Senior Database Administrator - 175369 - 176307 - 176761 - 177190

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 in Washington, D.C. for an on-site role supporting a DOJ program. You will design, implement, and optimize enterprise PostgreSQL environments with AWS RDS/Aurora, focusing on security, performance, and high availability.

The role requires TS clearance, 8+ years of experience, and strong expertise in backups, migrations, and observability tools. This is a hands-on, mission-critical position in a secure environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field with 8+ years of experience.
• Strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining complex database environments and DBMS.
• Hands-on PostgreSQL (v13+) administration including tuning, patching, capacity planning, and optimization.
• Experience backup/recovery using pg_dump/pg_restore, WAL archiving, replication, and high availability configurations.
• PostgreSQL query tuning, indexing, partitioning, performance analysis, and monitoring tools.
• Experience migrations including PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS RDS, and Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of database security, access controls, and security best practices.
• Experience monitoring/alerting with Prometheus, Grafana or similar observability platforms.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

PostgreSQL

AWS

High availability

Performance tuning

Security best practices

Monitoring tools

Query optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field

Tools

pg_dump/pg_restore

WAL archiving

Replication

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

This job opens for applications on 9/28/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.