oracle DBA ownership
Oracle patching
Backup/recovery/restore
Performance tuning
PL/SQL development
Production troubleshooting
SQL/PL/SQL deployment/release responsibilities
Regulated financial or comparable enterprise production environments
Cloud database experience
Strong client-facing communication

Work arrangement
Yes