Senior Database Administrator

Na Ali'i Consulting & Sales, LLC.•Remote,

23d•$140,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Nakupuna Companies is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to serve as the primary hands-on administrator for the Informatica Data Governance Suite and the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform in NAVSUP's AWS GovCloud environment. The role supports installation, configuration, integration, security, reliability, performance, backup and recovery, and sustainment of Enterprise Data Catalog, Axon Data Governance, Informatica and MuleSoft Data Quality, and supporting repositories. The administrator supports NAVSUP Business Systems Center in pre-production and production environments. The position involves integrating these platforms with Yellowbrick, Informatica PowerCenter, and applicable ETL services to enable metadata cataloging, lineage, data quality, and governance. The administrator works within an Agile DevSecOps team on secure, repeatable configurations, performance and availability, backup and recovery, testing, RMF/ATO activities, technical documentation, and knowledge transfer, coordinating with MuleSoft engineers and solution architects where platform, data, and integration dependencies intersect. The primary work site is Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Remote or contractor-site work requires Government coordination and approval. The projected annualized compensation range is $140,000 to $170,000.

Requirements

Advanced hands-on experience administering enterprise data-management platforms in production, including installation, configuration, repositories, upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
Strong familiarity with Informatica and MuleSoft Enterprise Data Catalog, Axon Data Governance, Data Quality, and PowerCenter integration.
Experience integrating a relational data warehouse such as Yellowbrick, Oracle, Snowflake, or comparable technology.
Experience with Linux and Windows administration, databases, networking, storage, monitoring, backup, recovery, replication, and high availability.
Experience with AWS or AWS GovCloud services, including compute, storage, networking, monitoring, and security controls.
Working knowledge of PKI, SSO, LDAP, OCSP, certificates, encryption, role-based access, and least-privilege administration.
Ability to create repeatable scripts, configuration artifacts, tests, technical documentation, and operational runbooks.
U.S. citizenship and ability to meet privileged-access, background-investigation, CAC, SAAR, training, certification, and NDA requirements.
Current DoD 8140.03 IAT Level II baseline certification at the start of performance: CompTIA Security+ CE or a PWS-listed substitute (CCNA, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, or CND).
An applicable computing-environment certification in AWS, Windows, Oracle, UNIX, or Linux is required within six months, coordinated to the assigned environment.
CAC eligibility and a final, favorably adjudicated T5, T5R, SSBI, or equivalent investigation are required before privileged access is granted; interim privileged access is authorized.
The position requires the stated certification requirements and the ability to meet all applicable access requirements.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
Ten years of hands-on production experience deploying, configuring, and administering Informatica and MuleSoft Enterprise Data Catalog, Axon Data Governance, and Data Quality is highly desired.
Recent experience integrating Informatica with PowerCenter and a production relational data warehouse; Yellowbrick experience is especially valuable.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, automated deployment, and Azure DevOps Git repositories and pipelines.
Experience supporting RMF/ATO authorization, applicable STIGs, NIST 800-53 controls, Zero Trust, and DoD security evidence.
Informatica, MuleSoft, AWS, database, operating-system, or related vendor certification beyond the PWS minimum access requirements.
Prior experience in a DoD, Department of the Navy, NAVSUP, or similarly controlled production environment.

Responsibilities

Install, configure, administer, patch, upgrade, troubleshoot, and sustain Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog, Axon Data Governance, and Informatica and MuleSoft Data Quality in pre-production and production.
Configure repositories, databases, services, load balancing, health checks, session handling, and application endpoints using repeatable Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code practices where feasible.
Establish secure connectivity to Yellowbrick and integrate Informatica PowerCenter and ETL metadata for cataloging, harvesting, lineage, and operational coordination.
Configure scan schedules, metadata curation workflows, glossary and domain structures, classification policies, data-quality rule libraries, profiling, scorecards, and governance reporting.
Implement and maintain SSO, PKI, LDAP, certificates, encryption, service accounts, and role-based access for administrators, stewards, and analysts in accordance with least-privilege requirements.
Define and implement high-availability, backup, replication, retention, restoration, failover, and disaster-recovery configurations aligned to approved RTO and RPO objectives.
Validate throughput, query performance, connectivity, repository health, capacity, availability, and stability under expected load; tune and right-size components as needed.
Develop and execute unit, integration, regression, performance, security, recovery, and operational-readiness tests; retain complete test evidence and remediate findings.
Integrate platform logs and health information with CloudWatch, Splunk, AppDynamics, or comparable monitoring tools; establish alerts and response procedures.
Support RMF, ATO, STIG, hardening, patch, encryption, logging, access-control, and vulnerability-remediation evidence for Government review.
Maintain code, scripts, configurations, architecture diagrams, inventories, procedures, runbooks, and training materials in Azure DevOps and designated NAVSUP repositories.
Provide incident triage, root-cause analysis, vendor escalation, change control, rollback planning, hands-on mentoring, and ongoing sustainment support.
Perform other related duties as assigned.