Sr. Oracle DBA with TS/SCI Polygraph

Leidos Inc; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401K with 6% company match

Flexible Schedules

Technical Upskilling

Education and Training Support

Job summary

Leidos Inc is seeking a Sr. Database Administrator to support a complex operational program. The individual will ensure the integrity, security, and availability of databases, performing tasks like disaster recovery and performance tuning.

Key qualifications include a Bachelor's degree with significant experience in database administration and Oracle systems. The position offers a range of competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off and a 401K plan.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's with 20 years of experience or a Master's with 15-20 years of relevant experience.
• Must have at least 10 years of database administration experience.
• Must have in-depth experience with database security and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily database administration and troubleshooting.
• Monitor database performance and memory allocations.
• Develop SQL queries for routines and requests.

Skills

Database Administration

Oracle Database Administration

Database Performance Tuning

Troubleshooting Database Issues

PL/SQL

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree with relevant experience

Tools

Oracle Data Guard

Oracle Streams

Oracle Golden Gate

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Sr. Database Administrator

Sr. Database Administrator is needed to support a large, complex, fast‑paced, operational program. The selected individual will maintain the integrity, security, and availability of multiple databases, performing disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring of data, as well as administering, maintaining, developing, and implementing policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the database.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform daily database administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of system database and replication issues.
• Monitor database performance and memory allocations using standard tools.
• Perform system updates and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) patching.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database problems.
• Perform database recovery actions.
• Modify existing database scripts to enhance systems support and create new database scripts for recurring database issues.
• Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests.
• Transition/ingest legacy data.
• Translate requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, making updates to existing queries, and creating new queries to manipulate data into a master file.
• Recommend design and implementation practices that optimize the performance of GOTS/COTS databases and applications.
• Assist in the development of database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development.
• Assist in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software.

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's with 20 years of experience or Masters with 15 - 20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13 - 16 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Must have at least ten (10) years of demonstrated experience as a database administrator.
• Must have at least ten (10) years of Oracle Database Administration experience.
• Must have in‑depth experience implementing and maintaining database security.
• Must have in‑depth experience conducting database performance tuning and monitoring.
• Must have in‑depth experience troubleshooting and resolving database problems/issues.
• Must have experience installing, configuring, and upgrading RDBMS software.
• Must have experience with procedural languages such as PL/SQL.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with real‑time highly available data replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, Oracle Golden Gate, Sybase Replication Server.
• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology and/or as a member of an Agile team.
• Extensive, in‑depth experience with database design and development.
• Extensive, in‑depth understanding of databases, primarily Oracle and/or other relational and non‑relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.
• Experience with Mongo and/or Cassandra.

Clearance

Clearance Required: Must have TS/SCI with Polygraph on Day One (this is firm).

Benefits

Competitive benefits include Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and more.

EEO and Disability Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.