Database Administrator

Description

Spatial Front, Inc is a fast-growing small company providing IT solutions to federal, state, local governments, and the private sector. SFI is nationally recognized by Inc. Magazine by being awarded the Inc. 5000 Award. We pride ourselves on being one of the premier employers in the VA, MD, DC area. SFI is an industry leader in delivering cutting-edge technical solutions and mission support services bringing our customers’ businesses to the forefront of the 21st century. Our corporate commitment to excellence in client services and product development means that our people are attentive, hands-on, and bring industry-leading expertise to meet and exceed your needs in a straightforward, timely, and cost-effective manner.

Every employee at SFI is a leader. We don’t settle. We blaze our own path and inspire those around us into action. We motivate others to reach their full potential. To learn more about us visit: www.spatialfront.com

Summary of Major Job Functions

• Non-technical activities: Plan and support specific business, management, functional, technical, and professional or policy areas of the project. Identify issues, conduct analysis and assessments, and provide inputs to program/project leaders.
• Technical activities: Assist in the daily database operations of the DQST program, specifically in the development, performance, integrity, and security of the DQST database.

Requirements

• BA/BS from an accredited university in a related field
• 7-10 years of experience
• Full-stack developer with skills across both frontend and backend development
• Database administration/development experience with Microsoft ACCESS backend data structures, relationships and developing front end interfaces.
• Experience with Windows operating system environment, backend coding languages (e.g., SQL, Java), and frontend coding languages (e.g., HTML, JavaScript)
• Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries and optimizing database performance

Desired Skills and Qualifications

• MA/MS from an accredited university in a related field

Primary Responsibilities

• A successful candidate must be located within a reasonable driving distance of Silver Spring, MD; this role is primarily remote but may require onsite support at FDA facilities as requested by the customer.
• Extracting and/or loading data, customizing the DQST database to source relevant laboratory results, FAR, Med Watch, and inspection data from ORADDS, CDEROne, FAERS II, QSD, and other relevant data sources, increasing automation in the processes to import data and update the external data sources.
• Configuring servers and databases.
• Develop and implement data security policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensure the operating system supporting the database remains up to date and compliant with all FDA OIMT and FDA Cybersecurity requirements.
• Identify and resolve all issues related to database systems to ensure that systems are online and without service interruption.
• Develop and implement database backup and recovery strategies to ensure data reliability and minimize downtime.
• Develop new and enhance existing standards, processes and procedures, and guidelines for database environments using industry experiences, best practices research, and business needs.
• Implement and maintain database monitoring tools to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.
• Write and edit automated jobs that import and export data between systems.
• Create tables and write reports on their findings, validating data output through SQL and simplify highly technical language for end users in the company.
• Participate in creating strategies and roadmaps for business intelligence and data platforms.
• Database programming to include table normalization, SQL (Structured Query Language), and data integrity.
• Reviews database design and integration of systems, provides backup recovery and makes recommendations regarding enhancements and/or improvements.
• Provide after-hours and emergency support for services critical to sustaining operations outside of normal business hours, on an as needed basis.
• Manage access and permissions for the database to assign read, add, update, and delete privileges at the form or field level to individual users as requested by the database owner.
• Maintain ‘Active Directory’ groups that provide users access application server locations.