Database Administrator

• Collaborate and work with a diverse group of engineers in developing solutions for extracting, transforming and loading (ETL) heterogeneous datasets
• Administer, maintain, upgrade, and optimize databases to address technical debt
• Design, maintain, and improve database schemas and data models
• Participate in engineering design sessions to understand dependencies and interactions with POSTMAN data stores
• Document database design, implementation and interactions with other systems
• Define formats and structure for data exports/imports
• Define APIs to share data; identifying endpoints, authentication, authorization, segmentation, structure, and format
• Manage multiple database instances and interactions to ensure data consistency across the POSTMAN platform
• Support CI/CD automation, code promotion, and deployment operations
• Participate in daily scrums and program increment planning sessions

Database Administrator – TS/SCI

• Working with Business Analysts on database design changes needed per requirements
• Creating logical and physical data models from user requirements
• Providing database support for development and deployment of database scripts in Development and Test environments.
• Works in conjunction with other teams in the database administration of the Pre-Production and Production environments
• Creating scripts for tables and other objects like triggers and procedures is our day-to-day
• Performing data migrations
• Maintaining data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act
• Communicating regularly with technical, applications, and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
• Assisting customers with issues related to applications involving issues with PL/SQL code, UNIX shell scripts, cron job code running in development and production environments
• Developing Oracle stored procedures, packages, functions, and triggers in support of new applications being deployed
• Recommending solutions by defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, database security, data back-up, and recovery specifications
• Implementing new releases and completing maintenance requirements
• Monitoring performance and managing parameters to provide fast query responses to front-end users
• Ensuring that storage, archiving, back-up and recovery procedures are functioning correctly
• Support for writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)
• Ability to support the updating of Security Artifacts and environment Vulnerability Analysis
• Controlling access permissions and privileges

Database Architect, Administrator

• Strong knowledge and experience in Oracle PL/SQL and SQL Oracle functions, procedures, triggers, packages using Oracle 11g or newer
• Participate in production implementations working closely with other members of the production support group to ensure the proper transition of system changes into the production environments
• Design, develop, and maintain scripts for automation, data processing, and database maintenance and monitoring solutions using scripting languages including PL/SQL, Perl, and shell.
• Perform general technical trouble shooting & give consultation to development teams
• Data analysis and debugging with a focus on identifying data quality issues.
• Provide application troubleshooting support, identifying root causes and implementing permanent resolutions.
• Create & maintain technical documentation including system diagrams & operational procedures
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve database and application performance issues, working closely with application, infrastructure, and support teams.
• Ensure database environments follow best practices for reliability, scalability, and security.
• Participate in production implementations, working closely with other members of the production support group to ensure the proper transition of system changes into production environments.

• Administers, supports, secures, optimizes, and modernizes the databases and data repositories supporting POTS and its customer-wide procurement workflow, reporting, document-management, and enterprise-integration functions.
• Administer and maintain POTS databases and associated data repositories.
• Monitor database health, availability, capacity, performance, storage, and security.
• Perform backup, recovery, restoration, patching, upgrades, and scheduled maintenance.
• Troubleshoot database incidents, failed jobs, integration errors, blocking, deadlocks, and performance degradation.
• Optimize schemas, indexes, stored procedures, queries, and database configurations.
• Support consolidation of approximately 30 IC-specific databases into a unified enterprise platform when directed.
• Support interfaces and data exchanges involving NBS, nVision, ServiceNow, DMS, NED, and approved third-party systems.
• Maintain database documentation, data dictionaries, operational procedures, and recovery plans.
• Support secure migration to cloud or modernized database environments.
• Participate in Agile planning, release activities, testing, change management, and architecture reviews.
• Protect procurement-sensitive, financial, personal, and proprietary data.

• Install, configure, upgrade, and administer Oracle databases, instances, and schemas on-prem and in the AWS cloud.
• Perform routine backups and recovery using datapump export and RMAN integrated into Rubrik.
• Monitor database statistics, tables, indexes, and space usage.
• Perform checks of database servers, confirming status of backups, exports, jobs, and storage.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve database connection and performance issues.
• Create, modify, and delete database accounts.
• Monitor/maintain database DoD STIG compliance, apply fixes and mitigations, and maintain checklists.
• Occasional daily/evening/weekend on-site or telework support for upgrades/ patching is required.

Oracle Database Administrator

• Manage, optimize, and secure enterprise data systems.
• Install, configure, and maintain Oracle, SQL Server, and other DB platforms (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Perform upgrades, patches, and migrations across environments.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies.
• Implement and maintain database security policies, user access controls, and encryption standards.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOX).
• Design and manage backup/recovery strategies.
• Perform disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Analyze query performance and optimize SQL code.
• Configure indexing, partitioning, and caching strategies.
• Work closely with developers to design efficient schemas and queries.
• Provide production support and troubleshoot database issues.
• Document processes, standards, and best practices.

