Senior Database Analyst/Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Database Analyst/Administrator to join AOUSC Mission Support Systems Division.

You will operate in an SAFe environment, develop standards, and manage data elements and relationships across complex systems. The role emphasizes data warehousing, ETL, SQL Server, Snowflake, and cloud migrations; you will create dashboards, validate data, perform peer reviews, and collaborate with product owners to translate business needs into technical

Qualifications

• At least seven (7+) years of server database maintenance and database analysis experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering or a related field; experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Database or cloud certification preferred (e.g., Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
• Proficient with databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Oracle.
• Experience with Snowflake and Azure cloud platform.
• Experience with database environment installation, configuration, and ongoing administration support.
• Understanding of standard data warehouse concepts.
• Adept at data modeling, data mapping, data flow diagrams and data marts.
• Experience architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions and data migration to multi-cloud/hybrid environments.
• Proven ability to work independently, prioritize tasks and deliver.
• Strong analytical, technical, problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organization and time management and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Works within an Agile solution development environment with daily scrums, biweekly sprint planning and quarterly Program Increment planning.
• Develops operating standards and best practices, including performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Ensures proper definition, control, and coordination of data elements and standards and facilitates efficient data relationships, systems integration, and physical structure.
• Participates in development and implementation of database management policies and standards for quality control and data administration.
• Collaborates with Product Owners and users to gather business requirements and map to technical requirements; meets with agency leaders and stakeholders on innovative data analysis techniques.
• Documents complex workflow designs for project teams and stakeholders.
• Works on complex problems and contributes to new business strategy within Agile practices.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets large data sets to guide business decisions; uses advanced statistics, data mining, and predictive modeling.
• Synthesizes information and creates data visualizations to track KPIs and metrics tied to program outcomes.
• Hosts peer reviews of code and performs data validation and integrity checks.
• Develops stored procedures, jobs, views, and tables in SQL Server Management Studio.
• Designs dimensional data models including start and snowflake schemas, fact and dimension tables, and data marts.
• Develops and deploys ETL packages using CI/CD pipelines; uses version control systems.
• Works with Atlassian Suite tools.
• Indexes logs in Splunk and creates dashboards, alerts, and reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Time management

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SQL Server Management Studio

Splunk

Atlassian Suite (Jira/Confluence)

Job description

Database Analyst /Administrator

GDIT has an opportunity for a dynamic and talented candidate to join our team supporting the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AOUSC) Mission Support Systems Division (MSSD) in one of its mission-critical applications that is used by all federal courts’ community. MSSD has a mature agile practice using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and supports a broad range of complex business systems which are instrumental to the AOUSC mission.

The Database Analyst/ Administrator will execute the following responsibilities:

• Works within an Agile solution development environment with daily scrums, biweekly sprint planning and quarterly Program Increment planning.
• Develops operating standards and best practices, including performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Ensures the proper definition, control, and coordination of data elements and standards, and the facilitation of efficient data relationships, systems integration, and physical structure.
• Participates in the development and implementation of database management policies and standards for efficient quality control and data administration.
• Collaborates with Product Owners and users to gather business requirements and define and maps them to technical requirements. Meets with agency leaders and stakeholders, collaborating with other consultants and program/agency personnel regarding the development of innovative data analysis techniques.
• Demonstrates ability to document complex workflow designs to present to project team and stakeholders.
• Demonstrates ability to work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors and frequently contributes to the development of new business strategy, ideas, and methods adhering to best practices within the Agile framework.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets large amounts of data to help guide business decisions.Experience with using advanced statistical analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling techniques.
• Synthesizes disparate information and recognizes patterns and relationships across data; synthesizes large sets of data from multiple sources, develops data visualizations for the purposes of tracking key performance indicators and other critical metrics tied to program outcomes.
• Hosts and conducts peer reviews of the code of other developers on the team. Performs data validation and ensures data accuracy and integrity.
• Develops stored procedures, jobs, views, tables, and other database objects in SQL Server Management Studio.
• Designs and develops dimensional data models including start and snowflake schemas, fact and dimension tables, and enterprise data marts to support analytics, reporting and business intelligence solutions.
• Develops and deploys ETL packages using CI/CD pipeline. Exposure to core configuration management systems for version control.
• Works with Atlassian Suite of software development management tools.
• Indexes system and application logs in to the Splunk system monitoring application, then creates dashboards, alerts, and reports from those logs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• At least seven (7+) years of Server database maintenance and database analysis or similar role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering or relevant computer-based major. Experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Database or cloud certification preferred such as Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent industry recognized database certification.
• Proficient experience with Databases like Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Oracle.
• Experience with Snowflake and exposure to cloud platforms, Azure cloud platform.
• Experienced with completing database environment installation, configuration, on-going administration support.
• Demonstrated understanding of standard Data warehouse concepts.
• Adept with data modeling, data mapping, data flow diagrams and data marts.
• Previous experience architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions on various platforms.
• Experience with Data migration from legacy on-premises database to multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to spearhead and work independently, prioritize, and get things done.
• Strong analytical, technical, problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills and ability to identify priorities to accomplish a variety of tasks on schedule.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work with people at every level. Comfortable writing down ideas, implementation plans and status reports.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience creating and managing database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.
• Knowledge of court operations and law enforcement business data.