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

• Perform daily database operations, monitoring, and routine maintenance.
• Support Oracle and/or SQL Server database environments.
• Develop, run, and troubleshoot SQL queries.
• Validate data quality and support interface reconciliation.
• Generate data quality reports and assist with data quality controls.

Database Administrator – Journeyman

• Administer and maintain MS SQL Server across production and development environments.
• Recommend, design, and build out of new database systems cluster and high availability groups.
• Design and implement database solutions integrated with modern data lake storage and analytics platform.
• Automate routine administrative tasks using scripting languages (PowerShell/Python).
• Identify tools and resources to monitor SQL Server activity and provide key statistics and performance measures.
• Analyzes and troubleshoots problems related to SQL Server Environment.
• Maintains SQL Server plans for DR planning and business continuity including backup verification and restore testing.
• Designs and documents database architecture and standards.
• Perform capacity planning and forecasting to meet growing business and data demands.
• Design, recommend and implement appropriate storage to ensure optimum performance and availability of all database servers.
• Provide 24/7 support for critical situations.
• Develops security measures and policies for SQL Server to prevent unauthorized access.
• Protect personal health information (PHI) while fulfilling the above duties and responsibilities.

Senior Database Administrator

• 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

• Administer and support IDMS databases in IBM z/OS environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize IDMS database performance.
• Maintain development, testing, staging, and production database environments.
• Enable and tune IDMS features to maximize system performance.
• Analyze database performance metrics and implement optimization strategies.
• Support database deployment, upgrades, and operational procedures.
• Design and implement database security and access controls.
• Provide technical guidance on database design, modeling, and enhancements.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and support teams.
• Coordinate with vendors and external stakeholders when required.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

IDMS Database Administrator

• Provide assistance with reporting as needed, utilizing department-specific software/systems.
• Develop and modify existing databases, warehouses, and database management systems.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures (including regular audits) to safeguard information in databases and computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification, or disclosure.
• Monitor database and system performance and modify processes to optimize performance.
• Review and approve database modifications and data models, including data elements, data descriptions, and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template, or computer software.

• Develop and enforce database design standards, best practices, and governance policies to ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity.
• Design and develop the conceptual, logical, and physical data models for new and existing applications, aligning them with business requirements and enterprise data strategy.
• Create and maintain a comprehensive data architecture roadmap, outlining a long-term vision for our data infrastructure.
• Architect and manage replication and failover strategies for both NoSQL and RDBMS systems to ensure high availability and business continuity.
• Lead performance optimization initiatives, including complex query tuning, index optimization, and database configuration adjustments.
• Design and implement robust data solutions in a hybrid cloud environment, with a strong focus on cloud-native services such as Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Amazon RDS, Couchbase.
• Architect data migration strategies to and from on-premise and cloud platforms with minimal downtime and data loss.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud Engineering teams to integrate database systems into automated CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions.
• Review and approve database designs and code changes from development teams to ensure adherence to architectural standards.
• Stay current with emerging database technologies and industry trends to recommend innovative solutions.

Database Reliability Architect

• Provide support services as a Database Administrator in support of the overall operational objectives of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• Perform routine database backups to ensure data integrity and ad hoc recovery using complex tools and applications.
• Monitor database usage and performance and schedule necessary improvements.
• Provide technical guidance and assistance in evaluating, customizing, and applying both open source and commercial data management systems, applications and tools used for supporting research.

• As the Database Specialist, you will act as the primary technical architect operating environment managing and solving some of the toughest challenges on the project.
• The replication environment includes two servers running Oracle Enterprise Edition databases in a multi-master replication setup, as well as multiple End User Devices (EUDs) running Oracle Enterprise Edition configured as materialized view sites.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the database installation, update, and configuration scripts, as well as the Procedure Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL) packages and procedures used in configuring and performing replication between the mobile portion of the application running on tablet PCs and the central web application, in accordance with DISA security guidelines.
• Uses Computer Associates ERwin Data Modeler software to design the database, to generate SQL scripts containing Data Definition Language (DDL) for the database, and to generate the Data Dictionary documentation.
• You will also be responsible for providing deep technical expertise in database design, ETL, reporting and analytics.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for all development tasks. Provides thought leadership on business intelligence and data warehouse design concepts and leading practices.
• Responsible for technical architecture creation, product selection tasks, overall technical strategy for the project, and design of the system infrastructure.
• Translate client user requirements into technical architecture vision and implementation plan. Ability to solve complex technical problems, assimilate information rapidly, and work under time constraints.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into functional and high-level technical design specifications. Reviews and updates and data model as required.
• Design, develop, document, and deploy solutions to populate the Data Warehouse from source to target. Participate in Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and other technical meetings to provide status or input as needed.
• Lead and support Agile status meetings, analyze Systems Change Requests (SCRs), System Incident Reports (SIRs), and Technical Advances (TAs).
• Manages development team in executing PMO prioritized change requests through implementation: including identifying the level of effort, estimated timelines, constraints, etc. Assigns PMO priorities to development team. Conducts code walkthroughs on a periodic basis.

