Sr. Database Administrator

CGI Njoyn; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to design, administer, optimize, and sustain mission‑critical database environments across cloud and on‑prem infrastructures, ensuring reliability, security, and performance for a federal modernization program.

You will collaborate with engineering, DevSecOps, data migration, and application teams to maintain high‑quality data operations, perform backups and recoveries, implement RBAC and encryption, and support cloud migrations to AWS

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance required.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of database administration or data platform operations experience.
• Expertise with enterprise RDBMS platforms (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, etc.).
• Experience with SQL optimization, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and tuning.
• Experience supporting cloud database platforms (AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB preferred).
• Strong understanding of database security, encryption, backup/recovery, clustering, and replication.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases.
• Monitor database health, performance, storage utilization, and availability.
• Optimize queries, indexes, and configurations for performance.
• Conduct maintenance including backups, restores, patching, upgrades, and replication.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and recoverability across environments.
• Implement database security controls, encryption, auditing, and RBAC policies.
• Support cloud database operations and migrations (AWS preferred).
• Collaborate with engineering, DevSecOps, data migration, and application teams.

Skills

Top Secret Clearance

US Citizenship

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

AWS RDS

Aurora

DynamoDB

RBAC

Backups & Recovery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS RDS

Aurora

DynamoDB

Job description

Job order - J0926-0757 - Permanent Full Time

Title Sr. Database Administrator

Category Database Administration

City Huntsville, Alabama, United States

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to support the design, administration, optimization, and sustainment of mission-critical database environments supporting a major federal modernization program. This role ensures the reliability, security, and performance of databases across cloud and on-prem infrastructures and partners closely with engineering, DevSecOps, data migration, and application teams to maintain high-quality, stable data operations.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Database Administration & Operations
  • Administer, configure, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases supporting enterprise applications and data workflows
  • Monitor database health, performance, storage utilization, and availability
  • Optimize queries, indexes, and configurations to maximize performance and throughput
  • Conduct database maintenance including backups, restores, patching, upgrades, and replication
• Data Integrity, Security & Compliance
  • Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and recoverability across environments
  • Implement database security controls, encryption, auditing, and RBAC policies
  • Support compliance with federal security standards for classified environments
  • Work with security teams to address vulnerabilities and hardening requirements
• Cloud & Modernization Support
  • Support cloud database operations, migrations, and modernization efforts (AWS preferred)
  • Partner with data engineering and ETL/migration teams on integration, mapping, and transformation needs
  • Assist with migration of legacy databases into modern cloud-based architectures
• Troubleshooting & Performance Optimization
  • Diagnose and resolve database issues affecting applications, pipelines, and data workflows
  • Perform root-cause analysis on performance degradation or data anomalies
  • Collaborate with full-stack engineers, QA teams, and cloud engineers to resolve integration-related issues
• Documentation & Reporting
  • Maintain architecture diagrams, configuration documents, runbooks, and SOPs
  • Provide performance metrics, incident overviews, and operational reporting to leadership
  • Document changes, upgrades, and tuning actions for continuity and audit requirements

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in database administration or data platform operations
• Expertise with enterprise RDBMS platforms (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, etc.)
• Experience with SQL optimization, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and tuning
• Experience supporting cloud database platforms (AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB preferred)
• Strong understanding of database security, encryption, backup/recovery, clustering, and replication
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal modernization or national-security programs
• Experience with microservices, containerized workloads, and DevSecOps environments
• Familiarity with ETL pipelines, large-scale data migrations, and database modernization
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Due to the nature of this government contract, US Citizenship is required.

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