Senior Database Administrator - 175369

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Senior Database Administrator in Washington, D.C. on-site to design, implement, and optimize enterprise database environments, focusing on PostgreSQL and AWS cloud technologies to support a DOJ program.

The role requires TOP SECRET clearance and will involve high availability, security controls, migrations, and monitoring using Prometheus or Grafana as part of enterprise data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field, plus 8+ years of experience.
• Strong PostgreSQL expertise (v13+) with tuning and optimization.
• Experience with backup, recovery, WAL archiving, and high availability.
• Experience migrating PostgreSQL/Oracle to AWS RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of database security and access controls.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

PostgreSQL

Database design

Performance tuning

Database security

Cloud migrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

pg_dump/pg_restore

AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL

Prometheus

Grafana

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