Job Description
***Please note pursuant to a government contract this specific position requires U.S Citizenship***
***Please note pursuant to a government contract this specific position requires an Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility***
Job Title: Senior Database Administrator
Location: Offutt AFB, NE (Relocation Assistance Provided)
Duration: Full Time/Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $120,000 - $145,000 a year
Summary
As the Senior Database Administrator, this individual will build, support, administer, and sustain a clustered-server database platform hosted in an enterprise IT environment. In this role, the Database Administrator will provide technical support for incident response, service degradations, outages, and other service interruptions.
Responsibilities
- Investigate hardware and software problems related to the database-hosting infrastructure and perform corrective actions
- Architects, designs, engineers, and documents database servers and associated infrastructure in clustered, stand-alone, and/or appliance-hosted configurations, which fulfill mission requirements, service specifications, and cyber security mandates
- Implements robust backup, restoration, and disaster recovery strategies
- Monitors, fine-tune, and optimize database performance for minimal downtime and maximum efficiency
- Establishes and enforce stringent database security protocols and access controls
- Collaborates closely with application development teams to design and optimize Oracle databases
- Offers expertise in writing, tuning, and troubleshooting complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and ETL processes
- Develops, executes and oversees data migration initiatives when required
- Develops and maintains advanced automation scripts for streamlined database provisioning and management
- Enhances monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve database issues
- Spearheads scalability and high availability efforts for Azure SQL, Synapse Analytics, and other cloud-based databases while managing cloud resources and optimizing cost-effectiveness
- Maintains comprehensive documentation detailing database configurations, procedures, and best practices
- Regularly generate performance and usage reports to support informed decision-making
- Drives problem resolution and root cause analysis across the technology stack
- Participates in the resolution of database availability, capacity, and performance issues
- Participates in infrastructure and organizational initiatives across multiple IT disciplines
- Sustains fleet of physical and virtual database-hosting servers running a mix of operating systems (Open Systems and Windows Systems) in multiple network environments
- Performs daily operations, onsite support, and on-call support for all aspects of database architecture, database platforms, and database management software
- Works with original equipment manufacturers and/or third-party vendors to resolve performance degradations and outages
- Supports and participates in projects relating to the move of systems and services to modernized hosting environments and Cloud capabilities
- Provides expert advice on configuring database systems to meet the environment and boundary requirements
- Customizes services to meet new performance goals
- Installs, configures, maintains, and optimizes Oracle database systems to ensure high performance, security, and availability
- Designs and implements database schemas, monitors database health, and performs routine backups and recovery operations to safeguard mission-critical data
- Troubleshoots database-related issues, manages user access and permissions, and optimizes queries to enhance system performance
- Ensures compliance with organizational policies and industry standards while staying current on updates, patches, and advancements in Oracle technologies
Required Qualifications/Education/Experience
- Must have an active Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility
- Possesses a B.S. in a related field and 10+ years of database administration experience including experience with Oracle databases
- Must be DoD 8140 certified at the IAT-I A+ or CND or Network+ Certification
- Proficiency in managing a diverse range of databases, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Azure Data Factory
- Ability to translate customer requirements into database structure
- Strong grasp of advanced database security practices
- Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience building and maintaining Content Management Platforms
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Synapse Analytics, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Table Storage, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery
- Mastery of scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) for automation
- Experience with creating and formulating workflows
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Relocation package