# PostgreSQL Database Architect

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Springfield, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $124,093 - $149,500
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Deliver insights to help clients turn data into action as a PostgreSQL Database Architect at GDIT. Your work will provide transformative solutions to clients' big-data obstacles and help advance the mission.

At GDIT, people are the differentiator. As a Database Architect, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. The company has an immediate need for a PostgreSQL database architect to analyze, design, develop, implement, and support database infrastructure deployment and management.

Key responsibilities:

- Manage the functionality and efficiency of a group of servers running on one or more operating systems.

- Maintain database integrity and security, configure role-based access control (RBAC), and set up administrative accounts.

- Set up administrator and service accounts.

- Maintain documentation for configurations, standards, and procedures.

- Interact with users and evaluate vendor products.

- Develop and monitor policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.

- Develop and implement testing strategies and document results.

- Provide advice on performance tuning and training to end-users.

- Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.

- Evaluate open-source or vendor tools and participate in database migration/special modernization projects.

- Collaborate with developers on schema design, query optimization, and stored procedures.

- Plan and execute database upgrades, patching, and migrations.

- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Requirements:

- Hold a Top Secret/SCI clearance and Polygraph.

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, or work experience.

- 5+ years of related database analysis and/or administration experience.

- PostgreSQL experience required; Oracle database administration a plus.

- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent recommended.

Benefits:

- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.

- Support: Internal mobility team focused on helping achieve career goals.

- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.

- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.

## Skills

### Required
- PostgreSQL Administration
- MySQL
- Oracle Database

### Nice to have
- CompTIA Security+
- Oracle database administration

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