Database Engineer

Adventure Tech; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Adventure Tech seeks a Database Administrator in Maryland to maintain database integrity, security, availability, and lifecycle compliance for complex business processes. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and extensive experience with MS SQL Server, MariaDB, and Postgres.

Responsibilities include disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and ongoing monitoring.

Qualifications

• Maintains database integrity, security, availability, and compliance with business processes throughout the life cycle.
• Performs disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring.
• Evaluates and recommends database management system products; manages database and application server administration.
• Organizes and formats data for efficient query and storage.

Responsibilities

• Maintains database integrity, security, availability, and compliance with business processes throughout the life cycle.
• Performs disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring.
• Evaluates and recommends database management system products. Performs database and application server administration.
• Organizes and formats data for efficient query and storage.

Skills

Database administration

Disaster recovery

Performance tuning

Security/compliance

Query optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

4+ years substitution for degree

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

MariaDB

Postgres

Job description

Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Salary Range: $135,000 - $165,000 annually

The Database Administrator maintains database integrity, security, availability, and compliance with business processes throughout the life cycle.

Knowledge in use of the following databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MariaDB, Postgres

Performs disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring.

Evaluates and recommends database management system products. Performs database and application server administration. Organizes and formats data for efficient query and storage.

Education & Experience

Ten (10) years of experience as a DBA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type ,and complexity is required.

Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.

Four (4) years of additional DBA experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Additional Information

Salary ranges are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to: Knowledge, skills, & abilities, Years of experience, Education/Certifications, Program placement , Duties & responsibilities, and Internal equity. More detailed information will be provided once those factors are known and addressed.

OVERTIME STATEMENT: 40 hours is the standard workweek. Some programs may allow additional hours to be worked as needed. A limited number of programs have on-call requirements where compensation is provided for being engaged to wait. In all circumstances, technical employees will be paid for all time worked.

BONUS STATEMENT: All billable employees are eligible to earn quarterly bonuses that are based on the number of hours worked for that period. This hourly requirement is roughly 92% of hours available to bill in agiven quarter. Quarterly Hours Bonuses are paid out on the same payroll as the time worked in that prior quarter (typically 21 days after the quarter ends.)