Database Administrator

Remote | US Based

Ability to obtain a Public Trust Required

Summary
Our client provides reliable, effective, and innovative technology solutions that advance federal, state, local, and nonprofit missions. Their technologists and consultants are passionate about solving complex challenges that impact millions of lives. Also, our client takes a Mindful Modernization approach in delivering our application modernization, grants management systems, government data analytics, and advisory services. Mindful Modernization is our client's way of delivering mission impact by aligning our government customers’ strategic objectives to measurable outcomes through people, processes, and technology.

Responsibilities

Our client is looking for a Database Administrator to join their team! As a Database Administrator you will work on a team to help the customer overcome their most difficult challenges in database management.

• Gather internal and external customer database requirements, data, and diagrams for analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of database change requests
• Review, recommend and update baseline schemas and provide infrastructure recommendations for enhancement
• Employ expertise in the development and sustainment of databases, dashboards, and performance/data trend analysis
• Use customer service expertise to help manage customer expectations, requirements, team tasks, and organize large amounts of data to use for instrumentation into an enterprise database solution
• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Provide on-the-job training to application POCs and database users
• Standard support hours are between 7 am – 9 pm EST and may include on-call support during weekends, holidays, or off-hours if/as required

Requirements

• A Masters Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, other Engineering or Technical Discipline is required, OR 15 years of related professional experience in lieu of degree
• 5+ years of experience in system and database administration and tuning using PostgreSQL, Oracle (19c and above), MongoDB, and/or support in an enterprise environment
• 2+ years of experience with Oracle Golden Gate replication, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and/or Mongo Ops
• Experience in architecting MongoDB for efficiency and future growth
• Experience with AWS EC2 instances for db hosting including start/stop and scaling
• 3+ years of experience with AWS GovCloud, specifically AWS RDS Oracle implementations and multi-region data architectures
• Experience with:
  • Linux and Windows OS
  • Shell and Python Scripts
  • Recommending baseline thresholds, database monitoring, and database/infrastructure recommendations
• Experience gathering and organizing large amounts of data to use for instrumentation into an Enterprise database solution
• Experience creating technical documentation and working as part of an Agile team and participating in Agile ceremonies

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Previous experience working with the VA is a plus
• Experience with ServiceNow Visual Task Boards
• Ability to work with customers and manage schedules
• Ability provide excellent verbal communication skills to effectively communicate technical information and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Education/Certification Requirements

• A Masters Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical Discipline is required, OR 15 years of related professional experience in lieu of a degree

Preferred Requirements

• Industry recognized certifications are helpful but not required

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Must be able to obtain a US Government Public Trust Clearance.

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.