Senior Database Administrator – Lead

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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DecisionPoint Corporation

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2011

🎖️ Defense

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Defense • Consulting • Logistics

DecisionPoint Corporation is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in IT modernization and digital transformation for government agencies. They provide comprehensive services including cybersecurity, health IT, and intelligent automation solutions, aimed at improving operational efficiency and effectiveness while ensuring secure cloud migration. Their Centers of Excellence approach drives mission success by addressing the most pressing challenges faced by government entities through innovative technology and expert support.

📋 Description

• Provide senior-level leadership over database operations, engineering, and administration in IL5 cloud and on-premise environments • Oversee schema governance, indexing strategies, data modeling, and optimization for performance and scalability • Ensure database platforms comply with DoD security requirements, RMF controls, STIG baselines, and audit readiness • Lead performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting of complex database issues • Manage backup, recovery, replication, clustering, and failover strategies for high availability • Coordinate with DevSecOps engineers on database integration within CI/CD pipelines • Support secure SDLC processes, including database change control and release planning • Manage database access controls, permissions, service accounts, and privileged user oversight • Oversee vulnerability scanning, patch planning, and remediation for database technologies • Collaborate with application developers to align database design with business logic, data workflows, and mission requirements • Maintain database documentation, ER diagrams, configuration baselines, and operational runbooks • Lead and mentor a team of DBAs • Provide technical input to modernization initiatives, cloud migration strategies, and new platform evaluations

🎯 Requirements

• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field • Minimum 10 years of experience in database administration, engineering, or architecture roles • Demonstrated leadership managing enterprise-class database systems in secure federal or DoD environments • Experience implementing IL5 database security controls, RMF requirements, and STIG compliance • Experience supporting SDLC integration, release cycles, and DevSecOps workflows • Experience with performance tuning, complex queries, indexing, and database optimization • Experience managing replication, clustering, failover, and backup/recovery operations • Strong expertise with relational database systems, including PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL • Proficiency in database security, encryption, auditing, and privileged access management • Knowledge of RMF, STIGs, IL5 cloud security controls, and DoD cybersecurity requirements • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and DevSecOps concepts • Experience with database monitoring tools, log analysis, and performance analytics • Required CompTIA Security+ certification • Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, communication, documentation, configuration management, and prioritization abilities