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Database Administrator
Houston, TX, United States
Live, first seen by us 2 days ago- Pay
- Pay not listedSimilar roles state $127K–$190K
- Work setting
- Not stated
- Employment
Full-time — employment source
Employment type in the employer’s posting: Full-time
From the employer’s posting
What you’ll work on
Full postingDeploy new releases of in-house CTRM and analytics applications
Monitor databases and proprietary applications, including Oracle 18c/19c/21c
Perform upgrades, patching and installation on software and hardware
Design replication, schema and hardware setup for high availability
Resolve user requests and support infrastructure and application teams worldwide
From the employer’s posting
Responsible for the deployment of new releases of in-house CTRM and Analytics applications.
Monitor databases and proprietary applications, including Oracle 18c / 19c / 21c
Perform maintenance (i.e. upgrade, patching, installation) on software and hardware.
developing the Database environment with respect to data replication/synchronization solutions, hardware environment, databases schema definition, and design to ensure high availability, stability, and reliability
Support and interact in a worldwide context with infrastructure, security, network, and application teams. Resolve requests from users.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and 5 years of experience as an Oracle database administrator.
- 5 years of experience to include:
- 3 years of experience to include:
Qualification wording
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and 5 years of experience as an Oracle database administrator.
5 years of experience to include:
3 years of experience to include:
Education & alternatives
Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and 5 years of experience as an Oracle database administrator. 5 years of experience to include:
Posting record
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- Live
- First seen by us
- Nov 6, 20262 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 3
- Last seen by us
- Nov 8, 2026
- Reposted
- once since Oct 30, 2026
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 2
Early. Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 54.
At Vitol, jobs usually come down by about day 39.
From 11,573 similar postings that came down, and 12 of Vitol’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
Vitol is hiring
2 open jobs
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- Takes jobs down at a usual pace
- 50% of open jobs were reposted
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- Oracle
- PostgreSQL
Where the posting names them
- In the course of database administration, perform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, backup and recovery, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting; - Using SQL and PL/SQL to troubleshoot issues, review code design, and tune SQL queries; - Managing database security, user access, and database objects, and supporting day-to-day production database operations.
- Deploying and supporting Oracle databases and Oracle middleware products, including Oracle Forms and Reports Application Server; - Supporting and administering PostgreSQL, MySQL or other similar relational database environments; - Supporting HPE infrastructure;
Responsible for the deployment of new releases of in-house CTRM and Analytics applications. Will be responsible for developing the Database environment with respect to data replication/synchronization solutions, hardware environment, databases schema definition, and design to ensure high availability, stability, and reliability of the main CTRM and analytics applications used within Vitol Group worldwide. Ensure deployment and support of Oracle middleware products and Unix Database environment (Servers and Storages), Oracle Unix Servers / Storage, OS Solaris 11, and NetApp Storage. Monitor databases and proprietary applications, including Oracle 18c / 19c / 21c; work with Data Guard, Pdb-Cdb, RMAN, and performances tools. Perform maintenance (i.e. upgrade, patching, installation) on software and hardware. Manage and perform ad hoc projects. Support and interact in a worldwide context with infrastructure, security, network, and application teams. Resolve requests from users.
Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and 5 years of experience as an Oracle database administrator. 5 years of experience to include:
- Supporting Linux and Unix-based Oracle hosting environments in standalone, clustered, and high-availability configurations, including server administration, storage, patching, and performance tuning; - Deploying and supporting Oracle databases and Oracle middleware products, including Oracle Forms and Reports Application Server; - Supporting and administering PostgreSQL, MySQL or other similar relational database environments;
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Has Vitol posted this job before?
Yes. We’ve followed one other Database Administrator job there since October 2026. It came down after 6 days.
Demand for Data Engineer roles
New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 8% over the last 5 weeks compared with the 5 before.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Job Description
Responsible for the deployment of new releases of in-house CTRM and Analytics applications. Will be responsible for developing the Database environment with respect to data replication/synchronization solutions, hardware environment, databases schema definition, and design to ensure high availability, stability, and reliability of the main CTRM and analytics applications used within Vitol Group worldwide.
Ensure deployment and support of Oracle middleware products and Unix Database environment (Servers and Storages), Oracle Unix Servers / Storage, OS Solaris 11, and NetApp Storage. Monitor databases and proprietary applications, including Oracle 18c / 19c / 21c; work with Data Guard, Pdb-Cdb, RMAN, and performances tools. Perform maintenance (i.e. upgrade, patching, installation) on software and hardware.
Manage and perform ad hoc projects. Support and interact in a worldwide context with infrastructure, security, network, and application teams. Resolve requests from users.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field and 5 years of experience as an Oracle database administrator.
5 years of experience to include:
In the course of database administration, perform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, backup and recovery, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting;
Using SQL and PL/SQL to troubleshoot issues, review code design, and tune SQL queries;
Managing database security, user access, and database objects, and supporting day-to-day production database operations.
3 years of experience to include:
Supporting Oracle enterprise products, including Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Recovery Manager (RMAN), and multitenant architecture (PDB/CDB) in Oracle
18c, 19c, and 21c environments;
Supporting Linux and Unix-based Oracle hosting environments in standalone, clustered, and high-availability configurations, including server administration, storage, patching, and performance tuning;
Deploying and supporting Oracle databases and Oracle middleware products, including Oracle Forms and Reports Application Server;
Supporting and administering PostgreSQL, MySQL or other similar relational database environments;
Supporting HPE infrastructure;
Configuring and supporting Oracle Unified Directory;
Monitoring and managing databases and Unix infrastructure in a worldwide environment; and
Supporting infrastructure, security, network, and application teams in a global environment.
Additional Information
Worksite: 3425 West Alabama Street, Houston, TX, 77027; 40 hours/week;
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Company Description
Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $13+ billion invested in long-term assets.
Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2025 were $343bn.
For more information: vitol.com
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