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Oracle Database Administrator roles qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension if your degree is in computer science, information technology, or a related STEM field. Employers must be enrolled in E-Verify and sign your I-983 training plan. You get up to 36 months total to work and build toward long-term sponsorship.
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Location: Auburn Hills, MI
The position bridges the gap between ICT and plant execution by understanding both technical system requirements and manufacturing operational needs.
Summary of Duties, Responsibilities, and Knowledge Required
The Database Developer is required to support the planning, design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing data systems. This position enables standardized reporting, advanced analytics, digital tools, and user interfaces needed to improve plant performance, identify bottlenecks, and support operational decision-making across the organization.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan, design, develop, and implement company databases for reporting, analytics, and operational decision support.
- Modify existing databases and develop new database solutions from concept through deployment.
- Define data structures, database requirements, documentation, operational guidelines, and protection standards.
- Write and maintain database code, including queries, stored procedures, data access logic, and database modifications.
- Install, configure, manage, and support database environments used by manufacturing and support functions.
- Maintain database dictionaries, data relationships, and system integrations through effective database design.
- Support database standards, naming conventions, governance practices, and development guidelines.
- Monitor service requests and problem tickets, working directly with customers to resolve database and application issues.
- Perform data analytics and create dashboards using tools such as Qlik Sense to visualize manufacturing performance.
- Analyze manufacturing metrics to identify top bottleneck areas, downtime drivers, throughput constraints, and performance gaps.
- Work with ICT to migrate server data, normalize datasets, and build algorithms to ingest information from multiple sources.
- Develop user interfaces and applications to collect, display, and manage information across the organization.
- Support cross-functional teams including Maintenance, Quality, Operations, Engineering, ICT, and plant leadership.
Detailed Programming Language and Technology Requirements
- SQL: Advanced knowledge required to design and optimize complex queries, stored procedures, triggers, data structures, reporting tables, and high-volume manufacturing databases. SQL is critical for data integrity, performance, historical analysis, and standard reporting.
- Python: Required for data automation, ETL scripting, data validation, analytics, API integration, and future machine learning or predictive analytics use cases. Python supports scalable data processing and reduces manual reporting effort.
- C# / .NET / ASP.NET: Required to develop enterprise applications, web-based tools, backend services, and user interfaces that connect databases with plant systems, dashboards, and data collection processes.
- VBA: Required to support legacy Excel-based tools, automate repetitive reporting tasks, and bridge current plant-level processes with future database-driven solutions.
- Qlik Sense: Required to build dashboards, data models, visualizations, and leadership reporting tools for KPIs such as OPE, downtime, bottlenecks, and production performance.
- HTML / CSS / JavaScript: Required to create browser-based interfaces for data entry, validation, reporting, and user interaction across plant and corporate teams.
- C++ / Java / VB.NET: Required or strongly preferred to support legacy applications, vendor systems, object-oriented programming needs, and integration with existing manufacturing platforms.
Knowledge and Skills Required
- Strong knowledge of database design, data architecture, data structures, and database administration practices.
- Experience developing and reporting large, complex databases with high data accuracy and performance requirements.
- Advanced data analysis, validation, normalization, and processing skills.
- Ability to translate manufacturing needs into technical solutions, dashboards, applications, and automated reporting tools.
- Understanding manufacturing KPIs, plant performance metrics, downtime analysis, bottleneck identification, and throughput improvement.
- Ability to integrate data from multiple systems and create a reliable single source of truth.
- Knowledge of data analytics, machine learning, and data science concepts to support future digital transformation initiatives.
- Strong communication and coordination skills with ability to interface with hourly employees, engineers, plant leadership, ICT, and senior leadership.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under strict timelines, and support urgent plant operational needs.
Key Must Have’s:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
- 3-5 years of professional experience in Manufacturing Database Development.
- Experience with MS Office and Google Workspace tools.
- Experience with SQL, Python, ASP.NET, VBA, Qlik Sense, HTML, and CSS.
- Experience developing, maintaining, and reporting from large and complex databases.
- Manufacturing experience preferred.
- Knowledge of analytics, machine learning, and data science preferred.
Job Title: Senior Database Developer
Location: Auburn Hills, MI
The position bridges the gap between ICT and plant execution by understanding both technical system requirements and manufacturing operational needs.
Summary of Duties, Responsibilities, and Knowledge Required
The Database Developer is required to support the planning, design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing data systems. This position enables standardized reporting, advanced analytics, digital tools, and user interfaces needed to improve plant performance, identify bottlenecks, and support operational decision-making across the organization.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan, design, develop, and implement company databases for reporting, analytics, and operational decision support.
- Modify existing databases and develop new database solutions from concept through deployment.
- Define data structures, database requirements, documentation, operational guidelines, and protection standards.
- Write and maintain database code, including queries, stored procedures, data access logic, and database modifications.
- Install, configure, manage, and support database environments used by manufacturing and support functions.
- Maintain database dictionaries, data relationships, and system integrations through effective database design.
- Support database standards, naming conventions, governance practices, and development guidelines.
- Monitor service requests and problem tickets, working directly with customers to resolve database and application issues.
- Perform data analytics and create dashboards using tools such as Qlik Sense to visualize manufacturing performance.
- Analyze manufacturing metrics to identify top bottleneck areas, downtime drivers, throughput constraints, and performance gaps.
- Work with ICT to migrate server data, normalize datasets, and build algorithms to ingest information from multiple sources.
- Develop user interfaces and applications to collect, display, and manage information across the organization.
- Support cross-functional teams including Maintenance, Quality, Operations, Engineering, ICT, and plant leadership.
