Database Administrator, Mid – Secure Gov Data & DR

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

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Mid Database Administrator to safeguard enterprise databases supporting mission-critical government systems. You will design structures, optimize performance, implement security, and coordinate with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.

You will administer Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, perform backups and DR tests, plan capacity, and lead upgrades and migrations while ensuring compliance and minimal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4–7 years of progressive database administration experience.
• Proficiency with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with database security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery planning, data warehousing, ETL processes, and data integration tools.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and teamwork skills supporting cross‑functional collaboration.
• Active SECRET security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain clearance as required by the client.
• U.S. citizenship and willingness to travel less than 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize production and non-production instances of Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL, including advanced schema design and environment configuration.
• Design and tune indexing, statistics, and query execution plans to resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Develop and execute robust backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies and lead periodic recovery tests.
• Implement advanced security controls such as encryption, RBAC, privileged account management, and auditing.
• Lead planning and execution of database upgrades, patches, and cross‑environment migrations.
• Design and support data integration solutions using ETL tools and scripts.
• Perform capacity planning, storage management, and archival strategies.
• Troubleshoot incidents involving locking, deadlocks, and resource contention.

Skills

Relational databases

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Backup and recovery

Performance tuning

Security controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Tools

ETL tools

SQL scripting

Data warehousing tools

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Mid Database Administrator to safeguard enterprise databases supporting mission-critical government systems. You will design structures, optimize performance, implement security, and coordinate with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.

You will administer Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, perform backups and DR tests, plan capacity, and lead upgrades and migrations while ensuring compliance and minimal