Senior Database Administrator - Performance & Security

Avint; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Open Time off

Federal Holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Avint is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to safeguard the integrity, security, and availability of Oracle, SQL Server, and Sybase environments across programs and contracts.

You will manage security policies, performance tuning, disaster recovery, data modeling support, and DBMS installations, while coordinating with Database Engineers on architecture changes. A Bachelor’s degree and DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• At least 5 years administering Microsoft SQL Server databases.

Responsibilities

• Administering, maintaining, and implementing policies for database security and integrity.
• Organizing and formatting data for efficient queries and storage.
• Establishing and maintaining user accounts.
• Performing disaster recovery, performance tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring.
• Supporting data modeling activities and prototype database implementations.
• Installing DBMSs, databases, tables, and views.
• Directing monitoring, administration, and optimization of database systems, including index and structure redesign.
• Coordinating architecture changes with Database Engineers.
• Evaluating requirements and recommending appropriate DBMS products.
• Overseeing use of current and emerging database tools, strategies, and technologies.

Skills

Database administration

Security policies

Performance tuning

Disaster recovery planning

Data modeling

DBMS installation

Monitoring and optimization

Architecture coordination

Requirements evaluation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

Oracle

Microsoft SQL Server

Sybase

Job description

Avint is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to safeguard the integrity, security, and availability of Oracle, SQL Server, and Sybase environments across programs and contracts.

You will manage security policies, performance tuning, disaster recovery, data modeling support, and DBMS installations, while coordinating with Database Engineers on architecture changes. A Bachelor’s degree and DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification are required.