Database Lead - NIH CIT
About The Position
GDIT is looking for a Database Lead to join our National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program. We are seeking a forward-thinking innovator who brings deep curiosity for emerging technologies and a commitment to exploring how new digital capabilities can elevate human expertise rather than replace it. Our ideal candidate champions responsible experimentation, learns quickly from iteration, and approaches complex challenges with a critical, growth minded perspective that fuels continuous modernization and meaningful impact. This is a HYBRID role - 3 days on customer site in Bethesda MD. This role will require you to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and will require you to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. This investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.
Requirements
- BS/BA or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 8 years in database engineering, tuning, and maintenance
- Experience with backup, recovery, and performance optimization
- Skilled in documenting schemas and configuration baselines
- Experience as a people manager
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Nice To Haves
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Software Projects
- Software Systems
Responsibilities
- Oversees database O&M, tuning, and recovery procedures
- Manages updates, patching, and performance monitoring
- Performs tuning, optimization, and advanced maintenance
- Leads patching, backups, and complex troubleshooting
- Maintains DB documentation and change records
- Collaborating with product owners to develop new or modify existing scripts to automate database services, such as configuration of new database instances, patching, and upgrades
- Troubleshooting issues that impact services and actively responding to alerts and performance trends
- Responding to service requests, such as complicated product deployment efforts that require coordination to modify data and database hosting configurations
- Joining sprint or ad hoc meetings to discuss requirements for products and brainstorm new technical solutions
- Attending a daily stand-up meeting to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered
- Manages a small team
Benefits
- Full benefits
- wellness programs
- 401K matching
- competitive salary
- paid time off
- variety of medical plan options
- some with Health Savings Accounts
- dental plan options
- a vision plan
- a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
- full flex work weeks where possible
- a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- short and long-term disability benefits
- life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
