Senior Database Administrator (On-Site)

DXC Technology•Ashburn, VA

18d•Onsite

About The Position

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private, and hybrid clouds. The world’s largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive new performance levels, competitiveness, and customer experience. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at DXC.com. Clearance: U.S. Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work and to obtain the required security clearance. Work Location: On-site 100%, Arlington, VA.

Requirements

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
7 years of database administration experience, including 3 years in the design and optimization of enterprise databases.
Demonstrated expertise in: Expertise in Oracle DBs; database architecture and high availability; performance tuning, automation, security compliance, backup/recovery, and cloud database management.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must possess an active Secret security clearance or be able to obtain one.

Nice To Haves

Oracle Certified Master (OCM).
Experience with Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Management, and Oracle Unified Directory
Experience with AB Initio or similar ETL tools, Apache Kafka, Go Anywhere MFT Software Maintenance, Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Enterprise Services Bus (ESB), and Oracle GoldenGate.
Knowledge of reporting and analytics is a plus, including tools such as OAP, OAS, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.
Experience as a senior DBA on DoD or federal agency programs.
Familiarity with cloud database services and cloud migration for databases.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain enterprise database environments, especially involving Oracle RDBMS 19c
Lead database performance tuning, capacity planning, and high-availability configuration activities.
Develop and govern database schemas, database standards, policies, and best practices.
Mentor and guide junior DBAs on database administration techniques and best practices.
Lead database migration, upgrade, and consolidation projects.
Work on actively improving database quality.
Create various scripts focused on various database fixes and maintenance operations
Implement and maintain advanced database security controls, including encryption, auditing, and access management.
Provide expert database guidance to development and architecture teams.
Execute various environment (data) replications, including validations.
Conduct archiving and restoring to hot and cold storage.
Perform data exchange, ETL, and data integration.
Other duties as assigned.