A New York State government agency, located in White Plains, NY, is looking for an Oracle DBA / Developer for a 6 month contract. Mandatory Requirements: --Expert ability in Oracle 9i, 10g, and 11g, including all of the following: product installation, integration, administration, design, software development and implementation, PL/SQL, Java development environment, troubleshooting skills, & documentation. --Expert ability in Oracle 9i, 10g, and 11g products installation, integration, administration, and troubleshooting skills; --Must have good knowledge, understanding, and experience with standby database, replication, Data Guard and other high availability features of Oracle database. --Proficient in designing databases based on the details of data requirements, structures and associated components. --Install and maintain the operating system and related software products. --Develop, document, and implement procedures that support, maintain and enhance the Oracle database environment. --Strong working knowledge to upgrade, maintain and Support Oracle database products in Linux / Windows / OpenVMS environment --Maintain and ensure availability and capacity of Oracle Database Server products and services and support client applications in a high availability environment Job Description: The Oracle Developer/ Administrator / Oracle Middleware Developer will be responsible for identifying, analyzing and resolving application and technical problems related to Oracle Databases and installations at several of the agencys facilities. --The consultant will also be involved in evaluating, architecting, developing, testing, implementation, and documentation of a migration upgrade plan for the existing Oracle databases to the latest Oracle releases, software tools, and application products. NO 3RD PARTY