Cloud Informix/MySQL Database Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Database Administrator will support AOUSC PACER systems, designing, operating, and providing Tier 3 support for CM/ECF and PACER.

The candidate will manage Informix and MySQL databases, perform maintenance and security hardening, and coordinate data migrations with enterprise DBAs and security teams to meet federal requirements. Preferred AWS or hybrid cloud experience, IaC automation, and scripting are valued; after-hours production changes and

Qualifications

• MA/MS degree with 5+ years or BS/BA degree with 7+ years of general experience in IT systems.
• Strong experience administering cloud database platforms, including Informix and MySQL.
• Expertise in SQL, performance tuning, workload management, and database optimization.
• Experience operating databases in AWS or hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with federal security, compliance, and audit requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide full operational lifecycle support of Informix, MySQL and other databases including administration, configuration, maintenance, performance tuning and security.
• Work with enterprise DBAs to install, configure, secure, maintain, deploy, and support databases which reside on enterprise systems.
• Develop templates and implement standard configurations for all databases.
• Configure, maintain, and support Enterprise Replication services where required.
• Monitor database health and actively mitigate potential issues and downtime.
• Implement changes in all environments through approved change management processes.
• Participate in the design and implementation of changes to new and existing database schemas.
• Participate in the planning and implementation of data migration strategies.
• Write SQL queries to extract data to support program and stakeholder requests.
• Work with enterprise administrators to ensure that databases are being backed up and perform annual recovery tests.
• Collaborate with Data Platform Engineers, Data Engineers, Architects, Security teams, and app teams.
• Ensure DB environments comply with all security, privacy, governance, & regulatory requirements.

Skills

SQL

Cloud DB administration

MySQL

Education

Master's or Bachelor's in IT/CS

Tools

Informix

MySQL

RDS

Job description

The General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Database Administrator will support AOUSC PACER systems, designing, operating, and providing Tier 3 support for CM/ECF and PACER.

The candidate will manage Informix and MySQL databases, perform maintenance and security hardening, and coordinate data migrations with enterprise DBAs and security teams to meet federal requirements. Preferred AWS or hybrid cloud experience, IaC automation, and scripting are valued; after-hours production changes and