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Database Administrator (DBA)

GDIT Bethesda, MD On-site senior full-time

Salary

$164,382 - $218,500 per year

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Description

Join GDIT as a Database Administrator (DBA) and make a personal impact supporting customer activities. As a DBA, you will help ensure today's safety and tomorrow's smartness by joining a highly skilled team providing premier cyber security services.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with another senior DBA to create, modify, and manage database structures to meet customer requirements.
  • Support a high-visibility, large-scale application with users in 50+ organizations across the customer's space.
  • Collaborate with software developers to design, develop, test, and deploy the system using iterative Scrum practices.
  • Design, develop, test, and deploy data models and databases across development, test, training, and production environments on multiple classification levels.
  • Implement and maintain security features including access control, role separation, audit and logging, and system monitoring.
  • Participate in agile development activities and meet all reporting requirements.
  • Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, develop user stories, and translate needs into data models and database solutions.
  • Coordinate with other enterprise data service programs to integrate capabilities.
  • Prepare technical documentation and briefings for program reviews.
  • Deliver demos and walk-throughs of data models and repositories to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Support rapid prototyping to refine requirements and system design.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline.
  • 10+ years of related experience.
  • Significant experience working with a relational database such as MySQL or Postgres.
  • AWS experience.
  • User-level experience with Linux and a strong grasp of SQL.
  • Experience supporting development and administration of databases.
  • Design and implementation of security measures, access controls, role separation, audit and logging in database solutions.
  • Experience with standard data exchange formats including Extensible Markup Language (XML).
  • TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Benefits:

  • 401K with company match.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.
  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

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