Senior Database Administrator - Security & Availability

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 78,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Mid Database Administrator to protect, optimize, and scale enterprise databases in a highly regulated government environment. You will design schemas, implement backups, and coordinate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure reliable data services.

Your responsibilities include performance tuning, security controls, upgrade planning, disaster recovery testing, and capacity management across Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of progressive database administration experience.
• Proficiency with relational database systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
• Demonstrated experience with database security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery planning, data warehousing, ETL processes, and data integration tools.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Active SECRET security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain clearance as required by the client.
• U.S. citizenship and willingness to travel less than 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize production and non-production instances of platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL, including advanced schema design, partitioning strategies, and environment‑specific configuration.
• Design and tune indexing, statistics, and query execution plans to resolve complex performance bottlenecks and ensure predictable response times for high‑volume transactional and reporting workloads.
• Develop and execute robust backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies and lead periodic recovery tests for mission‑critical systems.
• Implement and review advanced security controls such as encryption at rest and in transit, role‑based access models, privileged account management, and auditing to protect sensitive data in highly regulated environments.
• Lead planning and execution of database software upgrades, patching cycles, and cross‑environment migrations, coordinating with application owners and operations teams to manage risk and downtime.
• Design and support data integration solutions using ETL tools and scripts to move, transform, and reconcile data across operational databases, data warehouses, and analytics platforms.
• Perform capacity planning and storage management, including growth forecasting, index maintenance strategies, and archival approaches to balance performance and cost.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents involving locking, deadlocks, blocking chains, failed jobs, and resource contention, using diagnostic tools and system views to quickly isolate root cause.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Mid Database Administrator to protect, optimize, and scale enterprise databases in a highly regulated government environment. You will design schemas, implement backups, and coordinate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure reliable data services.

Your responsibilities include performance tuning, security controls, upgrade planning, disaster recovery testing, and capacity management across Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL,