Gandiva Insights LLC
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Important information
Contract type:
Freelance / Contract, Temporary
Salary:
$124,800 – $135,200 / year
Location:
Boston, MA, USA
Work mode:
Hybrid
Published on:
10 August 2026
What they need
Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator
Location: Boston, MA – Hybrid (2 Days Onsite/Week)
Job Type: 6 Months Contract-to-Hire
IMPORTANT: W2 ONLY | NO C2C | NO BENCH SALES
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator with strong scripting and SQL performance-tuning skills. The primary focus of this role will be Oracle database administration, performance tuning, automation, and supporting large-scale database environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support hundreds of Oracle database environments.
- Support Oracle RDBMS, ASM, RAC, and related infrastructure.
- Monitor databases using Oracle Enterprise Manager and other monitoring tools.
- Analyze SQL execution plans, SQL traces, indexing strategies, and performance issues.
- Perform database performance tuning and query optimization.
- Perform database patching, upgrades, migrations, cloning, backup, and recovery.
- Develop automation using Korn Shell/Shell scripting, Python, SQL, and PL/SQL.
- Configure and support Oracle GoldenGate replication.
- Support Oracle Exadata environments.
- Assist with database architecture and cloud migration initiatives.
- Support On-Prem and Cloud database environments.
- Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
- Maintain database administration standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and client-facing teams.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
- Strong Oracle 19c experience.
- Strong ASM and RAC experience.
- Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills.
- Strong SQL performance-tuning experience.
- Experience analyzing execution plans and SQL traces.
- Strong Korn Shell/Shell scripting experience.
- Strong Linux fundamentals.
- Experience with database backup and recovery.
- Strong troubleshooting and RCA skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to support rotating on-call and after-hours production support.
Preferred Skills
- Oracle Exadata
- Oracle GoldenGate
- Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Oracle ZFS / ZDLRA
- Python
- SQL Server
- ServiceNow
- Azure / AWS / OCI
- Cloud database environments
- Automation and operational improvement
Interview Process: 3 Interviews via Microsoft Teams
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 2 Days Onsite Every Week in Boston, MA
Employment Requirement: W2 ONLY. No C2C and no Bench Sales.
How to Apply
Please send your updated resume to [email protected].
Job Title: Senior Linux / Database Administrator
Location: Chandler, AZ – Hybrid (3 Days Onsite/Week)
Job Type: 12+ Months Contract
Pay Rate: $60–$65/hr on W2
IMPORTANT: W2 ONLY | NO C2C | NO BENCH SALES
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Linux / Database Administrator to support large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments. The ideal candidate will have strong Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL), automation, high availability, storage, virtualization, and SRE experience.
Responsibilities
- Administer, monitor, and performance-tune Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) environments.
- Design, build, and manage Linux servers, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure.
- Manage high availability, clustering, and load-balanced environments.
- Perform capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability initiatives.
- Implement SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, and deployment using Ansible.
- Develop self-healing and automated infrastructure solutions.
- Manage LVM, NFS, automount, and distributed file systems.
- Administer DNS, NTP, LDAP/Kerberos, SMTP, and OpenSSH.
- Troubleshoot TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, and RPC-related issues.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
- Lead incident response, RCA, and postmortem activities.
- Perform OS patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.
- Develop scripts using Bash and/or Python.
- Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, application, security, and infrastructure teams.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of enterprise Linux System Administration experience.
- Strong Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) experience.
- Strong experience with FPP, HA, clustering, virtualization, and storage.
- Hands-on Ansible experience.
- Strong Bash or Python scripting skills.
- Experience with LVM, NFS, and automount.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance-tuning skills.
- Experience with enterprise compute, storage, and networking.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite Every Week in Chandler, AZ
Employment Requirement: W2 ONLY. No C2C and no Bench Sales.
How to Apply
Please send your updated resume to [email protected].
Pay: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Boston, MA 02133
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