Senior Database Administrator

Piper Companies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise PostgreSQL environments in Washington, D.C. This on-site role supports a DOJ program and requires top secret clearance.

You will manage AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, high availability, backups, and security controls. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience, a IT-related degree, and hands-on PostgreSQL admin skills, with cloud and migration expertise for modern data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field, with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience designing and maintaining complex PostgreSQL environments.
• Hands-on PostgreSQL 13+ administration, tuning, patching, and HA.
• Experience with backups using pg_dump/pg_restore, WAL archiving, replication.
• Knowledge of security practices for enterprise data.
• Experience with migrations across PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments for performance and reliability.
• Administer PostgreSQL databases, including configuration, tuning, patching, capacity planning, backups, and HA.
• Implement database security controls and coordinate changes with system integrators.
• Monitor health, troubleshoot performance, optimize queries and indexing, and establish alerts.
• Support migrations and cloud modernization with AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

Performance tuning

Capacity planning

Security controls

Cloud migrations

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Database Administrator. This job is located in Washington D.C. and will be On-Site. The Senior Database Administrator will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise database environments while ensuring data integrity, security, and performance. This is an exciting opportunity to work with PostgreSQL, AWS cloud database technologies, high availability solutions, and enterprise data platforms in Washington D.C. supporting a DOJ Program.

REQUIRES TOP SECRET CLEARANCE

Responsibilities of the Senior Database Administrator include:

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments while ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Administer PostgreSQL databases, including configuration, tuning, patching, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and high availability solutions.
• Implement database security controls, coordinate database changes, and support system integration initiatives.
• Monitor database health, troubleshoot performance issues, optimize queries and indexing strategies, and establish alerting solutions.
• Support database migrations, cloud modernization efforts, and AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL environments.

Qualifications for the Senior Database Administrator include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience, and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining complex database environments and database management systems.
• Hands-on experience administering PostgreSQL (v13+) including performance tuning, patching, capacity planning, and database optimization.
• Experience implementing backup and recovery solutions using pg_dump/pg_restore, WAL archiving, replication, and high availability configurations.
• Experience with PostgreSQL query tuning, indexing, partitioning, performance analysis, and database monitoring tools.
• Experience planning and executing database migrations, including PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS RDS, and Aurora PostgreSQL environments.
• Knowledge of database security, access controls, and security best practices for safeguarding enterprise data.
• Experience establishing monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, or similar observability platforms, with strong communication and troubleshooting skills.

Compensation for the Senior Database Administrator include:

• Salary Range: $135,000 - $175,000
• Comprehensive Benefits: Cigna Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave if required by law, and Holidays

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