Sr. Database Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology; Utah; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

IBM Database Certification

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology seeks a Sr. Database Administrator to join a team delivering high-end IT solutions to government clients. The role emphasizes large-scale XML data processing, relational schema design, and SSIS-based ETL workflows.

You will lead data migrations, create data mappings, and maintain audit trails to ensure accuracy. Required seven+ years in DB maintenance, strong SQL, XML/XQuery skills, and experience with EF Core and LINQ translation.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years in database administration or similar role.
• Strong SQL proficiency, data modeling, and schema optimization.
• Experience with XML data sources, XSD/DTD, and data migration strategies.
• Experience designing SSIS workflows with error handling and logging.
• Proficiency with EF/EF Core and LINQ-to-SQL translation.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for XML data sources, schemas, and data mapping.
• Plan and execute data migration from XML to normalized relational schema.
• Design ERD and Data Dictionary for target database structures.
• Develop ETL routines using T-SQL with XPath/XQuery.
• Create audit logs and verification checks for migrations.
• Plan Runbooks, rollback steps, and production migration execution.
• Maintain and update migration scripts for ongoing operations.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and project stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Data modeling

Schema optimization

XML, XPath, XQuery

SSIS workflows

EF/EF Core

T-SQL

Data migration

ETL development

Unit testing

Collaboration with teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

SQL Server

Job description

Sr. Database Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology, the premier provider of high-tech IT solutions to the government IT market, delivers cost-effective, next-generation IT solutions and services to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and federal civilian agencies.

We are seeking an exceptional Sr. Database Administrator to join our highly functioning team of analysts, designers, and developers to deliver outstanding results for our customers. This is an opportunity to impact the future of the United States Federal Courts and officers in the field through your innovation and creativity. Combine your knowledge, talent and skills with state-of-the-art tools and technology to provide users with the most superior experience in class.

If you are a Sr. Database Administrator with a strong background in large scale, complex applications, and Extensible Markup Language (XML) processing, we want you to join our team at US Courts in Washington DC. Become a critical part of GDIT's team to support the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) Product Development Office (PDO) suite of computer and automated software applications. PDO supports a broad range of complex business systems which are instrumental to the AO mission.

The Sr. Database Administrator will execute the following responsibilities:

• Provide support for discovery and source assessment, schema design, data mapping, migration development, transition and cut over planning, production execution and maintenance.
• Inventory, catalog, and analyze all Extensible Markup Language (XML) data sources, including schemas, Document Type Definitions (DTDs), and XML Schema Definitions (XSDs).
• Provide a comprehensive Discovery and Assessment Report that catalogs source structures, update frequencies, XSD/DTD constraints, and discovered data anomalies.
• Plan and implement a repeatable data migration strategy of XML data into a normalized relational database schema.
• Design a normalized relational schema and map XML hierarchies to tables, keys, and indexes. Establish parent-child relationships and junction tables for many-to-many relationships.
• Provide an Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) and a Data Dictionary detailing the target relational database structure and mappings.
• Develop Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) routines utilizing database-native SQL (such as T-SQL) embedded with XPath/XQuery expressions, or language-specific XML parsers.
• Create and maintain an audit log of migrated and unmigrated records for each data source.
• Track dates of repeated migrations and updates for identical records. Conduct unit tests for data verification and reconciliation.
• Generate and deliver Migration Scripts and Pipeline Source Code with built-in audit logging capability and automated verification checks.
• Plan and execute the production migration using a fully documented Runbook and Rollback. Migration plan containing detailed step-by-step instructions and time-to-complete estimates. Complete verification and reconciliation check to guarantee data migration completeness and accuracy.
• Provide the Maintenance and Migration Interval plans for ongoing migrations (daily, on-demand, or at record update). Detail the necessary processes to support continuous updates of scripts and data schemas over time.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years experience in Server database maintenance and database administration or similar role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Also, experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Strong SQL proficiency in SQL query development, data modeling, schema optimization, and preliminary data analysis based on business/customer requirements.
• Hands-on experience installing, configuring, administering and troubleshooting relational databases, including backup and recovery operations.
• Proven track record in performance tuning, implementing database security protocols, managing access controls, automating routine tasks, and handing SSL certification installation.
• Experience in leading technical projects, managing deliverables, and providing technical support or training to team members.
• Proficient in working with complex XML schemas and hierarchical data structures including XPath and XQuery.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing reliable SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) workflows that incorporate robust error handling, logging, data validation, transformations, and performance optimization.
• Experience with SQL Server XML data types and capabilities, including storing, querying, parsing, transforming, and validating XML using XPath and XQuery.
• Strong hands-on experience with Entity Framework (EF) / Entity Framework Core (EF Core) and understanding of how LINQ expressions translate into SQL.
• Experience communicating and collaborating with developers, testers, systems engineer, DBAs, scrum masters, business owners and management.
• Familiarity with the Agile principles and methodology, SAFe Framework.

OPTIONAL

• IBM Database Certification.