Senior Cloud DBA & Tech Lead – DoD/GovCloud

SteerBridge, Inc.; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with matching

Paid Federal Holidays

Job summary

SteerBridge, Inc. in Vienna, VA, is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support USMC aviation maintenance data systems within DoD and GovCloud environments.

You will administer production Oracle and Sybase ASE databases, support AWS data pipelines, and lead three Mid-Level DBAs on a 24/7 operations rotation. This hands-on role requires coordinating coverage, mentoring the team, and partnering with data engineers, data architects, and data scientists to ensure availability, security, and

Qualifications

• Candidate will hold senior DBA responsibilities in DoD GovCloud environments.
• Experience with Oracle and Sybase ASE in production settings required.
• Must be able to lead and mentor a small DBA team in a 24/7 rotation.

Responsibilities

• Administer production Oracle and Sybase ASE databases, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, replication, performance tuning, and backup and recovery.
• Operate and troubleshoot AWS data and database services, including AWS Glue, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and containerized workloads running on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate.
• Diagnose and resolve complex database, data ingestion, transformation, application availability, authentication, and reporting issues, including Keycloak and basic NGINX troubleshooting.
• Lead the DBA support rotation, coordinate on-call schedules, and manage escalated or high‑severity incidents while improving incident handling, shift handoffs, and operational runbooks.
• Support the migration and modernization of legacy Oracle and Sybase workloads to AWS‑managed database and cloud services.
• Implement and maintain database security controls and support DoD/GovCloud compliance requirements, including STIGs, access controls, and Authorization to Operate (ATO) documentation.
• Develop and maintain database architecture documentation, standard operating procedures, runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
• Partner with engineering and analytics teams to support aviation maintenance systems while mentoring mid‑level staff and providing technical guidance on database operations and production support.

Skills

Oracle

Sybase ASE

AWS

DBA leadership

Incident management

Mentoring

Data pipelines

Security/compliance

Tools

AWS Glue

Amazon RDS

Amazon Redshift

ECS/Fargate

Keycloak

NGINX

Job description

SteerBridge, Inc. in Vienna, VA, is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support USMC aviation maintenance data systems within DoD and GovCloud environments.

You will administer production Oracle and Sybase ASE databases, support AWS data pipelines, and lead three Mid-Level DBAs on a 24/7 operations rotation. This hands-on role requires coordinating coverage, mentoring the team, and partnering with data engineers, data architects, and data scientists to ensure availability, security, and