Database Administrator

General Dynamics Corporation; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology in Washington, DC is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join a team supporting federal court systems. You will work on large-scale XML data, ETL, and SQL Server environments to deliver reliable data services for AO PDO.

The role requires 7+ years of DB maintenance, strong SQL, SSIS, XML skills, and collaboration with developers and stakeholders. The position offers remote work options and full-time employment with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of server database maintenance and administration experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong SQL proficiency in query development, data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience administering relational databases, backups, and recoveries.
• XML schemas and XPath/XQuery experience.
• Experience designing SSIS workflows with error handling and logging.
• EF / EF Core experience with LINQ.
• Collaborates with developers, testers, DBAs, and management.
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for discovery, schema design, data mapping, migration planning, and cutover.
• Inventory and analyze all XML data sources including XSDs and DTDs.
• Produce a Discovery and Assessment Report on source structures and data constraints.
• Plan and implement a data migration strategy from XML to a relational schema.
• Design a normalized relational schema and map XML hierarchies to tables and keys.
• Provide an ERD and a Data Dictionary detailing the target schema.
• Develop ETL routines using T-SQL with XPath/XQuery or XML parsers.
• Create and maintain an audit log of migrated and unmigrated records.
• Track migration dates and perform unit tests for data verification.
• Generate and deliver migration scripts and pipeline source code with audit logging.
• Plan production migration with Runbook and rollback steps.
• Provide maintenance and migration interval plans for ongoing updates.

Skills

Database structures

Data transformation

MS SQL Database

SSIS

XML

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: Any Location / Remote

Full Part/Time: Full time

Job Req: RQ226711

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills: Database Structures, Data Transformation, Microsoft SQL Database, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), XML

Certifications: None

Experience: 7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: No

Job Description: Database Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology, the premier provider of high-tech IT solutions to the government IT market, delivers cost-effective, next-generation IT solutions and services to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and federal civilian agencies.

We are seeking an exceptional Database Administrator to join our highly functioning team of analysts, designers, and developers to deliver outstanding results for our customers. This is an opportunity to impact the future of the United States Federal Courts and officers in the field through your innovation and creativity. Combine your knowledge, talent and skills with state‑art tools and technology to provide users with the most superior experience in class.

If you are a Database Administrator with a strong background in large scale, complex applications, and Extensible Markup Language (XML) processing, we want you to join our team at US Courts in Washington DC. Become a critical part of GDIT's team to support the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) Product Development Office (PDO) suite of computer and automated software applications. PDO supports a broad range of complex business systems which are instrumental to the AO mission.

The Database Administrator will execute the following responsibilities:

• Provide support for discovery and source assessment, schema design, data mapping, migration development, transition and cut over planning, production execution and maintenance.
• Inventory, catalog, and analyze all Extensible Markup Language (XML) data sources, including schemas, Document Type Definitions (DTDs), and XML Schema Definitions (XSDs).
• Provide a comprehensive Discovery and Assessment Report that catalogs source structures, update frequencies, XSD/DTD constraints, and discovered data anomalies.
• Plan and implement a repeatable data migration strategy of XML data into a normalized relational database schema.
• Design a normalized relational schema and map XML hierarchies to tables, keys, and indexes. Establish parent-child relationships and junction tables for many-to-many relationships.
• Provide an Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) and a Data Dictionary detailing the target relational database structure and mappings.
• Develop Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) routines utilizing database-native SQL (such as T-SQL) embedded with XPath/XQuery expressions, or language-specific XML parsers.
• Create and maintain an audit log of migrated and unmigrated records for each data source.
• Track dates of repeated migrations and updates for identical records. Conduct unit tests for data verification and reconciliation.
• Generate and deliver Migration Scripts and Pipeline Source Code with built-in audit logging capability and automated verification checks.
• Plan and execute the production migration using a fully documented Runbook and Rollback. Migration plan containing detailed step‑by‑step instructions and time-to-complete estimates. Complete verification and reconciliation check to guarantee data migration completeness and accuracy.
• Provide the Maintenance and Migration Interval plans for ongoing migrations (daily, on‑demand, or at record update). Detail the necessary processes to support continuous updates of scripts and data schemas over time.

REQUIRED

• IBM Database Certification.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years experience in Server database maintenance and database administration or similar role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Also, experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Strong SQL proficiency in SQL query development, data modeling, schema optimization, and preliminary data analysis based on business/customer requirements.
• Hands‑on experience installing, configuring, administering and troubleshooting relational databases, including backup and recovery operations.
• Proven track record in performance tuning, implementing database security protocols, managing access controls, automating routine tasks, and handing SSL certification installation.
• Experience in leading technical projects, managing deliverables, and providing technical support or training to team members.
• Proficient in working with complex XML schemas and hierarchical data structures including XPath and XQuery.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing reliable SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) workflows that incorporate robust error handling, logging, data validation, transformations, and performance optimization.
• Experience with SQL Server XML data types and capabilities, including storing, querying, parsing, transforming, and validating XML using XPath and XQuery.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Entity Framework (EF) / Entity Framework Core (EF Core) and understanding of how LINQ expressions translate into SQL.
• Experience communicating and collaborating with developers, testers, systems engineer, DBAs, scrum masters, business owners and management.
• Familiarity with the Agile principles and methodology, SAFe Framework.

The likely salary range for this position is $102,000 - $138,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Remote

Work Location: Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long‑term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process: As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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