Database Administrator

About the role

Leidos has a current opening for a TS/SCI cleared Database Administrator supporting our client’s mission to design and implement a data-centric architecture leveraging cloud-based computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cross-domain transfer systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and work with a diverse group of engineers in developing solutions for extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) heterogeneous datasets.
• Administer, maintain, upgrade, and optimize databases to address technical debt.
• Design, maintain, and improve database schemas and data models.
• Participate in engineering design sessions to understand dependencies and interactions with POSTMAN data stores.
• Document database design, implementation, and interactions with other systems.
• Define formats and structure for data exports/imports.
• Define APIs to share data; identifying endpoints, authentication, authorization, segmentation, structure, and format.
• Manage multiple database instances and interactions to ensure data consistency across the POSTMAN platform.
• Support CI/CD automation, code promotion, and deployment operations.
• Participate in daily scrums and program increment planning sessions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of relevant experience or Master’s Degree with 6 years of relevant experience or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Possess a DoD TS security clearance and be able to obtain a DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Able to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA); must have Security+ and cloud certifications to qualify for access.
• 3+ years administering databases including but not limited to: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
• 3+ years of database scripting using interface tools that include command line interfaces.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in designing database schema, data models (Relational, Entity-Relationship, Object-based, etc.) and performance tuning.
• Experience with administrating databases both on-premises and on the cloud platforms.
• Experience with monitoring database health and developing solutions to mitigate risks of performance and Service-level Agreements (SLAs).
• Experience working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience segregating data access through record locking or other solutions.
• Experience documenting and implementing security controls; providing POAMs for vulnerabilities and security findings.
• Experience managing multiple database instances across environments.
• Experience managing multiple data connections and interfaces.

Skills

• Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner.
• Highly Desired - Familiarity with data integration with Postgres SQL and Elasticsearch.
• Highly Desired - Familiarity with PSQL CLI and open-source Postgres GUI.
• Highly Desired – Familiarity with AWS S3.
• Highly Desired – Familiarity with Appian and SAIL.
• Experience with Agile software development (Scrum, SAFe).
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps and CI/CD implementation.
• Experience with Elasticsearch Kibana in developing visualizations/dashboards and conducting analyses.
• Experience with other database systems (Relational / Graph / NoSQL) and data models.
• Experience with Python, JSON, or Java.

Benefits

Pay Range: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

Pay and Benefits

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025.

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