Senior Database Administrator – Sr. DBA

General Dynamics Information Technology

Senior Database Analyst responsible for enterprise database environments' design and optimization at GDIT. Ensuring reliability and performance of on-premises and cloud database systems while collaborating with teams.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeHerndon • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $107,744 - $138,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudOraclePythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Senior Database Analyst (Sr. DBA) is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of the OCIO enterprise database environments.
This role ensures the reliability, security, and performance of mission‑critical database systems and supports both on‑premises and cloud‑based platforms.
Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server and Oracle database environments.
Develop and implement robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
Monitor database performance; identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
Ensure security best practices are applied, including cyber protocols, patching, and access controls.
Collaborate with system administrators, developers, and security teams to support application and infrastructure initiatives.
Perform database migration, upgrades, and patching in a controlled and documented manner.
Support cloud‑based database deployments, with familiarity in OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Microsoft Azure, and Amazon AWS is considered a strong plus.
Create and maintain database documentation, standards, and operating procedures.
Participate in on‑call rotation for critical database support.
Provide mentorship and guidance to junior DBAs or technical staff.
Serve as a team lead on projects or tasks as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience: 7+ years of related experience
Technical skills: Proven expertise in database backup/recovery strategies and tools (RMAN, Data Pump, SQL Server backup/restore, etc.).
Strong knowledge of database security, auditing, encryption, and cyber protocols.
Hands-on experience with performance tuning, indexing strategies, query optimization, and storage configuration.
Solid understanding of high availability and disaster recovery solutions (AlwaysOn, Data Guard, clustering, replication).
Experience with scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar).
Experience working with OCI and Azure cloud database services.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, or Infrastructure as Code.
Experience with automation tools and monitoring platforms.
US Person
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay and paid time off
Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
Paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
15 days of paid leave per calendar year
10 paid holidays per year
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQL ServerOracledatabase backup strategiesRMANData Pumpperformance tuningquery optimizationscriptingPowerShellPython

Soft Skills

analytical abilitiesproblem-solvingcommunication skillsdocumentation skillsindependent workcollaborative workmentorshipleadership