Senior Federal Database Administrator (Secret Clearance)

Akumen, Inc.; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Akumen, Inc. seeks an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to support the administration, performance, security, and availability of mission-critical database environments supporting federal government systems.

The DBA will be responsible for maintaining reliable database operations, troubleshooting complex issues, supporting application and infrastructure teams, and ensuring database environments meet established security and performance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience administering enterprise database environments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Strong SQL, performance tuning, backup/recovery and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience implementing database security, access controls and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience coordinating activities across application, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, monitor, and maintain relational database environments.
• Monitor availability, capacity, and performance; identify bottlenecks and optimize.
• Manage backup, recovery, replication, patching, upgrades, and DR processes.
• Implement and maintain database security controls and auditing.
• Troubleshoot incidents, performance issues, and connectivity problems.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams.
• Develop and maintain database documentation and SOPs.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Performance tuning

Backup & recovery

Security controls

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Oracle

Microsoft SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Akumen, Inc. seeks an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to support the administration, performance, security, and availability of mission-critical database environments supporting federal government systems.

The DBA will be responsible for maintaining reliable database operations, troubleshooting complex issues, supporting application and infrastructure teams, and ensuring database environments meet established security and performance requirements.