Senior Database Administrator

Overview

VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our dynamic and innovative team in Chantilly, VA.

• Primary responsibilities:
  • Perform all necessary procedures for several databases across environments.
  • Install and maintain database software hosted on AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) or directly on EC2 instances.
  • Provide the team with database schema designs adhering to relational database and cloud best practices for active-active deployments in the cloud.
  • Consult and provide technical support to corporate applications.
  • Evaluate and update dataset designs for improved performance.
  • Maintain database documents, SOP, patch release history, Confluence pages, and other records as needed.
  • Support database security hardening.
  • Address and troubleshoot technical problems.
  • Perform routine database patching and upgrades.

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Required BS degree and 13+ years of prior relevant experience or MS degree with 10-13 years of prior experience.
• Knowledgeable in delivering enterprise database solutions in the AWS cloud.
• Prior experience reading and developing solutions to customer requirements.
• Experience with database technologies:
  Oracle, Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, and/or Aurora.
• Knowledgeable of and ability to work with developers to support the eventual consistency model.
• Ability to identify vulnerabilities from scans and propose and implement solutions to resolve vulnerabilities.
• Experience in implementing and managing backups.
• Knowledge of consistency, availability, and partition tolerance for making informed decisions about the database architecture and its behavior during a network partition.