Database Administrator, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•O'Fallon, IL

1d•$86,800 - $198,000

About The Position

Data powers every critical business decision, application, and mission outcome. As a Database Administrator, you're driven by the challenge of ensuring that the systems organizations depend on are secure, reliable, scalable, and always available. In an increasingly data-centric world, your expertise helps transform complex database environments into trusted platforms that enable innovation and operational excellence. On our team, you'll play a critical role in managing and optimizing enterprise database technologies that support mission-critical workloads. You'll collaborate with engineers, architects, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure data is accessible, protected, and performing at its highest potential. Leveraging your technical expertise, you'll troubleshoot complex challenges, implement best practices, and develop solutions that improve the stability, efficiency, and scalability of database environments. You'll work independently to solve problems of varying complexity while contributing to the evolution of data management practices across the organization. As a trusted technical resource, you'll help establish and maintain database access and support processes, guide modernization efforts, and mentor junior team members as they grow their technical capabilities. Your work will directly influence the performance, security, and availability of the data systems that organizations rely on every day. Join us as we build resilient data platforms that empower organizations to turn information into action and mission success. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

3+ years of experience with MSSQL, MySQL, Mongo, PostGreSQL, or Oracle Solutions
Experience with AWS data storage services, including RDS, DynamoDB, and Redshift
Experience with performing database programming and supported systems design, including maintenance of database dictionaries, overall monitoring of standards and procedures, file design and storage, and integration of systems through database design
Knowledge of database technologies, development methodologies, and front-end and back-end programming languages
Ability to design, create, and maintain databases in a client server environment
Ability to conduct quality control and auditing of databases in a client server environment to ensure accurate and appropriate use of data
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with DevOps and Agile development environments
Experience in administration and configuration of database solutions for unstructured information
Experience with VM distribution, maintenance, refreshing, and creation
TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

Managing and optimizing enterprise database technologies that support mission-critical workloads.
Collaborating with engineers, architects, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure data is accessible, protected, and performing at its highest potential.
Troubleshooting complex challenges, implementing best practices, and developing solutions that improve the stability, efficiency, and scalability of database environments.
Working independently to solve problems of varying complexity while contributing to the evolution of data management practices across the organization.
Establishing and maintaining database access and support processes.
Guiding modernization efforts.
Mentoring junior team members as they grow their technical capabilities.