Database Administrator - High Availability & Security

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 78,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Mid Database Administrator to safeguard enterprise databases that support mission‑critical, government‑regulated systems. You will design structures, optimize performance, and manage backups, security, and upgrades to ensure reliable, scalable data services.

You will collaborate with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to minimize downtime while balancing risk and cost in a demanding federal environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 4–7 years of progressive database administration experience in production environments.
• Strong proficiency with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with security, backup/recovery, DR planning, and data warehousing/ETL.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Active SECRET security clearance or ability to obtain clearance; US citizenship; willingness to travel <10%.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize production and non‑production DB instances (Oracle/SQL Server/MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Design and tune indexing, statistics, and query plans for high‑volume workloads.
• Develop and execute backup, restore, and DR strategies and test recovery.
• Implement encryption, RBAC, privileged access management, and auditing.
• Lead database upgrades, patch cycles, and cross‑environment migrations to minimize downtime.
• Design and support data integration via ETL tools and scripts across databases.
• Perform capacity planning, storage management, and archiving strategies.
• Troubleshoot incidents like deadlocks and resource contention with diagnostic tools.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Mid Database Administrator to safeguard enterprise databases that support mission‑critical, government‑regulated systems. You will design structures, optimize performance, and manage backups, security, and upgrades to ensure reliable, scalable data services.

You will collaborate with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to minimize downtime while balancing risk and cost in a demanding federal environment.