Senior Database Administrator (On-Site)

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI), a two-time USA Today Top Workplaces awardee and Washington Top Workplaces honoree, is seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Administrator to join our team. The ideal candidate will provide expert database administration, hands-on support, and architecture guidance for Federal Government IT programs.

About the role

The Senior Database Administrator will have extensive experience in enterprise database management, performance optimization, and high-availability architectures, both on-prem and in the cloud. As a valued member of the SFI team, you will play a critical role in delivering mission-critical capabilities to our Federal Government customers.

Work Location: On-Site, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise database environments, especially involving Oracle RDBMS 19c
• Lead database performance tuning, capacity planning, and high-availability configuration activities
• Develop and govern database schemas, database standards, policies, and best practices
• Mentor and guide junior DBAs on database administration techniques and best practices
• Lead database migration, upgrade, and consolidation projects
• Work on actively improving database quality
• Create various scripts focused on database fixes and maintenance operations
• Implement and maintain advanced database security controls, including encryption, auditing, and access management
• Provide expert database guidance to development and architecture teams
• Execute various environment (data) replications, including validations
• Conduct archiving and restoring to hot and cold storage
• Perform data exchange, ETL, and data integration
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• 7 years of database administration experience, including 3 years in the design and optimization of enterprise databases
• Demonstrated expertise in: Oracle DBs; database architecture and high availability; performance tuning, automation, security compliance, backup/recovery, and cloud database management
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must possess an active Secret security clearance or be able to obtain one

Skills

• Oracle Certified Master (OCM)
• Experience with Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Management, and Oracle Unified Directory
• Experience with AB Initio or similar ETL tools, Apache Kafka, Go Anywhere MFT Software Maintenance, Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Enterprise Services Bus (ESB), and Oracle GoldenGate
• Knowledge of reporting and analytics is a plus, including tools such as OAP, OAS, Elasticsearch, and Kibana
• Experience as a senior DBA on DoD or federal agency programs
• Familiarity with cloud database services and cloud migration for databases

Schedule

100% On-Site