Database Administrator (DBA)

NuAxis Innovations; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

NuAxis is hiring a seasoned Database Administrator to own availability, performance, security, and migration readiness across an IBM DB2 estate and cloud-managed relational databases in a federal IT setting in Washington, DC.

You will support migrations to AWS Aurora/RDS, design schemas, optimize queries, enforce security controls, and collaborate with developers to validate migrations and ensure high availability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a DBA in production enterprise systems.
• Hands-on IBM DB2 administration (v10.x or later) preferred; cross-training with Oracle/SQL Server welcomed.
• Cloud-managed databases experience with AWS Aurora/RDS (PostgreSQL or MySQL).
• Advanced SQL, stored procedures, performance tuning, and security hardening.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and tune production/non-production databases; proactive maintenance.
• Support migrations from on-premises to cloud-managed services with schema conversion and cutover planning.
• Design schemas, indexes, partitioning, and review performance; perform root-cause analysis.
• Maintain database security controls: access, encryption, auditing, and privileged access.
• Manage backups, recovery, replication, and high-availability configurations.
• Assist developers with data access patterns, test data provisioning, and migration validation.

Skills

IBM DB2 Administration

AWS Aurora/RDS

SQL & Query Tuning

Security & Compliance

CI/CD with Schema Migrations

Scripting (Python, Shell)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms: AWS

DB2 v10.x

Oracle/SQL Server cross-training

Job description

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution. Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose. We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind. We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Database Administrator (DBA) for a Full-Time position.

Role Summary

Owns database availability, performance, security, and migration readiness across a legacy IBM DB2 estate and modern cloud-managed relational databases. Keeps mission-critical data services healthy while enabling the platform's move to cloud-native data architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and tune production and non-production databases; proactive alerting, capacity planning, and preventive maintenance.
• Support database migration from legacy on-premises platforms to cloud-managed services, including schema conversion, data movement, and cutover planning.
• Design and review schemas, indexes, partitioning, and stored procedures; conduct query optimization and root cause analysis on performance incidents.
• Maintain database security controls: access control, encryption at rest and in transit, auditing, and privileged access management.
• Maintain baseline configurations, configuration management records, and system component inventories on a defined cadence.
• Manage backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability configurations; test and document recovery procedures.
• Remediate database-layer vulnerability and STIG findings; keep platform versions within supported release windows.
• Support developers and analysts with data access patterns, test data provisioning, and migration validation.
• Support DB2-to-cloud/MySQL migration planning for Drupal/PACE modernization, including schema conversion, reconciliation, performance baselines, cutover, rollback, and post-migration validation.
• Maintain database configuration and component inventories in accordance with DOL configuration-management requirements at the required cadence.
• Support monitoring, alerting, RCA, vulnerability remediation, supported-version currency, and release/change evidence for database changes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years as a DBA supporting production enterprise systems.
• Hands-on IBM DB2 administration (v10.x or later) strongly preferred; equivalent Oracle/SQL Server depth with DB2 cross-training will be considered.
• Cloud-managed database experience - AWS Aurora/RDS (PostgreSQL or MySQL) preferred.
• Advanced SQL, stored procedure development, and performance tuning.
• Backup/recovery, HA/DR design, and replication experience.
• Database security hardening and compliance experience in a regulated environment.
• Automation scripting (Python, Shell) and infrastructure-as-code familiarity.
• Experience supporting database changes through CI/CD with version-controlled schema migrations.
• Experience supporting DB2 and MySQL/PostgreSQL in hybrid legacy-to-cloud modernization environments.
• Working knowledge of database security controls, audit logging, encryption, least privilege, records retention, and regulated PII handling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Legacy-to-cloud database migration experience (DMS, SCT, or equivalent).
• Federal environment experience with STIGs and formal configuration management.
• Kubernetes-hosted application data patterns and connection pooling at scale.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.

Our Profile:

We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed. Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them.

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NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More about our Benefits and Culture!

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