Sr. Database Administrator

CLOVEHITCH • Washington, DC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

CLOVEHITCH is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to design, optimize, document, and operate data-management capabilities supporting a classified intelligence mission. The position is full-time but contingent on an executed award, authorization to proceed, and Government access approval. It is an optional, non-key position of up to 1 FTE, staffed only if the corresponding labor CLIN is exercised and funded. The role has no supervisory responsibilities.

The position is performed onsite at Government facilities in the Washington, DC National Capital Region, with no telework, during a standard 40-hour workweek within Government core business hours. Minimal travel is expected, less than 10%, primarily local travel within the National Capital Region. Due to federal contract requirements, applicants must be U.S. citizens and satisfy applicable clearance and Government access requirements.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience programming, operating, and maintaining databases.
• At least five years of experience performing quantitative data analysis.
• Workflow certification and/or demonstrated experience with cloud solutions, database solutions, and automation.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent education, training, and work experience demonstrating the required competence.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to satisfy all clearance, SCI, polygraph, nondisclosure, training, and Government access requirements; must hold a final Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility/access.
• Ability to work onsite in the Washington, DC National Capital Region during standard Government core business hours; telework is not supported.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications or formal education in Java, Oracle, Tableau, biometrics, SQL, NoSQL, or high-performance computing.
• Experience with secure ETL pipelines, data modeling, performance tuning, backup/restore, audit logging, and continuity planning.
• Experience writing clear technical procedure manuals and standard operating procedures for classified mission systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a procedure manual and update the source-registry standard operating procedure manual as directed.
• Design, implement, and operate data-management systems that meet authorized intelligence mission needs.
• Design approaches for storage, access, use, integration, and management across applicable data regimes and systems.
• Partner with data users to define and implement suitable data architectures, structures, and systems.
• Plan, design, monitor, and optimize throughput, query performance, scalability, capacity, and responsiveness.
• Support selection, configuration, and effective use of approved backend database technologies, including SQL, NoSQL, and high-performance computing environments.
• Optimize end-to-end data pipelines for content, volume, extract-transform-load processing, periodicity, and responsiveness.
• Document changes, procedures, status, performance, risks, decisions, corrective actions, and maintenance activity for Government review.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior