Database Administrator

DecisionPoint • Scott AFB, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join our mission critical team in support of the United States Transportation Command. This position requires a minimum of 2 day a week on-site support, on Wednesday and Thursday, at Scott AFB and an Active Secret clearance. Remote work is authorized on days when on-site support is not required.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years relevant work experience in maintaining database systems.
• Possesses strong database maintaining skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or in a team environment.
• Comfortable working in an environment that includes, Drupal, PHP, and MySQL.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Database Administrator (DBA) accounts are not used for non-DBA activities.
• Review vulnerabilities, develop implementation plan, and install patches as they become available.
• Provide support to maintain, implement and enhance servers, databases and applications that includes tuning and performing backups, database tuning and backups, system patching, and other information assurance compliance.
• Maintain and sustain databases to 98.5% availability.
• Server and database performance, ensure connectivity, and comply with all security and certification and accreditation requirements in the non-Prod and production environments.
• Reviewing vulnerabilities, developing implementation plan, and installing patches as they become available.
• Loading applicable application patches; implementing and sustaining STIGs, security assessments.
• Performing database and application backup and recovery; performing database and application monitoring and performance tracking; and completing custom structured query language (SQL), UNIX, or other scripting and programming as required based on environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees