Senior PostgreSQL DBA - High Availability & SCI Eligible

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 111,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator to design, implement, and optimize secure, highly available PostgreSQL environments for mission-critical systems.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, and strong expertise in PostgreSQL installation, configuration, and lifecycle management across multiple environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology discipline and 5+ years of related experience; additional experience may substitute education.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Significant hands-on PostgreSQL design, deployment, operation, and maintenance in enterprise environments.
• Strong PostgreSQL installation, configuration, and lifecycle management across environments.
• Experience in high availability and disaster recovery, data modeling and schema design.
• Experience integrating PostgreSQL management into DevOps/DevSecOps workflows, including automation of backups, monitoring, and maintenance tasks.
• DoD 8140 IAT II certified or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable PostgreSQL environments.
• Architect and implement database high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Perform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations of PostgreSQL clusters and components.
• Monitor and tune performance including query optimization, indexing, memory and storage configuration.
• Implement and enforce database security best practices.
• Design and maintain backup and recovery strategies and test restores.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams for schema design and data modeling.
• Support provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows for databases.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents and perform root-cause analysis with durable fixes.
• Develop and communicate database standards and procedures.
• Provide guidance and mentoring on PostgreSQL usage and performance optimization.

Skills

Configuration Management

Endpoint Management

IT Configuration Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technology discipline

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator to design, implement, and optimize secure, highly available PostgreSQL environments for mission-critical systems.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, and strong expertise in PostgreSQL installation, configuration, and lifecycle management across multiple environments.