Database Administrator

Leidos LLC; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

11 paid holidays

401(k) with 6% company match

Education support

Parental leave

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Database Administrator in the National Security Sector’s Cyber & Analytics Business Area to support mission‑critical systems, including Oracle, SQL Server, and SYBASE databases. You will drive migration to AWS RDS, optimize performance, enforce security policies, and ensure data integrity and high availability across multiple environments.

This role requires Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and offers competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 12+ years of DBA experience supporting programs of similar scope and complexity.
• Four additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.

Responsibilities

• Build a new Oracle environment using Oracle OEM Cloud control and DataGuard.
• Maintain database integrity, security, and availability across Oracle, SQL Server and SYBASE.
• Support Oracle to AWS RDS migration efforts.
• Perform performance tuning, disaster recovery, and index maintenance.
• Implement database security policies and procedures.
• Optimize database structure, storage, and query performance.

Skills

Database administration

Oracle DBA

SQL Server

SYBASE

AWS RDS

NoSQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Oracle OEM Management

Git

Puppet

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

Red Hat Linux

AWS

Job description

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Database Administrator within our National Security Sector’s (NSS) Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Join a team supporting mission‑critical national security programs focused on Security Engineering, CNO, SIGINT, Mission Software, and Cryptographic Key Management. This role supports the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of complex IT systems and database environments. The DBA will maintain the integrity, security, and availability of databases; perform disaster recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring; and support Oracle, SQL Server, and SYBASE administration. Responsibilities also include database optimization, security policy implementation, and migration efforts from on-prem Oracle environments to AWS RDS. Leidos offers competitive benefits including PTO, 11 paid holidays, 401(k) with 6% company match and immediate vesting, flexible schedules, technical upskilling, education support, parental leave, and more. Clearance Requirement: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Primary Responsibilities

• Oracle DBA will build a new environment using Oracle OEM Cloud control and DataGuard.
• Maintain database integrity, security, and availability
• Administer Oracle, SQL Server, and SYBASE databases
• Support Oracle to AWS RDS migration efforts
• Perform performance tuning, monitoring, index maintenance, and disaster recovery
• Implement database security policies and procedures
• Optimize database structure, storage, and query performance
• Support installation and administration of database systems and tools

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 12+ years of DBA experience supporting programs of similar scope and complexity.

Four additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle and OEM Management
• Red Hat Linux 7/8
• Git, Puppet, VMware Docker and Kubernetes
• AWS and AWS Managed Databases (including NoSQL)
• Schema design, optimization, and data modeling
• CSSRC conmd

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026.

For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.