Database Administrator

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $97.8k - $132.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔴 Lead

📀 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

• Design, develop, operate, maintain, and provide Tier 3 support for enabling services for CM/ECF and PACER • Provide full operational lifecycle support for Informix, MySQL, and other databases, including administration, configuration, maintenance, performance tuning, and security • Perform routine updates, monitoring, deployment activities, error diagnostics and correction, data extraction, and remediation of security findings • Install, configure, secure, maintain, deploy, and support databases on enterprise systems • Develop templates and implement standard configurations for databases • Configure, maintain, and support Enterprise Replication services • Monitor database health and mitigate potential issues and downtime • Implement changes across environments through approved change management processes, including after-hours production changes • Participate in database schema design and implementation • Plan and implement data migration strategies • Write SQL queries to extract data for program and stakeholder requests • Ensure databases are backed up and perform annual recovery tests • Collaborate with Data Platform Engineers, Data Engineers, Architects, Security teams, and application teams • Ensure database environments comply with security, privacy, governance, and regulatory requirements

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of related experience • MA/MS degree with 5+ years or BS/BA degree with 7+ years of general experience in IT systems • Strong experience administering cloud database platforms, including Informix and MySQL • Expertise in SQL, performance tuning, workload management, and database optimization • Experience operating databases in AWS or hybrid cloud environments • Proven ability to automate database administration using IaC and scripting • Familiarity with federal security, compliance, and audit requirements • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills • Ability to work independently and collaboratively with technical and business teams • Effective communication and documentation skills • Knowledge of modern monitoring/observability tools and CI/CD workflows • Experience applying industry best practices and emerging data platform technologies • Consultant mindset and ability to work with stakeholders to define and improve database operations • IBM Database Certification required • US Citizenship is not required • Clearance level: None; public trust/other required: Other

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical plan options, some 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 • Paid vacation, sick, and personal time • Paid holidays • Paid parental leave • Military leave • Bereavement leave • Jury duty leave • 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees • 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 • Remote work