AWS Database Administrator - Oracle and MongoDB

SAIC • Ashburn, VA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a highly skilled and experienced mid-level Database Administrator (DBA) to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing and optimizing both Oracle and NoSQL databases. Project teams utilize Oracle RDS and AWS managed databases including Postgres and DocumentDB, and MongoDB, also hosted in AWS. This role requires a thorough understanding of the advantages of NoSQL databases such as the scalability, flexibility, and performance gains and the disadvantages compared to relational databases. The ideal candidate will also have hands-on experience with failover and recovery, backups, migration of on-premises databases to AWS, and proficiency with AWS services. The successful candidate should be passionate about ensuring database performance, availability, and security, and experienced in debugging complex challenges and handling data warehouses. This position is hybrid-remote and requires 2 days on-site in Ashburn, VA. Must be local or willing to relocate.

Requirements

• Strong background in managing and optimizing both Oracle and NoSQL databases.
• Thorough understanding of the advantages of NoSQL databases such as scalability, flexibility, and performance gains and the disadvantages compared to relational databases.
• Hands-on experience with failover and recovery.
• Hands-on experience with backups.
• Hands-on experience with migration of on-premises databases to AWS.
• Proficiency with AWS services.
• Experienced in debugging complex challenges.
• Experienced in handling data warehouses.

Nice To Haves

• Oracle RDS
• AWS managed databases including Postgres and DocumentDB
• MongoDB
• AWS CloudWatch

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and implement permissions, policies and procedures for ensuring the secure connectivity and integrity of databases.
• Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required to ensure optimal performance. Work closely with the application teams to optimize the application interaction with NoSQL.
• Design and execute database backup and recovery strategies, including failover planning and testing.
• Lead migration projects from on-premises databases to AWS, relational databases to NoSQL, including planning, execution, and validation of database migrations and upgrades.
• Ensure database security measures are in place, including access controls and audit logging. Comply with all applicable data privacy laws and regulations.
• Manage and optimize AWS Redshift instances and other data warehousing solutions for scalable and efficient data storage and analysis.
• Utilize AWS CloudWatch and other monitoring tools to ensure database health, performance, and to automate scaling and notifications.
• Provide support for complex database issues, including troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues, replication issues, log shipping issues, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed