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Database Administrator Principal

GDIT Chantilly, VA On-site senior full-time

Salary

$124,093 - $161,000 per year

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Description

Join GDIT as a Database Administrator Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide interface between Government agencies and industrial organizations for obtaining, verifying, and providing access to NRO programs.
  • Update the security clearance database and Security Clearance Tool (SCT).
  • Support an annual file audit.
  • Maintain accuracy of customer's SCT records.
  • Conduct personnel clearance verification.
  • Use multiple NRO, DOD and IC databases including SCT, DISS, Scattered Castles.
  • Provide operations support to Government and Contractor personnel with the use of custom database/web applications.
  • Maintain the integrity of production data through database routine SQL statements.
  • Produce custom SQL reports to satisfy customer's processing, statistical, operational, and ad hoc needs.
  • Be responsible for custom application user account administration and application user assistance.
  • Ensure database confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
  • Create and run database reports.
  • Function as a software implementation liaison, coordinating with developers throughout development lifecycle.
  • Troubleshoot IT issues and SQL queries.
  • Provide customer and help desk support to PSD Security Clearance Module users.
  • Provide Security Clearance Module training to users.
  • Perform comprehensive testing of the Security Clearance Module upgrade software.
  • Perform daily transfers of Security Clearance Module data into the IC Scattered Castles database.
  • Create custom reports for PSD Security Clearance Module users.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of related experience
  • Demonstrated experience with current version of Microsoft Office Suite (2010 or later)
  • Demonstrated customer service and telephone skills
  • Ability to work independently on assigned tasks
  • Ability to complete work on a short deadline
  • Database data entry skills
  • Ability to work well within a team
  • Ability to learn various databases during performance of the contract
  • Ability to prioritize competing tasks and possess effective time management skills
  • Demonstrated experience in the technical or helpdesk support field
  • Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office Suite (2010 or later) to present metrics
  • Exceptional customer skills
  • Demonstrated ability to problem solve and develop/create innovative solutions
  • Demonstrated technical understanding to be able to teach how to use various security applications
  • Knowledge or demonstrated ability to understand the technical aspect of computer applications to converse with the computer engineers and users alike
  • Demonstrated understanding of the basics/underlying principles of computer coding and/or programming
  • Proven, superior helpdesk skills
  • Demonstrated ability complete customer requests on deadline with short suspense times and competing/shifting priorities
  • Demonstrated experience identifying data integrity issues, and analyzing processes that lead to these issues
  • Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated product knowledge and experiences with database querying, experience in optimizing queries
  • Demonstrated ability to appropriately manage and monitor access controls to databases
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, writing, communications skills
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Excellent ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
  • 401K with company match
  • Competitive pay and paid time off
  • Full flex work weeks where possible
  • Paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

Skills

Required

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