Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA)

Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA)

Place of Performance: Atlantic City NJ or Boonsboro MD (onsite required)

Role Summary: Designs implements and maintains secure high-performance database infrastructure supporting surveillance data distribution to DoD DHS and LE agencies with primary focus on high availability disaster recovery and mission continuity.

Critical Job Functions:

• Design implement and maintain secure high-performance relational and non-relational databases supporting Linux Windows and cloud platforms
• Implement and manage HA/DR features including replication clustering geo-redundancy and automated failover to support the 99.999% availability target
• Conduct backup and recovery testing to validate disaster recovery procedures; develop and maintain technical documentation for failover procedures RPO and RTO
• Optimize database performance through query tuning and capacity planning; ensure resilience to outages and support continuity of operations
• Perform data migration and restoration testing to validate reliability during DR events; participate in periodic DR drills and failover exercises
• Manage and track configuration baselines for all database CIs in coordination with the CM team (Task 3) including version control change tracking and rollback planning
• Perform patch management and updates for database operating systems applications and firmware to ensure compliance security and stability
• Monitor and analyze database logs alerts and telemetry to proactively identify and address potential failures before they impact operations
• Perform security maintenance tasks including vulnerability remediation compliance patching and verification of security hardening standards against CIS guidelines
• Develop technical documentation including system architecture documents network/database diagrams and operational procedures; deliver within 10 days of COR request
• Support asset correlation for database systems mapping CVEs/KEVs to known database software/versions and providing remediation recommendations