Oracle Database Administrator

🇺🇸 Villanova, PA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $111K - $123K 💻 Software Engineering 🗓️ March 21st, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Villanova University is hiring an Oracle Database Administrator. The role involves designing, implementing, administering, and optimizing Oracle database environments both on-premises and in the cloud to support enterprise administrative systems, including managing Oracle-based applications such as Ellucian Banner. The administrator ensures database availability, reliability, security, and performance while collaborating with technical teams and stakeholders to maintain stable and high-performing mission-critical systems.

Highlights

Administer, monitor, and maintain Oracle database environments, including installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades across on-premises and cloud platforms.
Troubleshoot and optimize database and application performance, ensuring availability and data integrity.
Support Oracle-based enterprise applications, notably the Ellucian Banner system, including proper configuration and tuning.
Manage backup and recovery strategies to ensure data protection and system resilience.
Collaborate with system administrators and application teams to resolve issues across Windows, Linux, IIS, and Tomcat environments.
Ensure compliance with security policies through user access management and auditing.
Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field and at least 5 years of Oracle Database Administrator experience in enterprise environments.
Strong technical skills required in Oracle RDBMS administration, RMAN backup and recovery, Linux and Windows server environments, IIS, Tomcat, and knowledge of Oracle's role in Ellucian Banner.
Preferred qualifications include a master's degree, experience with higher education administrative systems, familiarity with cloud database services (OCI, AWS RDS, Azure), and Oracle DBA certifications (OCP/OCA).
Salary range is $110,800 to $123,100 with benefits including paid time off, retirement plan, wellness programs, professional development, and tuition assistance.