Senior Database Architect & Operations Leader

Accenture Federal Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 102,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks an experienced Database Administrator to support Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL in a mid- to large-scale enterprise environment. You will perform health checks, backups validation, and proactive monitoring, while guiding release planning and deployment activities.

The role includes documenting issues, updating procedures, and helping train new team members. Applicants should have hands-on experience across Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, strong problem

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in database administration.
• Strong to expert-level knowledge of Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL databases and applications.
• Ability to provide dynamic problem documentation (definition, resolution, reporting).
• Ability to support scheduled after-hours maintenance.
• Experience serving as queue manager to assign incoming tickets.
• Industry experience developing, deploying, and supporting database systems at scale.
• Full project lifecycle experience: design, development, implementation, documentation.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Linux familiarity required.
• Understanding of enterprise systems management (configuration management, ESD, etc.).
• Knowledge of scalability principles, economies of scale, and cost-of-ownership impacts.
• Broad understanding of cloud technologies, applications, and protocols (TCP/IP, Active Directory, Oracle/Postgres/SQL DBs, Apache Tomcat, MS IIS).

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert database administration support across Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL environments in a mid- to large-scale enterprise.
• Perform daily database health checks, validate backups, and proactively monitor datacenter resources.
• Resolve issues and implement preventative measures; support full lifecycle activities including planning, coordinating, and executing release notices.
• Contribute to operational excellence through user documentation, bi-weekly updates, and improvements to infrastructure processes.
• Manage team ticket queues, onboard new team members, participate in meetings, and drive training and tooling improvements.

Skills

8 years DBA experience

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MS SQL

Documentation

After-hours support

Queue mgmt

Cloud basics

Windows

Linux

Enterprise mgmt

Apache Tomcat

MS IIS

Tools

Apache Tomcat

MS IIS

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks an experienced Database Administrator to support Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL in a mid- to large-scale enterprise environment. You will perform health checks, backups validation, and proactive monitoring, while guiding release planning and deployment activities.

The role includes documenting issues, updating procedures, and helping train new team members. Applicants should have hands-on experience across Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, strong problem