Database Administrator V

790 IPKeys Technologies, LLC; South Dakota; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Professional Development

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. seeks a Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA) to provide enterprise‑level DB2 database engineering and sustainment, including lifecycle management, schema design, performance tuning, and data integrity across environments.

The role collaborates with infrastructure, middleware, and cybersecurity teams to ensure reliability, mission‑critical availability, and seamless cross‑stack integration within a federal contractor context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; 12+ years related experience (noted in job posting).
• DB2 database lifecycle experience including design, tuning and integration.
• Ability to collaborate with infrastructure, middleware and cybersecurity teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform full lifecycle database engineering for DB2 environments including schema design and indexing.
• Administer backup, restore and recovery operations ensuring data availability.
• Maintain DB2 configuration baselines aligned with engineering changes.
• Ensure data integrity across development, test and production environments.
• Support cross‑stack integration between DB2, WebSphere middleware and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with admins and engineers to troubleshoot database issues affecting application performance.
• Develop and maintain database documentation and sustainment procedures.
• Participate in reviews, patch validation and readiness assessments for DB2 components.

Skills

DB2

SQL

Performance tuning

Backup & recovery

Schema design

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

WebSphere

Job description

The Senior Database Administrator (Sr. DBA) provides enterprise‑level database engineering and sustainment for the client system.

This role is responsible for DB2 database lifecycle management, including schema design, performance tuning, resilience engineering, backup/recovery operations, and ensuring data integrity across all environments.

The Sr. DBA collaborates with infrastructure, middleware, and cybersecurity teams to maintain reliable system performance, support cross‑stack integration, and uphold mission‑critical availability requirements.

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries engaged in several lines of business (Business Services, Health, Infrastructure and Engineering, Mission Optimization, Technology and Transportation) for the federal government and commercial enterprises. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens. We are proud to support the economic development and long‑term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people.

When you do business with us, you gain efficient and cost‑effective solutions that help safeguard the environment, protect and secure key assets, and connect resources to needs. We are proud to support the economic development of the Chickasaw Nation and to contribute to the tribal mission of enhancing the overall quality of life of the Chickasaw people.

A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens through a multitude of programs and services such as education, health care, nutrition services, housing programs, legal services, elder and child care and community support programs. Successful economic development is an integral part of the Chickasaw Nation’s operations.

• (Medical - Dental – Vision)
• Company Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401(K) Immediate Vesting
• Professional Development Assistance
• Legal Aid Assistance Program
• Family Planning / Fertility Assistance
• Personal Time Off
• Observance of Federal Holidays

As a federal contractor, CNI is a drug‑free workplace and adheres to the Federal Controlled Substance Act.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

The ability to obtain, maintain and access classified information at the Secret level. Must support Air Force cybersecurity directives, including IAVA, TCNO, NOTAM implementation and verification.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform full lifecycle database engineering for DB2 environments, including schema design, indexing strategy, tuning, and query optimization to ensure system performance and scalability.
• Administer database backup, restore, and recovery operations, ensuring secure and resilient data availability.
• Maintain and validate database configuration baselines, ensuring alignment with approved engineering changes and Air Force sustainment directives.
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across development, test, and production environments.
• Support cross‑stack integration between DB2, WebSphere middleware, and underlying infrastructure components.
• Collaborate with system administrators and software engineers to troubleshoot and resolve database‑related issues affecting application performance.
• Develop and maintain database documentation, including architecture diagrams, configuration records, and sustainment procedures.
• Participate in engineering reviews, patch validation events, and readiness assessments to ensure database components meet required performance and security expectations.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience of twelve (12+) years related experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. Work is primarily performed in an office/warehouse setting. Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Regularly required to reach with hands and arms, occasionally above head. Regularly required to twist at the waist, climb and descend stairs while carrying objects. Ability to speak and hear. Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. Regularly lifts and/or moves up to twenty‑five pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to fifty pounds. Works near moving mechanical parts. Regularly exposed to general office and general office machinery noise. May be exposed to warehouse, truck or forklift noise.

EoE including Disability/Vet

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Family Planning/Fertility Assistance
• STD/LTD/Basic Life/AD&D
• Legal-Aid Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Training and Development Opportunities

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. (CNI) is a federally chartered corporation wholly owned by the Chickasaw Nation. Headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma, CNI serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries that operate as Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) engaged in several lines of business including Civilian, Defense, Filtration, Network Services, and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.