Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator Secret Clearance

Locations:

United States

CaliforniaColoradoFlorida HawaiiNorth CarolinaVirginia

International

GermanySouth Korea

About the Role
A federal contractor is hiring a senior-level Database Administrator to work on-site supporting a Department of Defense mission this role youll deliver remote database support to users and systems across the enterprise. Were looking for a seasoned DBA who takes ownership of enterprise data environments and consistently delivers stable secure high-performing systems.

What Youll Do

• Own the full lifecycle of enterprise databases in a client/server architecture from initial design and build through ongoing maintenance
• Partner with IT leadership to forecast future database needs and shape long-term architecture plans
• Audit databases regularly to confirm data integrity and proper usage
• Guide end users on how to access and work with the organizations databases
• Engineer and manage access methods storage allocation data validation performance tuning and security protections
• Write SQL and other database code and contribute to broader systems design efforts
• Maintain data dictionaries enforce standards and procedures and integrate systems through sound database design

What You Bring

• A degree in Computer Science IT Information Systems or a related field or relevant technical certifications plus 7 years of DBA experience in a DoD or federal enterprise setting
• 3 years working hands-on with relational database platforms along with comfort across multiple operating systems and programming languages
• Experience on at least two large-scale database efforts covering administration operations maintenance and security
• A track record of building and testing backup recovery and continuity plans for enterprise data
• Working knowledge of federal security frameworks (NIST 800-53 STIGs RMF) and how to apply them at the database level
• Strong performance tuning skills including query optimization indexing and execution plan analysis
• Experience applying vulnerability-driven patches and updates under DoD directives
• Ability to produce architecture diagrams data dictionaries and standard operating procedures

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance
• DoD 8140 (formerly 8570) compliant certification at IAT Level II such as Security CE