Senior Database Administrator

VTG • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our dynamic and innovative team in Chantilly, VA.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Required BS degree and 13+ years of prior relevant experience or MS degree with 10-13 years of prior experience.
• Knowledgeable in delivering enterprise database solutions in the AWS cloud.
• Prior experience reading and developing solutions to customer requirements.
• Experience with database technologies, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or Aurora.
• Knowledgeable of and ability to work with developers to support the eventual consistency model.
• Ability to identify vulnerabilities from scans and propose and implement solution to resolve vulnerabilities.
• Experience in implementing and managing backups.
• Knowledge of consistency, availability, and partition tolerance for making informed decisions about the database architecture and its behavior during a network partition.

Responsibilities

• Perform all necessary procedures for several databases across environments.
• Install and maintain database software hosted on AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) or directly on EC2 instances.
• Provide team with database schema designs adhering to relational database and cloud best practices for active-active deployments in the cloud.
• Provide corporate applications with DBA consultation and technical support.
• Evaluate and update dataset designs for improved performance.
• Maintain database documents, SOP, patch release history, confluence pages and other records as needed.
• Support database security hardening.
• Address and troubleshoot technical problems.
• Perform routine database patching and upgrades.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree