Database Administrator; DBA SQL Server​/Oracle

Role

Database Administrator (SQL Server / Oracle) – Duration: 1+ years – Work Type:
Hybrid.

• First Preference to Consultants local to Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland.

This role ensures the availability, security, integrity, performance and recoverability of enterprise database platforms that support mission‑critical broadcasting, digital and business systems across the agency.

• Administer, monitor and maintain enterprise database platforms including Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle (and other agency‑approved platforms).
• Perform database installations, migrations, upgrades, patching and configuration in accordance with security and change management requirements.
• Ensure database availability, reliability and performance for production, development and test environments.
• Implement and enforce database security controls, including access management, encryption, auditing and vulnerability mitigation.
• Support security assessments, POA&Ms, risk mitigation activities and compliance validation efforts.
• Maintain compliance with Federal IT security requirements, OMB, NIST and FISMA aligned standards, agency governance and change management procedures.
• Produce recurring operational and performance reports to support OCIO oversight, budget reviews, audits and compliance assessments.
• Maintain detailed documentation for audit readiness, incident investigations, continuity of operations and technical modernization planning.
• Design, implement and manage database backup and recovery strategies; perform and validate restoration testing and disaster recovery exercises.
• Support high‑availability architectures including clustering, replication and fail‑over solutions.
• Monitor database performance, proactively tune queries, indexes, memory and storage configurations; identify and remediate performance bottlenecks and capacity constraints.
• Support incident response, root‑cause analysis and corrective action development.
• Conduct proactive capacity planning for database growth, storage utilization and performance scaling.
• Monitor database health, availability and usage trends using enterprise monitoring tools; provide early‑warning alerts and recommendations.

• Report to the Enterprise Platforms and Storage Director.
• Collaborate closely with application teams, cloud engineering, cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure and networking teams.
• Ensure compliance with Federal IT security requirements and database security controls.
• Adhere to OMB, NIST and FISMA aligned standards and agency governance procedures.

• Monthly Database Health and Performance Reports.
• Backup and Recovery Validation Reports.
• Capacity Planning and Growth Assessments.
• Security and Compliance Support Documentation.
• Incident Response and Root‑Cause Analysis Reports.
• Recommendations for performance, security and cost optimization.

The Database Administrator role is critical to the agency’s mission. Elimination would increase risk of database outages, data loss, degraded application performance, reduced security posture, inadequate backup and disaster recovery coverage, reactive capacity planning and limited modernisation and cloud integration.

The Contractor shall propose well‑qualified Database Administration personnel with 7–10 years of enterprise database administration experience, capable of performing all requirements.

• Microsoft Certified: SQL Server / Azure Database certifications.
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP).
• CompTIA Security+.
• ITIL Foundations.

• Administration of enterprise SQL Server and/or Oracle database environments.
• Implementation of backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Performance tuning, monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Database security hardening and compliance support.
• Support of hybrid and cloud integrated database environments.
• Collaboration with application, infrastructure and cybersecurity teams.

Flexible work from home options available.