Senior Database Administrator – Remote, High Availability

Synergy; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

HSA/FSA

401(k) with company match

PTO & Bonus Leave

11 paid federal holidays

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Referral bonus program

Well-being programs

Job summary

Synergy is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support the US Coast Guard at the ALC-ISD, managing enterprise databases across Oracle, Ingres, and SQL Server. You will oversee design, tuning, security, and compliance while supporting Agile and DevSecOps pipelines in a high-availability environment.

Responsibilities include database modeling, performance optimization, security enforcement, and cross-team collaboration with developers, cybersecurity, and systems engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Associate's degree in Computer Science, Math, IT, Engineering, or related field; 5 years may substitute for 2 years of education.
• Minimum 5 years of database administration experience (Oracle/Ingres/SQL Server).
• 5 years of security remediation experience on systems with vulnerabilities from scans.
• 2+ years with Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain enterprise relational databases (Oracle, Ingres, SQL Server) ensuring performance, availability, and data integrity.
• Design and implement database models, data dictionaries, ERDs, and indexing strategies.
• Perform performance tuning, query optimization, partitioning, and resource analysis for high-volume workloads.
• Enforce database standards, security policies (STIGs, DHS 4300A, NIST 800-53).
• Implement security controls, roles, encryption, and patch management for compliance.
• Integrate databases with DevSecOps toolchains using Kubernetes, Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence.
• Lead data migrations and modernization initiatives with developers and engineers.
• Monitor usage, plan capacity, ensure backup/recovery and DR procedures.
• Support CM and version control across dev/test/stage/prod tiers.
• Research data technologies and cloud-readiness for hybrid architectures.

Skills

Oracle / Ingres / SQL Server admin

SQL queries / stored procedures

Security hardening / STIGs

DevSecOps / Git tooling

Kubernetes / CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's/Associate in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

Synergy is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support the US Coast Guard at the ALC-ISD, managing enterprise databases across Oracle, Ingres, and SQL Server. You will oversee design, tuning, security, and compliance while supporting Agile and DevSecOps pipelines in a high-availability environment.

Responsibilities include database modeling, performance optimization, security enforcement, and cross-team collaboration with developers, cybersecurity, and systems engineers.