Senior Database Engineer
Leidos
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $104,650 - $189,175 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudMySQLOraclePostgresSQL
About the role
- Design, deploy, and manage database systems to include SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres and MySQL to support business applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity
- Be able to provide cloud database solutions for customers using with Azure or AWS
- Perform database capacity planning and scalability assessments to accommodate future growth and optimize resource utilization
- Maintain strong understanding of Client/Server Architecture and how to securely deploy internally and externally
- Monitor database systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues, bottlenecks, and data inconsistencies
- Produce technical writing for both system integration and transition to operations teams
- Work in hybrid multi-location operations team administering existing production environment
- Implement and maintain database security measures to protect sensitive data, including access controls, encryption, and data masking techniques
- Plan and execute database backups, disaster recovery procedures, and failover mechanisms to ensure data availability and business continuity for On-Prem and cloud solutions
- Perform patch and security configuration activities to ensure databases under management are properly secured and up to date
- Collaborate with development teams to optimize database design and query performance and provide support for database-related application issues
- Stay current with database technologies, trends, and best practices, and recommend improvements or new technologies to enhance database performance and functionality
- Lead and mentor junior DBAs, providing technical guidance and sharing best practices
- Communicate well with Executives, Managers, Peers, and Customers
- Support tickets and manage incidents, service requests, and problems through their full life cycle
- Perform incident analysis to determine possible cause and potential fix.
- Primary responsibility will be SQL Server SME with cloud database knowledge but there is an expectation to be able to support other database platforms (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) at some level.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience or Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience
- Proven experience as a Database Administrator managing enterprise-level databases
- Familiarity with database security principles and best practices
- Strong proficiency in database administration, including installation, configuration, backup and recovery, security, and performance tuning
- In-depth knowledge of management tools and utilities for each database platform
- Experience high availability and disaster recovery solutions the different platforms
- Familiarity with AWS RDS features, such as automated backups, multi-AZ deployments, and read replicas
- Knowledge of structured and nonstructured database platforms
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex database issues
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- A US Citizen who can obtain and maintain a public trust clearance
- Obtain a baseline 8570 certification [(IAT Level II) CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP] within 3 months of hire date.
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
SQL ServerOraclePostgresMySQLAzureAWSdatabase administrationperformance tuningdisaster recoverydatabase security
Soft skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationmentoringtechnical writing
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreebaseline 8570 certificationIAT Level IICCNA-SecurityCySA+GICSPGSECSecurity+ CECND