Database Services Lead
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
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Job summary
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Database Service Lead to guide senior technical efforts across VA’s database platforms, spanning on-premises, AWS, and Azure environments. You will oversee operations for healthcare, benefits, and enterprise services, ensuring availability and security.
The role focuses on modernization, governance, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams to deliver resilient database services across VA’s ecosystem.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with substantial IT operations experience.
- Experience with enterprise database programs and governance.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior technical leadership across Oracle, SQL Server, and cloud databases.
- Oversee database operations for mission-critical services across healthcare, pharmacy, benefits, identity, and enterprise apps.
- Drive modernization, resilience, security compliance, observability, and unified processes across database teams.
- Ensure high availability and recoverability aligned with federal cybersecurity mandates.
- Lead governance, reporting, modernization initiatives, and operational excellence across VA's enterprise databases.
Skills
Education
Job description
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)
Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations
- Database Operations
- Database Programs
- Enterprise Application
- Information Technology Operations
- Technical Leadership
None
10 + years of related experience
Yes
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a DATABASE SERVICE LEAD supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects, build your skills, and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a DATABASE SERVICE LEAD supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Austin Texas, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.
GDIT is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to modernize and secure the enterprise systems supporting millions of Veterans.
GDIT partners with the Department of Veterans Affairs to modernize and secure enterprise systems supporting millions of Veterans. As the Database Services Lead, you will provide senior technical leadership across VA's Oracle, SQL Server, and cloud database platforms spanning on‑premises, AWS, and Azure environments. You will oversee database operations for mission‑critical healthcare, pharmacy, benefits, identity, print/mail, and enterprise application services.
This role drives modernization, resilience, security compliance, observability, and unified processes across database administration, operations, and application services. You will ensure high availability, strong recoverability, and alignment with federal cybersecurity mandates, VA Handbook 6500, and Zero Trust principles.
You will integrate database services with cross-functional engineering teams, lead governance and reporting, manage modernization initiatives, and maintain operational excellence across VA's enterprise database ecosystem.
- Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience in enterprise IT operations, database administration, or technical leadership.
- Experience leading federal or enterprise-scale database programs across Oracle, SQL Server, and cloud database platforms.
- Strong understanding of federal cybersecurity frameworks (NIST 800-53, RMF, Zero Trust, TIC 3.0) and database compliance requirements.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams in multi-vendor, multi-platform environments.
- Experience modernizing database architectures, cloud transitions, virtualization migrations, and enterprise DR strategies.
- Strong skills in stakeholder communication, project management, incident response, DR/COOP alignment, and performance reporting.
- Demonstrated leadership in enterprise database operations, availability management, tuning, DR, and audit readiness.
- Certifications such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe, ITIL v4, Oracle DBA, SQL Server MCSE, or cloud database certifications.
- Experience with VA or other federal agency systems.
- Experience with RMF, ATO documentation, database modernization, enterprise integrations, or high-volume workflow systems.
- Technical depth in AWS/Azure cloud databases, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SQL tuning, automation, monitoring, or IaC tooling.
- Experience supporting performance-based contracts with KPIs and AQLs.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
Location: Austin, TX or Remote
- Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
- Travel Required: Less than 10%
- Telecommuting Options: Remote
- Work Location: Any Location / Remote
- Additional Work Locations: USA PA Philadelphia
- No visa sponsorship is available for this position
- AI‑enabled professional growth tools
- Leadership development and internal mobility programs
- Competitive pay, benefits, and 401(k) match
- Mission‑focused culture supporting Veterans
- Opportunities to modernize VA's cloud financial ecosystem and strengthen cost efficiency, accountability, and business value across nationwide operations
The likely salary range for this position is $149,469 - $138,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
- Medical plan options
- Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 401(k) plan offering pre and post-tax contributions up to IRS annual limits with company match
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid leave and paid holidays prorated based on the employee's date of hire
- Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12 month period
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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