Senior Database Administrator - Enterprise & Security Focus

Akumen, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Akumen, Inc. seeks an experienced Database Administrator to support mission-critical government systems. The role focuses on reliability, security, and performance across enterprise databases in development, testing, staging, and production environments.

The DBA will implement security controls, coordinate with DevSecOps, and ensure data integrity through backups, DR plans, and performance tuning, while maintaining comprehensive documentation and SOPs.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience administering enterprise database environments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or comparable platforms.
• Strong SQL, tuning, backup/recovery, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience implementing database security, access controls, patching, and vulnerability remediation.

Aufgaben

• Install, configure, administer, monitor, and maintain relational databases for development, testing, staging, and production.
• Monitor availability, capacity, and performance; identify bottlenecks and tune accordingly.
• Manage backup, recovery, replication, patching, upgrades, and DR processes.
• Implement and maintain database security controls, including access, auditing, and remediation.
• Troubleshoot incidents, performance issues, connectivity problems, and integration issues.
• Collaborate with developers, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams on deployments.

Kenntnisse

SQL

Performance tuning

Backup & recovery

Security controls

Troubleshooting

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering or related field

Tools

Oracle

Microsoft SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Jobbeschreibung

Akumen, Inc. seeks an experienced Database Administrator to support mission-critical government systems. The role focuses on reliability, security, and performance across enterprise databases in development, testing, staging, and production environments.

The DBA will implement security controls, coordinate with DevSecOps, and ensure data integrity through backups, DR plans, and performance tuning, while maintaining comprehensive documentation and SOPs.