Mission-Critical DB Administrator — Enterprise, Multi-DB

MORI Associates; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MORI Associates is seeking experienced Database Administrators (Levels I-III) to support NASA applications and enterprise databases. You will work across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL in a mission-critical environment, contributing to reliability, security, and performance.

Responsibilities include installation, backup, disaster recovery, tuning, and automation, with collaboration across NASA teams and on-call rotation. US citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or MySQL databases.
• DB design, development, and integration principles.
• ANSI SQL and DBA best practices.
• Installation, configuration, security hardening, backup/recovery, migrations/upgrades, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with SQL Server AGs/DAGs, Oracle Data Guard, MySQL replication.
• Oracle SQL/PL-SQL and Microsoft T-SQL experience.
• Exposure to virtualization, consolidation, and cloud-ready architectures.
• Experience with Red Hat Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
• VMware ESXi, SAN/NAS storage, and enterprise backup solutions.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise database systems supporting mission-critical applications.
• Install, configure, upgrade, migrate, secure, patch, and optimize database environments.
• Perform backup, recovery, and disaster recovery operations.
• Monitor database health, performance, and availability.
• Support high-availability and disaster recovery architectures.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex database performance and operational issues.
• Collaborate with developers, system administrators, engineers, and NASA stakeholders.
• Automate administrative tasks using PowerShell, shell scripting, or similar technologies.
• Document procedures, configurations, and operational processes.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to incidents within SLAs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and modernization efforts.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Detail oriented

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

6+ years DBA experience

Tools

SSMS

SQL Developer

TOAD

Oracle Enterprise Manager

SSRS

RMAN/Data Pump

Job description

MORI Associates is seeking experienced Database Administrators (Levels I-III) to support NASA applications and enterprise databases. You will work across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL in a mission-critical environment, contributing to reliability, security, and performance.

Responsibilities include installation, backup, disaster recovery, tuning, and automation, with collaboration across NASA teams and on-call rotation. US citizenship required.