Oracle@Azure Cloud Engineer, SME
Description
AVER is a fast-growing SDVOSB that has achieved significant revenue growth over the past 5 plus years with much of our work focused on Data Analytics, Mission Support, IT Modernization and Biometrics. AVER is seeking an expert level Oracle@Azure Cloud Engineer, SME to manage the migration from OracleDB to Azure GovCloud. Additional responsibility to learn, manage and operate a third-party DBaaS control plane deployed within Azure environment in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This role is heavily focused on Azure cloud infrastructure, AKS/Kubernetes, Linux OS operations, and SRE-style troubleshooting, with responsibility spanning both control plane and data plane. The candidate should also possess foundational Oracle database skills to support platform-level operations and troubleshooting of databases in a secure, regulated federal environment. Join a collaborative team who values AVER’s mission, focus, and culture of delivering exceptional client service with great people and transformative technology solutions that ensure Government mission success.
- Own day-to-day operations of a third-party DBaaS product control plane deployed in Azure GovCloud
- Manage and troubleshoot Azure AKS clusters, including cluster health, upgrades, networking, and storage integrations
- Operate Azure components such as VNets, subnets, storage accounts, managed identities, NSGs, load balancers, and monitoring services
- Provide hands-on Kubernetes administration: pod/service troubleshooting, configuration management, scaling, and observability
- Perform Linux OS administration across control plane and database VMs, including security hardening, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
- Execute and manage OS patching for database VMs, aligned with maintenance windows and federal change management processes
- Act as an SRE-style escalation point, debugging issues end-to-end across control plane, platform services, and data plane
- Support basic Oracle database operations required for platform health and issue resolution
- Partner with DHS security and infrastructure teams to ensure compliance, audit readiness, and secure operations
- Lead root-cause analysis, produce customer-ready postmortems, and drive reliability improvements
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years or minimum of 14+ years of hands-on relevant Oracle DBA, DevOps and/or platform cloud engineering experience in lieu of a degree
- 10+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure/Azure Cloud expertise, particularly AKS, networking, storage accounts, IAM, and monitoring
- Expertise with Oracle database management and administration to understanding of Oracle architecture and processes, perform startup/shutdown, health checks, and basic troubleshooting
- Must have knowledge of backups, HA/DR concepts, and patching workflows
- Solid Kubernetes experience (AKS preferred): cluster operations, upgrades, logging, and troubleshooting
- Expert Linux OS skills (RHEL / Oracle Linux): system administration, patching, hardening, and performance analysis
- Experience performing OS patching and maintenance for production database VMs
- SRE-oriented troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze issues across multiple layers of the stack
- Strong understanding of Azure identity and access management, including Managed Identities, RBAC, and service principals
- Experience with network security design in Azure, including private endpoints, service endpoints, firewall rules, and network segmentation
- Working knowledge of container security, image scanning, and Kubernetes RBAC
- Experience troubleshooting storage performance issues (Azure Disk, Files, Blob, and CSI drivers)
- Familiarity with Oracle backup and recovery tooling (RMAN or equivalent)
- Experience supporting systems subject to FedRAMP, FISMA, or NIST 800-53 controls
- Ability to support audit activities, evidence collection, and security assessments
- Familiarity with security hardening standards
- Practical working knowledge of Data Guard
- Familiar with Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) upgrade activities including from 13.2, 13.4 to 13.5
- Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) to support Oracle database lifecycle activities, including monitoring and migration of on-premises Oracle 19c environments to Oracle 23 on Azure cloud
- Experience working with security teams on vulnerability remediation and POA&M tracking
- Understanding of encryption at rest and in transit, key management, and certificate handling in Azure
- Strong documentation and customer-facing communication skills
- Experience operating hosted control planes or BDaaS platforms in customer-managed Azure environments
- Familiarity with Oracle Exadata, RAC
- Prior experience supporting DHS or other civilian federal agencies
- Exposure to Zero Trust Architecture concepts in Azure Cloud environments
- Experience mentoring junior engineers or serving as a technical lead
- Relevant desired certifications-- Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Oracle Cloud or Oracle DBA certifications
- Exposure to DBaaS platforms and multi-tenant cloud architectures
Location:
- HYBRID (Must live in a commutable distance to work on site in Washington, DC)
Security Requirements:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance (Public Trust)
- This role supports a government agency which requires U.S. citizenship
About Us:
AVER, LLC is a Data & Digital Transformation company that delivers exceptional client service with great people and transformative technology solutions to enable Government mission success. We provide customers with specialized technical skills and deep subject matter expertise focused on Homeland Security, Biometrics, Law Enforcement and Healthcare domains to meet the complex mission challenges today and tomorrow. We are a verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that strives to provide a customer-centric experience building trusted partnerships with our clients and people.
AVER is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled