Oracle Database Administrator TS/SCI Polygraph

Leidos; Maryland; On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$10K sign-on bonus

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Database Administrator for their Maryland location to support a large operational program. Responsibilities include maintaining the integrity and security of databases, performing performance analysis, managing disaster recovery, and enhancing database scripts. The candidate should hold a Bachelor's degree and possess over 8 years of experience, including strong Oracle Database Administration skills. This role requires TS/SCI clearance with a Polygraph and offers a $10K sign-on bonus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in database administration.
• 5+ years of experience as a database administrator.
• Experience installing, configuring, and upgrading RDBMS software.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily database administration and troubleshooting.
• Monitor database performance and memory allocations.
• Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests.

Skills

Oracle Database Administration

Database Security

Performance Tuning

Troubleshooting

SQL/PLSQL

Procedural Languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Oracle Data Guard

Cassandra

Job description

Overview

Database Administrator – $10K SIGN ON BONUS. Join us and make a difference in National Security. A Database Administrator is needed to support a large, complex, fast-paced, operational program. The selected individual 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. The selected individual will evaluate and recommend available database management system products; perform database and software lifecycle activities to ensure the highest level of system performance, availability, and compliance with business requirements; and will organize and format data for efficient query and storage processes.

Context Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Database Administrator in our Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our team focuses on Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations, Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence, and Cryptographic Key Management.

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.
• Transition/ingest legacy data.
• 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and at least eight (8) years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Must have at least five (5) years of demonstrated experience as a database administrator.
• Must have at least five (5) years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• 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.
• Clearance Required: Must have TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.