Senior Database Administrator

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $98k - $129.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📀 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

• Join GDIT’s SMAVCS4 team supporting the Environmental Protection Agency and its Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention • Interface with the EPA Product Team and developers • Install, configure, administer, manage, and document MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB in clustered master/replica configurations • Use HAProxy for load balancing, failover, and high availability across multiple nodes and environments • Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve PL/SQL, stored procedure, and Oracle database package issues in real time • Advise management on integration of IT programs • Lead database performance monitoring and system health engineering and architecture activities • Establish database architecture, high-availability, disaster-recovery, and optimization standards • Manage database assets, inventories, and related documentation • Provide expert DBA services for production, staging, and development databases • Perform physical database design with senior developers and data modelers • Support automated and ad-hoc reporting, ETL processes, and data pipelines • Provide technical expertise, mentorship, and cross-training • Analyze user experience and recommend design changes to improve user experience and query performance • Maintain database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of related experience • US citizenship required • Must be able to obtain EPA Public Trust Level 4 • Experience working in Linux environments • Strong command-line experience, including Unix shell scripting, PowerShell, and AWS CLI • Experience administering SQL technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle • Experience administering NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB • Experience configuring and managing HAProxy/Keepalived for database load balancing, connection pooling, and automated failover routing • Experience managing automated database backups, repositories such as pgBackRest, and backup retention strategies using AWS S3 object storage • Ability to perform complex command-line scripts and SQL queries • Ability to work without a managed database service • Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards • Ability to prioritize and complete varied workloads with critical deadlines • Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills • Superior communication skills and professional demeanor • Ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Ability to manage equipment and services in remote locations • Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment • Ability to perform well under pressure • Strong customer service orientation • Organized workflow and high attention to detail • Experience with MongoDB OpsManager highly preferred • Familiarity with Oracle Database Appliances is a plus • Familiarity or experience with Documentum or enterprise content management database backends is a plus • Experience working on Federal Sector Contracts beneficial • Professional certification(s) beneficial • Familiarity with DevOps and ITIL Agile processes beneficial • Skills: Database Management, Microsoft SQL Server, Problem Solving

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts • Dental plan options • Vision plan options • 401(k) plan with company match • Full flex work weeks where possible • Paid vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, 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 • Growth opportunities and AI-powered career tool • Internal mobility support • Wellness packages • Award-winning culture of innovation • Military-friendly workplace • Competitive pay