PostgreSQL Database Architect

Abile Group, LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Abile Group, LLC is seeking a PostgreSQL Database Architect for a 10-year contract to support an Intelligence Community customer. The role focuses on building scalable database solutions, high availability, and secure data management across multiple networks and security domains.

You will lead database design, tuning, migrations, and policy development, collaborating with developers and stakeholders while ensuring regulatory compliance and robust RBAC. TS/SCI with CI Poly is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related database analysis and/or administration experience.
• PostgreSQL experience required; Oracle DB admin experience a plus.
• Knowledge of high-availability, backups, and migrations.
• Experience with schema design for transactional and warehouse data.
• Experience migrating Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Manages the functionality and efficiency of a group of servers running on one or more operating systems.
• Maintains database integrity and security, configures RBAC, and sets up admin accounts.
• Plans and executes database upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.
• Develops and monitors policies and standards for resource allocation.
• Develops testing strategies and documents results.
• Provides guidance on performance tuning and training to end-users.
• Keeps current knowledge of relevant technologies and evaluates tools.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Database administration

Performance tuning

Monitoring alerts

Backup and restore

Database migrations

Schema design

Oracle/MySQL migration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a PostgreSQL Database Architect on a 10 year contract providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. All the personnel on the team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment and disposal of user facing and data center information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission.

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

• Manages the functionality and efficiency of a group of servers running on one or more operating systems.
• Maintains database integrity and security, configures role-based access control (RBAC), and sets up administrative accounts.
• Sets up administrator and service accounts.
• Maintains documentation for configurations, standards, and procedures
• Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.
• Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
• Develops and implements testing strategies and document results.
• Provides advice on performance tuning and training to end-users.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.
• Evaluates open-source or vendor tools and participates in database migration/special modernization projects.
• Collaborates with developers on schema design, query optimization, and stored procedures.
• Plans and executes database upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Ensures compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Clearance Required TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.

Degree and Years of Experience Bachelors Degree in a Computer Science or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.

• 5 + years of related database analysis and/or administration experience.

Desired Certifications

• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent recommended.

Required Skills

• PostgreSQL experience required. Oracle database administration a plus.
• Experience in PostgreSQL administration/tuning; including knowledge and implementation of database high-availability solutions and performance tuning.
• Experience in monitoring, creating, and managing PostgreSQL server agent alerts.
• Experience with Database backup, restore, migration, and Database snapshot technologies/strategies.
• Knowledge on how to build/maintain efficient database table structures for both transactional and warehouse data.
• Migration experience with Oracle, MySQL, and PostgresSQL.

Abile Group, founded in July 2004 to support the Intelligence Community and its contractors across Enterprise Analytics, IT & Systems Engineering, and Program & Project Management, merged with Valiant Solutions in January 2026 - an established provider of cybersecurity technologies and services for Federal Agencies since 2005. Together, this partnership creates a stronger, more integrated cybersecurity organization with expanded opportunities for employees, deeper technical collaboration, and a unified mission. With significant experience serving the Federal Government, we remain dedicated to our employees and clients and seek high‑performing professionals who excel at providing guidance, developing solutions, and delivering implementation support that blends industry best practices with client expertise and Abile’s broad technical capabilities.

Abile is committed to hiring the most qualified and best fit person for the job - always has, always will.