Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Responsibilities and Duties

• Serve as the lead administrator for enterprise database, system, and network environments supporting mission-critical operations and sustainment activities.
• Design, implement, administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise database platforms, operating systems, and supporting infrastructure.
• Manage database performance, availability, scalability, integrity, and security across production, development, and test environments.
• Administer relational and non-relational database management systems, including database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Monitor database health and performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning strategies to optimize system performance.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, replication, high-availability, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Support database security and compliance initiatives through implementation of access controls, auditing, encryption, and vulnerability remediation activities.
• Administer enterprise server environments, including Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Support network infrastructure components and collaborate with network engineering teams to ensure connectivity, performance, and reliability.
• Develop and maintain database standards, operational procedures, architecture documentation, and configuration baselines.
• Monitor system, network, and database environments to ensure operational readiness and service continuity.
• Troubleshoot complex database, system, and network issues and provide timely resolution to operational incidents.
• Support application deployments and system integrations by coordinating database configurations and technical requirements.
• Participate in change management, release management, and configuration management processes.
• Collaborate with developers, system administrators, cybersecurity teams, and stakeholders to support enterprise operations and modernization initiatives.
• Perform database capacity planning, storage management, and resource optimization activities.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives involving database and infrastructure services.
• Ensure compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements, organizational policies, and industry best practices.
• Support cybersecurity assessments, audits, Authority to Operate (ATO) activities, and continuous monitoring requirements.
• Develop operational dashboards, reports, and system metrics for management and customer stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior administrators and technical staff.
• Support 24x7 operational environments and participate in on-call support activities as required.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements that enhance availability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.

 Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience supporting IT programs, systems, or enterprise technology environments.
• Experience administering enterprise database platforms such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise server environments, operating systems, and infrastructure components.
• Experience managing database backup and recovery, replication, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions.
• Experience performing database performance tuning, optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of network technologies, protocols, and infrastructure components.
• Experience supporting operational sustainment, maintenance, and modernization activities in large-scale IT environments.
• Experience implementing database security controls, access management, and data protection mechanisms.
• Knowledge of ITIL-based operational processes, including incident, problem, change, and configuration management.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical efforts and collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Suitability determination, Public Trust, Secret, or higher security clearance as required by the contract.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and/or Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) programs.
• Experience supporting mission-critical operations and sustainment environments within Federal Government agencies.
• Experience administering Oracle RAC, SQL Server Always On, PostgreSQL clusters, or similar high-availability database solutions.
• Knowledge of federal cybersecurity frameworks and standards, including NIST RMF, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, CDM, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience supporting cloud-hosted database services, cloud migrations, and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, scripting, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies.
• Experience with monitoring and management tools such as SolarWinds, Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Nagios, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity audits, vulnerability remediation, STIG implementation, and compliance reporting activities.
• Relevant certifications such as Oracle Database Administrator Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, AWS Database Specialty, Security+, Network+, CISSP, ITIL Foundation, or equivalent certifications.