Senior Federal DBA: Security & High Availability

Quest Oracle Community; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Akumen, Inc. in Washington, DC, is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to support the administration, performance, security, and availability of mission-critical database environments supporting federal government systems.

The DBA will maintain reliable operations, troubleshoot complex issues, support application and infrastructure teams, and ensure databases meet security and performance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience administering enterprise database environments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or comparable relational databases.
• Strong experience with SQL, performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, backup/recovery, and troubleshooting.
• Experience implementing database security, access controls, patching, and vulnerability remediation in secure environments.
• Experience supporting highly available production systems and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, monitor, and maintain relational database environments for development, testing, staging, and production.
• Monitor availability, capacity, and performance; identify bottlenecks and optimize.
• Manage backup, recovery, replication, patching, upgrades, and disaster recovery processes.

Skills

Relational database administration

Performance tuning

Security compliance

Disaster recovery planning

Incident troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Oracle

Microsoft SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Akumen, Inc. in Washington, DC, is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to support the administration, performance, security, and availability of mission-critical database environments supporting federal government systems.

The DBA will maintain reliable operations, troubleshoot complex issues, support application and infrastructure teams, and ensure databases meet security and performance requirements.