Senior Database Administrator

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Senior database administrator supporting Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL systems for US federal government missions. Maintaining enterprise databases, resolving issues, and deploying infrastructure improvements.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver expert database administration support across Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL environments within a mid- to large-scale enterprise setting
  • Perform daily database health checks
  • Validate backups
  • Proactively monitor datacenter resources
  • Resolve issues and implement preventative measures
  • Plan, coordinate, and execute release notices
  • Perform authorized maintenance
  • Deploy new servers or databases
  • Create dynamic user-issue documentation
  • Provide bi-weekly updates
  • Develop task-based procedural documentation
  • Improve current infrastructure processes
  • Manage team ticket queues as needed
  • Onboard new team members
  • Participate in weekly meetings
  • Drive enhancements in training, user documentation, and support tools

Requirements:

  • 8 years of experience in database administration
  • Strong to expert-level knowledge of Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL databases and applications
  • Ability to provide dynamic problem documentation (definition, resolution, reporting)
  • Ability to support scheduled after-hours maintenance
  • Experience serving as queue manager to assign incoming tickets
  • Industry experience developing, deploying, and supporting database systems at scale
  • Full project lifecycle experience: design, development, implementation, documentation
  • Experience with Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Linux familiarity required
  • Understanding of enterprise systems management (configuration management, ESD, etc.)
  • Knowledge of scalability principles, economies of scale, and cost-of-ownership impacts
  • Broad understanding of cloud technologies, applications, and protocols (TCP/IP, Active Directory, Oracle/Postgres/SQL DBs, Apache Tomcat, MS IIS)
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Work authorization in the United States that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship

Benefits:

  • Collaborative and caring community
  • Hands-on experience
  • Certifications
  • Industry training
  • Wide variety of benefits (details provided via Accenture benefits link)