Remote Database Administrator for Appian & DoD Systems

LMI Government Consulting; United States; Remote; USD 84,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting seeks an experienced Database Administrator to support the Army ACWS in Tysons, VA. You will manage enterprise DB environments, ensuring health, performance, security, and reliability for Appian-based ACWS services.

Responsibilities include collaborating with Appian developers, DevSecOps, IA, and functional teams to enable releases and future enhancements while adhering to DoD standards and disaster recovery plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 3+ years of database administration experience supporting enterprise applications or mission-critical systems.
• Strong experience with relational database technologies such as Oracle and/or SQL Server.
• Strong expertise in database performance tuning, backup and recovery, high availability, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with database security, patching, hardening, and STIG or equivalent compliance requirements.
• Experience with SQL, schema design, data modeling, query optimization, and database migration activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain database health across production, test, development, and other supported ACWS environments.
• Perform proactive database maintenance, performance tuning, query optimization, capacity planning, and health monitoring.
• Design and implement database schemas, data models, indexes, and migration strategies supporting application enhancements.
• Support database security, hardening, patching, access controls, and compliance with applicable STIG and DoD requirements.
• Manage backup, recovery, high-availability, and disaster preparedness procedures in accordance with approved operational processes.
• Troubleshoot database errors, performance problems, connectivity issues, locking or resource contention, and data discrepancies.
• Support Appian application teams with database design, SQL development, query optimization, data troubleshooting, and release activities.
• Coordinate with DevSecOps and infrastructure teams on database deployment automation, configuration management, monitoring, and patching.
• Support data migrations, upgrades, schema changes, and integration activities while minimizing operational impact.
• Maintain database documentation, runbooks, configuration records, and operational procedures.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, problem management, and corrective action activities for database-related issues.
• Participate in Agile planning and release activities and communicate database risks, dependencies, and technical recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

U.S. citizenship

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

Appian Platform

MarkLogic

NoSQL

AWS

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

LMI Government Consulting seeks an experienced Database Administrator to support the Army ACWS in Tysons, VA. You will manage enterprise DB environments, ensuring health, performance, security, and reliability for Appian-based ACWS services.

Responsibilities include collaborating with Appian developers, DevSecOps, IA, and functional teams to enable releases and future enhancements while adhering to DoD standards and disaster recovery plans.