ME00698-Database Administrator

Momentum Engineering, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Group medical plan

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short/Long-term disability

Job summary

Momentum Engineering, Inc. seeks a Database Administrator to support a large, complex, fast-paced operational program.

The ideal candidate will maintain the integrity, security, and availability of multiple databases and handle disaster recovery, performance tuning, and policy enforcement. Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph and at least five years as a DBA, including Oracle DBA experience, with knowledge of RDBMS, PL/SQL, and SQL.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph.
• At least five (5) years hands-on experience as a database administrator.
• At least five (5) years hands-on experience as an Oracle Database Administrator.
• Experience implementing and maintaining database security.
• Experience tuning and monitoring database performance.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving database problems/issues.
• Experience installing, configuring, and upgrading RDBMS software.
• Experience with PL/SQL or similar procedural languages.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily database administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of system database and replication issues.
• Monitor database performance and memory allocations using standard tools.
• Perform system updates and IAVA patching.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database problems.
• Perform database recovery actions.
• Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests.
• Translate requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, making updates to existing queries, and creating new queries to manipulate data into a master file.
• Recommend design and implementation practices that optimize the performance of GOTS/COTS databases and applications.
• Assist in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software.

Skills

Database administration

Security clearance

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Oracle

PL/SQL

SQL

RDBMS

NoSQL (PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

Job description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication-ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers' critical needs.

Job Summary

• Seeking a Database Administrator to support a large, complex, fast-paced, operational program
• The ideal candidate will maintain the integrity, security, and availability of multiple databases
• Duties include disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring of data, as well as administering, maintaining, developing, and implementing policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the database

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform daily database administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of system database and replication issues
• Monitor database performance and memory allocations using standard tools
• Perform system updates and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) patching
• Troubleshoot and resolve database problems
• Perform database recovery actions
• Modify existing database scripts to enhance systems support and create new database scripts for recurring database issues
• Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests
• Translate requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, making updates to existing queries, and creating new queries to manipulate data into a master file
• Recommend design and implementation practices that optimize the performance of GOTS/COTS databases and applications
• Assist in the development of database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development
• Assist in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
• Must have at least five (5) years of hands-on, dedicated experience as a database administrator
• Must have at least five (5) years of hands-on, dedicated experience as an Oracle Database Administrator
• Must have in-depth experience implementing and maintaining database security
• Must have in-depth experience conducting database performance tuning and monitoring
• Must have in-depth experience troubleshooting and resolving database problems/issues
• Must have experience installing, configuring, and upgrading RDBMS software
• Must have experience with procedural languages such as PL/SQL

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
• Experience with real time highly available data replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, Oracle Golden Gate, Sybase Replication Server
• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology and/or as a member of an Agile team
• Extensive, in-depth experience with database design and development
• Extensive, in-depth understanding of databases, primarily Oracle and/or other relational and non-relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general
• Experience with Mongo and/or Cassandra

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.