Senior Database Administration Analyst

• Install, configure, upgrade, and administer SQL Server database engine, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS and related products in on premise and AWS cloud environments.
• Configure SQL Server instances to ensure compliance to DoD STIGs.
• Work with systems administration, storage, networking and web teams to resolve connection and performance issues.
• Work with software engineers to configure and test databases, accounts, mail, jobs, etc.
• Troubleshoot databases, schemas, and user accounts.
• Configure and recover database backups.
• Perform daily checks of databases, backups, exports, jobs, and storage.
• Maintain team documentation, including inventory, security plans, SOPs, guides and STIG checklists.
• Assist with re-platforming and migration of government on-premise databases and schemas to cloud environments:
• Communicate and work with cloud migration SMEs, system/web administrators, and data center personnel to verify and update database migration plan, specifications, actions, and tasking.
• Create and maintain SQL Server database cloud migration documentation including detailed SOPs and checklists.
• Adhere to cloud migration schedules.
• Track, document, and provide progress on database migrations.
• Report issues and risks to cloud project manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

SQL Server Database Administrator

• Looking for a self-motivated individual that wants to learn new skills as well as contribute to the growth and maturity of the processes used to support and maintain databases by a small, talented, and hardworking database administration team.
• This team creates, maintains, and troubleshoots Microsoft SQL Server and MariaDB databases on multiple networks using multiple architectures.
• The environment consists of databases hosted both in on-premise datacenters and in cloud environments.
• The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience creating, maintaining, patching and troubleshooting issues related to Microsoft SQL Server databases, knowledge of AWS Cloud technologies, work well in a small team setting, have a desire to automate processes where possible, and a willingness to think outside the box to find solutions.

Database Administrator, DBA II – Government

• Develop and implement data ingestion solutions using AWS database and cloud-native technologies.
• Design, administer, and optimize relational and NoSQL database environments, including Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL, Oracle), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, and Amazon S3.
• Utilize AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to migrate, replicate, and modernize database environments.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend AWS data storage architectures and database technologies to support business and technical requirements.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and automate database solutions, including infrastructure and database build processes.
• Develop automation and administrative scripts using Python and/or Bash.
• Monitor database usage, performance, and capacity; conduct performance tuning and provide recommendations for system optimization.
• Design and implement indexing strategies, replication, backup, and disaster recovery solutions across multiple AWS Regions.
• Develop, test, implement, and maintain SQL code, stored procedures, database applications, and other database objects.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient data models supporting transactional, analytical, and hybrid workloads.
• Design, build, and support cloud-based Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and modern enterprise data platforms.
• Lead the design and implementation of modern database architectures that support cloud migration and application modernization initiatives.
• Maintain database security, access controls, and data integrity to protect organizational information assets.
• Develop and enforce database administration policies, standards, procedures, and governance practices.

AWS Database Administration

• As the Platform Database Administrator (DBA) for Aurora, serve as the architectural and operational anchor for high-scale database environments.
• Bridge the gap between technical data layers and production feature engineering.
• Take full ownership of database performance tuning, optimization strategies, and system reliability across core software suites.
• Sustain consistent system performance and reliability across 400+ database schemas, managing comprehensive schema migrations and tracking client-specific data growth metrics.
• Supervise AWS Aurora-specific environments, orchestrating cluster endpoint routing configurations, managing failover behaviors, executing parameter tuning, and troubleshooting data warehouse / read replica lags.
• Apply deep knowledge of InnoDB core internals to manage lock behaviors, resolve complex lock contentions, adjust buffer pool parameters, and systematically reduce purge lags across write-heavy database clusters.
• Diagnose and optimize heavy database pipelines utilizing INSERT...SELECT queries and computed-table patterns.
• Analyze Aurora instance utilization models against pricing factors to right-size compute resources and minimize I/O waste stemming from unoptimized queries.

Platform Database Administrator, Aurora/MySQL

• Assist in managing AWS RDS instances by monitoring database health, identifying performance issues, and participating in root-cause investigations
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to ensure 24/7 database availability and rapid response to production incidents across our global infrastructure
• Execute quarterly patching, monthly index reviews, and backup integrity testing within a live production environment
• Advance your T-SQL knowledge by participating in code reviews and assisting Developer and TechOps teams with query optimization and execution
• Utilize Python, PowerShell, and other scripting languages to build or maintain automation tools (e.g., AWS Lambdas, GitHub Action workflows, etc.)
• Manage user permissions, SOPs, and disaster recovery runbooks while helping ensure regulatory framework compliance (including HIPAA, HITRUST, and SOC2) across all database systems

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