Database Administrator

SAIC - Quantico, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Quantico, VA

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Database Administrator will play a crucial role in supporting the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) by managing and optimizing database systems as part of a transformational infrastructure program. This position involves ensuring compliance with security policies, implementing emerging database technologies, and providing lifecycle management services for various databases within DCSA networks. The role is essential for maintaining the integrity and performance of databases that support national security operations.

Responsibilities

• Support lifecycle database management services for all system, production application, pre-production, and backup databases.
• Translate improvement requirements and requests into detailed functional and technical specifications and project plans.
• Ensure compliance with government data standards and records management policies.
• Recommend and implement emerging database technologies.
• Apply required security controls to all database instances in accordance with DCSA policies.
• Select, maintain, and operate database management tools.
• Provision, modify, and manage data schema, cloning, and backup.
• Perform schema changes and conversions during application upgrades and new version releases.
• Review, test, and recommend database software upgrades, ensuring vendor license agreement compliance.
• Optimize and maintain databases, clusters, and replications for pre-production, production, and backup.
• Monitor, collect, analyze, and report database metrics.
• Perform daily database operations checks and status reports.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors on database issues and resolutions.
• Develop database dictionaries and execute backup and recovery capabilities.
• Create disaster recovery/business continuity plans and system documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Nine (9) or more years of relevant experience in database administration.
• Top Secret clearance (SCI eligible).
• IAT Level II certification in relevant areas (e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE).
• Applicable Database Compute Environment Certification.

Nice-to-haves

• Five (5) or more years of experience as DBA in Oracle 12c/18c/19c/21c/23c.
• Experience with Red Hat Linux.
• Unix/Linux Shell scripting experience.
• Familiarity with project management processes.

Benefits

• Full-time employment with a day shift schedule.
• Opportunity to work in a critical national security environment.