Senior Capacity Planning Database Administrator

Position Title:
Senior Capacity Planning Database Administrator

Location:
Hill AFB, Utah (On-site requirement)

Clearance:
Active Secret Clearance Required

Salary: $ +

Command Cyber Solutions is seeking a highly skilled full-time Senior Database Administrator to join our IT team at Hill AFB. This role sustains and supports customers’ databases on-premises, providing administration, troubleshooting, security compliance, and database capacity planning support. Using tools like SQL Developer, Ansible, and Solar Winds, the ideal candidate has experience in database scalability, security, performance, and resource readiness to support current and future workload demands.

The Database Administrator shall develop and maintain a database capacity planning strategy in accordance with ITIL Capacity Management principles to support sustainment, modernization, and onboarding activities. The DBA shall ensure the environment can meet current and future customer demands by assessing database compute, storage, memory, I/O, and related infrastructure capacity, and by producing baseline assessments, quarterly planning reports, and technical investigations as required.

• Administer Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL databases on-premises, ensuring availability, security, and scalability.
• Support customer applications by optimizing database performance and access.
• Monitor database health, utilization, and growth trends using Solar Winds, SQL Developer, and Jira.
• Develop and maintain database capacity baselines and capacity planning reports to forecast CPU, memory, storage, and I/O requirements.
• Perform capacity assessments to identify resource constraints, performance bottlenecks, and future infrastructure needs.
• Provide Tier 2-3 support for database issues, using SQL Developer and Solar Winds for diagnostics.
• Automate tasks such as backups, patching, and reporting with Ansible and SQL scripts, ensuring STIG compliance.
• Apply patches, upgrades, and validate NIST/STIG requirements.
• Manage database schemas in containerized environments where applicable.
• Collaborate with developers and security teams to optimize queries, resolve incidents, and support future growth planning.
• Maintain documentation, including continuity plans, troubleshooting guides, and capacity planning studies.
• Mentor junior staff on database administration, automation, and capacity monitoring practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent experience (Required)

• CompTIA Security+ (Required)
• Active Secret clearance. (Required)
• Oracle Certified Associate (Preferred)

• 3-5 years in database administration, with expertise in Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL.
• Experience supporting enterprise databases in secure on-premises environments.
• Proficiency in SQL Developer, Ansible, Terraform, and Solar Winds.
• Familiarity with NIST/DoD compliance frameworks.

• Experience in database capacity planning, performance monitoring, and resource forecasting.
• Familiarity with tracking database CPU, memory, storage, and I/O utilization trends.
• Experience analyzing growth patterns and infrastructure constraints to support future demand.
• Knowledge of database tuning, backup/recovery, high availability, and automation tools.
• Experience working in secure enterprise environments with strong documentation and compliance practices.

• Enterprise database platforms:
  Deep expertise in Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL administration across on-premises and cloud (OCI, AWS RDS, Azure DB/SQL).
• Cloud and container ecosystems:
  Strong knowledge of cloud migration strategies, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible), and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Database optimization and tuning skills:
  Proficient in query optimization, schema design, and access management to maximize performance and scalability.
• Automation and scripting skills:
  Skilled in SQL scripting, Power Shell, Ansible, Terraform, and Python for deployments, backups, and…