Clearance Level None Category IT Infrastructure and Operations Locations Remote, Working from Maryland
Remote, Based in District of Columbia
Remote, Based in West Virginia
Remote, Based in Virginia
Key Skills For Success Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Database Administration
Microsoft SQL Database
Oracle Database
REQ#: RQ227470
Public Trust: NACLC (T3)
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.
Job Description
GDIT is seeking a Database Administrato r Principal to support our National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) team in Rockville, MD.
The role centers on administering and supporting databases across SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL, including database design, security, performance tuning, patching, and backup/recovery, with additional focus on AWS RDS administration and PowerShell-based automation. The engineer works under general direction, applying established practices and standards, with some latitude to determine technical approach on assigned tasks.
This role is mostly remote put may require occasional onsite meetings. Local candidates strongly preferred.
This role requires the candidate to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. The investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, and other adjudications.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and administer databases, including security, access control, and documentation
- Administer and support SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL databases, including performance tuning, backup and recovery, patching, and troubleshooting
- Provision, manage, and monitor databases hosted on AWS, particularly Amazon RDS
- Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts and automation to support routine database administration, patching, and configuration tasks
- Design and implement databases with respect to access methods, access time, batch processes, device allocation, validation checks, organization, ETL tasks, protection and security, and statistical methods
- Prepare system requirements, source analysis, and process analyses throughout database implementation
- Define database organization, standards, controls, procedures, and documentation
- Experience managing infrastructure code in GitHub or a comparable Git-based version control system.
- Provide technical input on the definition, design, and creation of database environments
- Advise applications development staff and users on data-based solutions, database management system capabilities, and database operation and tuning
- Support database patching cycles and coordinate maintenance windows with minimal disruption to production systems
- Performance tuning: EC2 instance type/sizing, EBS volume type and IOPS optimization, storage and compute right-sizing for database workloads
- Maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery configurations, and participate in periodic restore testing
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant database technology
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelors and 4+ years of relevant experience in an IT-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience working with application teams and stakeholders to translate requirements into database solution
- Hands-on experience administering SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL databases
- Experience administering databases on AWS, including provisioning and monitoring
- Experience with database patching, backup/recovery, and performance tuning
- Working knowledge of PowerShell scripting and automation
- Understanding of relational database architecture.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Ability to interact effectively with colleagues
- Must be able to work in a team environment and adapt to change
- Ability to work independently on multiple concurrent tasks in a dynamic environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to explain technical issues and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Oracle Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified: or comparable database certification
- Experience with Amazon RDS
- AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or Solutions Architect – Associate)
- Experience supporting production systems under defined service levels and change control processes
- Experience with database migrations, including moving on-premises databases to AWS
- Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends to support maintenance windows and production needs
Work Requirements
Years of Experience 4 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), *or degree
Certification Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional | Oracle - Oracle
Travel Required None
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $114,750 - $155,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our Identity Verification Process
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
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