Detailed Programming Language and Technology Requirements
- SQL: Advanced knowledge required to design and optimize complex queries, stored procedures, triggers, data structures, reporting tables, and high-volume manufacturing databases. SQL is critical for data integrity, performance, historical analysis, and standard reporting.
- Python: Required for data automation, ETL scripting, data validation, analytics, API integration, and future machine learning or predictive analytics use cases. Python supports scalable data processing and reduces manual reporting effort.
- C# / .NET / ASP.NET: Required to develop enterprise applications, web-based tools, backend services, and user interfaces that connect databases with plant systems, dashboards, and data collection processes.
- VBA: Required to support legacy Excel-based tools, automate repetitive reporting tasks, and bridge current plant-level processes with future database-driven solutions.
- Qlik Sense: Required to build dashboards, data models, visualizations, and leadership reporting tools for KPIs such as OPE, downtime, bottlenecks, and production performance.
- HTML / CSS / JavaScript: Required to create browser-based interfaces for data entry, validation, reporting, and user interaction across plant and corporate teams.
- C++ / Java / VB.NET: Required or strongly preferred to support legacy applications, vendor systems, object-oriented programming needs, and integration with existing manufacturing platforms.
Knowledge and Skills Required
- Strong knowledge of database design, data architecture, data structures, and database administration practices.
- Experience developing and reporting large, complex databases with high data accuracy and performance requirements.
- Advanced data analysis, validation, normalization, and processing skills.
- Ability to translate manufacturing needs into technical solutions, dashboards, applications, and automated reporting tools.
- Understanding manufacturing KPIs, plant performance metrics, downtime analysis, bottleneck identification, and throughput improvement.
- Ability to integrate data from multiple systems and create a reliable single source of truth.
- Knowledge of data analytics, machine learning, and data science concepts to support future digital transformation initiatives.
- Strong communication and coordination skills with ability to interface with hourly employees, engineers, plant leadership, ICT, and senior leadership.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under strict timelines, and support urgent plant operational needs.
Key Must Have’s:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
- 3-5 years of professional experience in Manufacturing Database Development.
- Experience with MS Office and Google Workspace tools.
- Experience with SQL, Python, ASP.NET, VBA, Qlik Sense, HTML, and CSS.
- Experience developing, maintaining, and reporting from large and complex databases.
- Manufacturing experience preferred.
- Knowledge of analytics, machine learning, and data science preferred.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as an Oracle Database Administrator
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code maps to a STEM-designated field. Your DSO can confirm eligibility. Degrees in computer science, management information systems, and information technology consistently qualify for the STEM OPT extension for DBA roles.
Filter employers by E-Verify enrollment status
STEM OPT requires your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify before you start work. Use Migrate Mate to filter Oracle DBA roles by verified E-Verify employers, so you don't invest interview time in companies that can't legally hire you.
Target Oracle-heavy industries with LCA filing history
Financial services, healthcare systems, and federal contractors run large Oracle environments and file LCAs regularly. Cross-reference DOL disclosure data to identify employers who have sponsored database roles before, signaling familiarity with the immigration paperwork your hire requires.
Build your I-983 training plan around DBA competencies
Your I-983 must connect your Oracle DBA duties to your STEM degree's learning objectives. Document skills like performance tuning, backup and recovery, and schema design. A vague training plan is one of the most common reasons USCIS flags STEM OPT extensions for review.
Ask about H-1B sponsorship intent before the offer stage
STEM OPT gives you up to 36 months total, but H-1B visa sponsorship timelines mean your employer must file no later than your third April of employment. Raise sponsorship intent during late-stage interviews so you're not blindsided after your authorization window closes.
Check prevailing wage for your Oracle DBA level before negotiating
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up wage levels for database administrators in your target metro area. Employers who offer below Level I prevailing wage are unlikely to successfully sponsor an LCA later, which creates problems when you transition from STEM OPT.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Oracle Database Administrator role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, provided your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as computer science, information technology, or management information systems. The role itself must also be directly related to that degree. O*NET classifies database administrators under a STEM-aligned occupational category, which supports eligibility, but your DSO must confirm your specific CIP code qualifies before you apply for the extension.
What E-Verify requirement applies to STEM OPT employers?
Every employer hiring a STEM OPT student must be enrolled in E-Verify before the employment start date. This isn't optional, and a company that enrolled in E-Verify after you started won't satisfy the requirement retroactively. You can confirm enrollment status through the E-Verify employer search tool. Browse Oracle DBA roles at Migrate Mate, which filters for E-Verify-enrolled employers.
What does the I-983 training plan need to include for a DBA role?
Your I-983 must describe how your Oracle DBA duties connect to the STEM field of your degree. Include specific learning goals tied to database design, performance monitoring, security administration, or Oracle-specific tools like RMAN or Data Guard. Both you and your employer's authorized representative must sign it, and USCIS can request it during any review of your extension.
How does cap-gap protection work if I'm on STEM OPT and my employer files for H-1B?
If your employer files an H-1B petition before your STEM OPT EAD expires and USCIS selects it in the lottery, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. Your EAD doesn't need to be renewed during this period. If the petition isn't selected, your STEM OPT authorization ends at its original expiration date, so having a contingency plan matters.
Can I work as a contractor or through a third-party staffing agency on STEM OPT?
Yes, but the arrangement must meet USCIS requirements. The company where you actually perform work must sign the I-983 as the employer of record if they control your day-to-day tasks. Staffing agency arrangements for STEM OPT are scrutinized more closely, so confirm with your DSO that the specific setup satisfies the training relationship requirement before accepting an offer.