Database Administrator

Your Impact:

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space?  If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a Database Administrator to join our team of passionate individuals in Chantilly, VA. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

We are seeking a highly skilled Database Administrator to support our software development initiatives within our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of DBA experience with expertise in multi-tiered service-oriented architectures. As a key member of our technology organization, the Database Administrator will play a critical role in ensuring the performance, reliability, and scalability of our data infrastructure. This position directly supports our mission to deliver robust, high-performing software solutions by optimizing database systems, implementing best practices in data management, and proactively addressing performance bottlenecks.

Responsibilities:

•    Define, create, maintain, backup, and secure the organization’s databases for multiple systems.
•    Designs, develops, builds, analyzes, evaluates, and installs database management systems, including database modeling and design, relational database architecture, metadata, repository creation, and configuration management. 
•    Uses data mapping, mining, and transformational analysis tools to design and develop databases.
•       Determines data storage and optimum storage requirements.
•    Evaluate, size, and select technology components for database management systems and application databases, such as software, hardware, and networking capabilities.
•    Writes and tunes SQL queries for performance and scalability. Implements comprehensive backup and database replication solutions. Ensures security best practices are followed and compliance with the latest STIGS.
•    Set up and manage user and system accounts. Debugs and troubleshoots programs that are malfunctioning or returning/storing incorrect data.
 

Requirements:

•    Providing support to IT systems, including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for client problems.
•    Supporting implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems.
•    Managing IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems.
•    Performing server and storage capacity management and planning for the most complex and critical systems.
•    Managing, monitoring, and administering database system performance and schedule activities.
•    Performing optimization and tuning of data loads and extractions.
•    Installing and configuring database environments and associated storage systems.
•    Performing backups/restores and archiving data.
•    Designing, developing, and maintaining database applications within the cloud, VM, and bare metal environments, including transitioning legacy applications to the cloud environment.

Clearance Required:

•    TS/SCI with poly

Minimum Education:

•    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Minimum Years of Experience:

•    8

Preferred:

•    Experience interpreting data models and developing database structures; using standard d