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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

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📀 Database Administrator

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Electrosoft

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2001

🔒 Cybersecurity

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏛️ Government

Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence • Government

Electrosoft is a Reston, VA–based technology services company focused on supporting U. S. federal agencies with cybersecurity, identity and Zero Trust, digital engineering and transformation, and enterprise AI and intelligent automation. The firm positions itself as a mission-driven federal contractor, delivering secure, scalable solutions and compliance-conscious modernization under government contract vehicles; it highlights work in areas such as post-quantum cryptography preparedness and has built internal AI chatbot prototypes as part of its innovation efforts. Electrosoft is an SBA-certified 8(a) and EDWOSB small business and emphasizes teaming and contract vehicle access to serve federal customers.

📋 Description

• 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.

🎯 Requirements

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

🏖️ Benefits

• Meaningful work • Growth opportunities • Work-life balance • Teamwork-oriented workplace • Employee recognition and rewards • Lunch & Learn sessions • Fun group activities, including escape rooms and miniature golf