Database Administrator – Production Support

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $111.2k - $150.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

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📀 Database Administrator

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General Dynamics Information Technology

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1954

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

General Dynamics Information Technology is a company at the forefront of technological innovation, offering a wide range of services including consulting, digital modernization, and application services. The company is heavily involved in implementing solutions related to artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, and quantum technologies. GDIT is committed to supporting government and defense sectors, providing mission-critical services such as logistics and supply chain management, intelligence, and homeland security. The company also focuses on diverse and inclusive hiring practices and actively promotes employee well-being. Through its digital accelerator solutions and pioneering use of emerging technologies, GDIT aims to propel agencies' missions forward and address complex technological challenges.

📋 Description

• Provide production support for mission-critical database environments, including shift-based coverage and on-call support • Monitor database performance, respond to incidents, troubleshoot production issues, and coordinate restoration with development and operations teams • Perform root-cause analysis for production defects and contribute to long-term stability improvements • Work within an Agile solution development environment with daily scrums, biweekly sprint planning, and quarterly Program Increment planning • Develop operating standards and best practices for performance, security, scalability, and maintainability • Define, control, and coordinate data elements and standards; facilitate data relationships, systems integration, and physical structure • Participate in developing and implementing database management policies and standards • Gather business requirements with Product Owners and users and map them to technical requirements • Collaborate with agency leaders, stakeholders, consultants, and program/agency personnel on data analysis techniques • Document complex workflow designs for project teams and stakeholders • Collect, analyze, and interpret large amounts of data using advanced statistical analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling techniques • Synthesize information and identify patterns and relationships across data sources • Develop data visualizations for key performance indicators and program outcome metrics • Host peer reviews of other developers’ code; perform data validation and ensure data accuracy and integrity • Develop stored procedures, jobs, views, tables, and other database objects in SQL Server Management Studio • Design and develop scalable data models for Databricks lakehouse environments, including bronze, silver, and gold layers, dimensional models, fact and dimension tables, and curated data products • Develop and deploy ETL packages using CI/CD pipelines • Use configuration management systems for version control • Work with the Atlassian Suite of software development management tools • Index system and application logs in Splunk and create dashboards, alerts, and reports

🎯 Requirements

• At least seven (7+) years of Server database maintenance and database analysis or similar role • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering or relevant computer-based major; experience may be considered in lieu of degree • Experience supporting production database systems, including shift-based coverage and on-call responsibilities • Proficient experience with AWS database technologies such as Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and other AWS-managed data services • Experience with Databricks and exposure to AWS cloud platform • Experience completing database environment installation, configuration, and ongoing administration support • Demonstrated understanding of standard data warehouse concepts • Adept with data modeling, data mapping, data flow diagrams, and data marts • Previous experience architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions on various platforms • Experience with data migration from legacy on-premises databases to multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms • Ability to spearhead and work independently, prioritize, and get things done • Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills • Excellent organization and time management skills • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Must be able to provide on-call support and/or follow a flexible work schedule as needed • Database or cloud certification preferred, such as AWS Certified Database – Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, or equivalent industry-recognized cloud/database certification • Experience creating and managing database reports, visualizations, and dashboards preferred • Knowledge of court operations and law enforcement business data preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts • Dental plan options • Vision plan • 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions and company match • Full flex work weeks where possible • Vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave • Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year • 10 paid holidays per year • Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees • Short- and long-term disability benefits • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance • Personal accident insurance • Critical illness insurance • Business travel and accident insurance