Senior Database Administrator – Production Support
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Senior Database Administrator providing production database support for GDIT’s cloud-based federal court modernization program. Designing Databricks data models and maintaining AWS database environments.
Responsibilities:
- Provide production support for mission-critical database environments with shift-based coverage and on-call support
- Monitor database performance, respond to incidents, troubleshoot production issues, and coordinate service restoration
- Perform root-cause analysis for production defects and contribute to long-term stability improvements
- Work within an Agile solution development environment with daily scrums, biweekly sprint planning, and quarterly Program Increment planning
- Develop operating standards and best practices for performance, security, scalability, and maintainability
- Define, control, and coordinate data elements and standards
- Participate in database management policies and standards for quality control and data administration
- Collaborate with Product Owners, users, agency leaders, stakeholders, consultants, and program personnel to gather business requirements and define technical requirements
- Document complex workflow designs for project teams and stakeholders
- Analyze complex situations and data and contribute to business strategies, ideas, and methods
- Collect, analyze, and interpret large datasets to guide business decisions
- Apply statistical analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling techniques
- Synthesize information and identify patterns and relationships across data
- Develop data visualizations for KPIs and program outcome metrics
- Host peer reviews of developers’ code
- Perform data validation and ensure data accuracy and integrity
- Develop stored procedures, jobs, views, tables, and other database objects in SQL Server Management Studio
- Design and develop scalable data models for Databricks lakehouse environments, including bronze, silver, and gold layers, dimensional models, fact and dimension tables, and curated data products
- Develop and deploy ETL packages using CI/CD pipelines
- Use configuration management systems for version control
- Work with the Atlassian Suite
- Index system and application logs in Splunk and create dashboards, alerts, and reports
- Support GDIT’s Case Management Modernization Program for the Administrative Office of the US Courts
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, or relevant computer-based major and 5+ years of experience in server database maintenance and database analysis, or similar role
- 4+ years of additional experience may be considered in lieu of bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of related experience listed in job qualifications
- Experience supporting production database systems, including shift-based coverage and on-call responsibilities
- Proficient experience with AWS database technologies such as Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and other AWS-managed data services
- Experience with Databricks and exposure to AWS cloud platform
- Experience completing database environment installation, configuration, and ongoing administration support
- Understanding of standard data warehouse concepts
- Experience with data modeling, data mapping, data flow diagrams, and data marts
- Experience architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions on various platforms
- Experience migrating data from legacy on-premises databases to multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms
- Ability to spearhead and work independently, prioritize, and complete tasks
- Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills
- Organization and time management skills
- Ability to identify priorities and accomplish varied tasks on schedule
- Communication skills and ability to work with people at every level
- Comfortable writing ideas, implementation plans, and status reports
- Must pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust
- Must be a US Person: Green Card Holder, US Permanent Resident Alien, Refugee, Asylee, or US Citizen
- Preferred but not required: Databricks Certified Data Professional, AWS Certified Database – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and/or Professional
Benefits:
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off
- Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Vacation, sick and personal time
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Military leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
- AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities
- Internal mobility team supporting career goals
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