Senior Database Administrator (Secret Clearance Required)

Senior Database Administrator | Secret Clearance 

Locations:

United States

California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, Virginia

International

Germany, South Korea

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

What You'll 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 organization's 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