Senior DBA: Remote AWS Migrations & Security Lead

Koniag Services, Inc.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401K with company matching

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays

3 weeks paid time off

Job summary

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Senior Database Administrator to support enterprise SQL Server and Oracle environments for a federal civilian customer. This remote role requires the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance and to mentor junior DBAs while maintaining performance and security.

The role emphasizes leading migrations to AWS GovCloud/EC2, implementing disaster recovery, and ensuring data availability across mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Database Administrator supporting enterprise-scale environments.
• Expert-level experience administering Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle database platforms.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise database deployments, upgrades, or migrations.
• Hands‑on experience with database high availability and disaster recovery architectures.
• Experience migrating or operating databases in AWS (RDS or self-managed on EC2/GovCloud).

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level administration and performance tuning for enterprise Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle database environments.
• Lead design, deployment, and support of highly available database architectures, including clustering, replication, and Always On availability groups.
• Lead migration of on‑premises databases to AWS (RDS, EC2-hosted, or GovCloud) as part of the customer’s data center exit and modernization program.
• Own database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures in support of the customer's BDCR requirements, including RTO/RPO validation.
• Implement and enforce database security controls, including access management, encryption, and auditing in accordance with NIST SP 800-53 and agency security policy.
• Monitor database performance and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks affecting mission applications.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior database administrators.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, data architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures.

Skills

Database security

Documentation

Communication

Public Trust clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle

AWS (RDS/EC2 GovCloud)

Job description

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Senior Database Administrator to support enterprise SQL Server and Oracle environments for a federal civilian customer. This remote role requires the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance and to mentor junior DBAs while maintaining performance and security.

The role emphasizes leading migrations to AWS GovCloud/EC2, implementing disaster recovery, and ensuring data availability across mission-critical systems.