Lead Database Administrator/Analyst (DBS)

Position Summary

Zenius is seeking an experienced Lead Database Administrator / Analyst to support a large-scale federal technology program. The ideal candidate will have strong enterprise database administration experience across complex environments, with expertise in database performance, architecture, data integration, and analytics. Candidates must be able to work onsite five days per week in the Baltimore, MD area. Previous Social Security Administration (SSA) experience is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage enterprise databases across z/OS, UNIX/Linux, Windows, and cloud environments.
• Perform database design, architecture, performance tuning, indexing, maintenance, optimization, backup, and recovery.
• Support DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL, and PL/SQL environments.
• Support ETL, data warehousing, BI, data integration, and cloud/big-data platforms.
• Implement data governance, data quality, security, and compliance controls.
• Support advanced analytics, including predictive modeling, anomaly detection, risk modeling, and fraud analytics.
• Collaborate with technical and business teams to maintain reliable, secure, and scalable database environments.

Required Qualifications

• 3 5+ years of database administration, database engineering, or related data experience.
• Strong experience with DB2, Oracle, SQL/PLSQL, and enterprise relational databases.
• Experience with database performance tuning, optimization, backup/recovery, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with z/OS, UNIX/Linux, Windows, and/or cloud database environments.
• Experience with ETL, data warehousing, BI, or data integration technologies.
• Ability to work onsite five days per week in the Baltimore, MD area.

Highly Preferred Qualifications

• Previous SSA experience.
• Federal government experience.
• Experience with Hadoop, cloud data platforms, data lakes, or advanced analytics.
• Fraud detection, predictive modeling, anomaly detection, or program-integrity experience.
• One or more relevant database/cloud certifications, such as Oracle OCP, AWS, Azure, Microsoft, or DB2 certifications.

About the Company

Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Zenius Corporation is a HUBZone-certified small business. Zenius specializes in providing Grants Management, IT Modernization, Acquisition Management, and Financial Management services to Federal agencies. Zenius is selected by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in the DC Metro Area, awarded in 2025, 2024, 2021, and 2020. Zenius is also listed by Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas in 2021. Zenius is an awardee of 2019 Best of Leesburg winner (Business Management Consultant category).

Benefits

Zenius Corporation is an employee-oriented company. Join us now and help us grow! We offer a competitive benefits package that includes paid holidays and paid time off, medical insurance including health, vision, dental insurance, 401K matching, Flexible Spending Account and flexible schedules, as per business needs. We also work with our employees on training and professional certification plans that benefit the employee.

Schedule

Onsite 5 days per week in the Baltimore, MD area.