• Responsible for design, installation, configuration, security and maintenance of highly available enterprise database systems
• Monitor backup jobs on all enterprise databases and perform routine disaster recovery scenarios
• Participate in on-call after-hours support rotation, responding to support calls after-hours/weekends/holidays.
• Establish and maintain database policies and standards
• Generate database schema definitions and modifications as required
• Plan and coordinate data refreshes from one environment to another
• Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems.
• Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases.
• Create, or support creation of, required reports in response to business user needs.
• Perform database transaction and security audits.
• Follow and maintain in-house documentation for repeatable processes, including database feature installation, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution
• Establish appropriate end-user database access control levels.
• Develop routines for end users to facilitate best practices database use.
• Follow ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices for Change Management.

AVP – SQL Server Database 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.

• Perform enterprise Oracle and SQL Server database administration in a federal IT environment
• Architect, optimize, and maintain high-availability database configurations
• Implement database security controls, access management, and data integrity enforcement
• Manage backup/recovery operations with quarterly validation testing
• Execute SQL tuning, data integration, and ETL/SSIS support activities
• Develop and maintain contingency plans and business impact analyses for database systems
• Support disaster recovery and continuity of operations exercises
• Collaborate with and support junior DBA staff

• Understand existing database architecture of both existing MariaDB and Postgres installs
• Review and upgrade our current replication and backup processes
• Support the company’s data needs by building reports on reporting platforms
• Establish a regular cadence for database performance review and optimization
• Manage and enhance existing data retention processes
• Communicate with stakeholders to establish database standards
• Identify and address security issues with the databases, using well-defined roles
• Establish a regular cadence for database updates
• Participate in the process of identifying and addressing systemic errors
• Perform root cause analysis of errors and resolve technical issues
• Work closely with DevOps and Developers for system troubleshooting and maintenance

• Designs, installs, configures, and maintains Oracle database management systems
• Optimizes data environment by keeping databases finely tuned and troubleshooting data access problems
• Establishes and maintains security and integrity controls for databases
• Supports software developers with database operations and provides guidance

Oracle Database Administrator

• 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.

• Administer SQL Server databases, including configuration, monitoring, backups, restores, indexing, and performance tuning
• Ensure data integrity, availability, and security in alignment with Army and DoD regulations, including appropriate handling of survey data and any associated PII
• Support routine database management activities, including maintenance tasks, schema updates, and optimization of queries and reports
• Collaborate with DPRR and SnapIT’s program and knowledge‑management staff to support institutional approvals and compliance documentation (e.g., ARMD, OMB, IRB, AHRPO submissions)
• Provide technical inputs for compliance reports and monthly status reports, documenting database management actions and any relevant approvals or changes
• Work with the Software Engineer to design and implement data structures, reporting views, and performance‑efficient access patterns for BH Pulse
• Maintain configuration‑management documentation related to database structures, connections, and integration points
• Participate in risk and incident response processes for any suspected data issues, security concerns, or performance degradations

SQL Server Database Administrator – DoD Contract

• Be an expert in particular business processes
• Responsible for formulating systems scope and objectives related to the organization’s business plan and industry requirements
• Act as a member of a project team responsible for providing technical guidance concerning the business implications of the application of various systems
• Provide subject matter expertise in the identification and resolution of database management issues
• Manage and track milestone-driven activities
• Provide database architecture and development support services for an Oracle financial database intranet site
• Develop reports utilizing existing financial reporting data for an online web interface
• Develop Online Transactional (OLT) Database applications required for financial recordings

• Provides subject matter expertise and consulting services on a range of technologies and assists Technical Analysts and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
• Assists with translating business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
• Assists in the evaluation of reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purpose
• Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
• Conducts on-site evaluations of third-party products being considered for firm adoption
• Promotes an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
• Contributes to the creation/selection of functional and non-functional product evaluation requirements within and across domains

Production Database Administrator – Global Banking, Payments

• Manage and maintain all databases, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Perform regular database backups and recovery procedures.
• Monitor database performance, tuning for optimization and efficiency.
• Participate in the design, development, and maintenance of scalable and efficient data pipelines and databases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into technical specifications and data models.
• Recommend appropriate data storage and processing technologies based on project requirements.
• Develop and implement Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes to acquire, clean, and transform data from various sources into usable formats.
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and quality throughout the ETL processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data integration workflows, identifying and resolving data-related issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Participate in the design, build, and maintenance of data warehouses and data lakes to support reporting, analytics, and business intelligence initiatives.
• Implement data partitioning, indexing, and optimization strategies to improve query performance and efficiency.
• Work with data consumers to understand their reporting and analysis requirements and provide appropriate data structures and schemas.
• Adhere to and enforce data governance policies, standards, and regulations.
• Implement data security measures, including access controls, encryption, and data masking techniques.
• Monitor data usage and access patterns, identifying and mitigating potential data security risks.
• Optimize data processes and infrastructure to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Conduct performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing to enhance data retrieval and processing speed.
• Proactively identify and address system bottlenecks to ensure efficient data operations.
• Design, construct, implement, and maintain automated jobs and reports.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, business analysts, and IT systems analysts to understand their business requirements and provide data and custom application solutions.
• Communicate technical concepts and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices related to database administration.
• Manage the installation, configuration, and maintenance of database management systems (DBMS).
• Coordinate and oversee OS-level patching and updates for database servers.
• Perform routine and advanced system maintenance and monitoring tasks.

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Database Administrator – TS/SCI

Database Administrator – Journeyman

Senior Database Administrator

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IDMS Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Database Reliability Architect

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Database Administrator

AVP – SQL Server Database Administrator

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Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Database Administrator

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Oracle Database Administrator

SQL Server Database Administrator – DoD Contract

Database Administrator

Production Database Administrator – Global Banking, Payments

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