Senior Database Analyst/Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology•USA DC Home Office (DCHOME), DC

1d•$114,750 - $155,250•Remote

About The Position

GDIT has an opportunity for a dynamic and talented candidate to join our team supporting the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AOUSC) Mission Support Systems Division (MSSD) in one of its mission-critical applications that is used by all federal courts’ community. MSSD has a mature agile practice using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and supports a broad range of complex business systems which are instrumental to the AOUSC mission.

Requirements

At least seven (7+) years of Server database maintenance and database analysis or similar role.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering or relevant computer-based major. Experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Proficient experience with Databases like Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Oracle.
Experience with Snowflake and exposure to cloud platforms, Azure cloud platform.
Experienced with completing database environment installation, configuration, on-going administration support.
Demonstrated understanding of standard Data warehouse concepts.
Adept with data modeling, data mapping, data flow diagrams and data marts.
Previous experience architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions on various platforms.
Experience with Data migration from legacy on-premises database to multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms.
Proven ability to spearhead and work independently, prioritize, and get things done.
Strong analytical, technical, problem-solving skills.
Excellent organization and time management skills and ability to identify priorities to accomplish a variety of tasks on schedule.
Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work with people at every level.
Comfortable writing down ideas, implementation plans and status reports.

Nice To Haves

Database or cloud certification preferred such as Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent industry recognized database certification.
Experience creating and managing database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.
Knowledge of court operations and law enforcement business data.

Responsibilities

Works within an Agile solution development environment with daily scrums, biweekly sprint planning and quarterly Program Increment planning.
Develops operating standards and best practices, including performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
Ensures the proper definition, control, and coordination of data elements and standards, and the facilitation of efficient data relationships, systems integration, and physical structure.
Participates in the development and implementation of database management policies and standards for efficient quality control and data administration.
Collaborates with Product Owners and users to gather business requirements and define and maps them to technical requirements.
Meets with agency leaders and stakeholders, collaborating with other consultants and program/agency personnel regarding the development of innovative data analysis techniques.
Demonstrates ability to document complex workflow designs to present to project team and stakeholders.
Demonstrates ability to work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors and frequently contributes to the development of new business strategy, ideas, and methods adhering to best practices within the Agile framework.
Collects, analyzes, and interprets large amounts of data to help guide business decisions.
Experience with using advanced statistical analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling techniques.
Synthesizes disparate information and recognizes patterns and relationships across data; synthesizes large sets of data from multiple sources, develops data visualizations for the purposes of tracking key performance indicators and other critical metrics tied to program outcomes.
Hosts and conducts peer reviews of the code of other developers on the team.
Performs data validation and ensures data accuracy and integrity.
Develops stored procedures, jobs, views, tables, and other database objects in SQL Server Management Studio.
Designs and develops dimensional data models including start and snowflake schemas, fact and dimension tables, and enterprise data marts to support analytics, reporting and business intelligence solutions.
Develops and deploys ETL packages using CI/CD pipeline.
Exposure to core configuration management systems for version control.
Works with Atlassian Suite of software development management tools.
Indexes system and application logs in to the Splunk system monitoring application, then creates dashboards, alerts, and reports from those logs.

Benefits

Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
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
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time
Holidays
Paid parental leave
Military leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
10 paid holidays per year
Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Personal accident insurance
Critical illness insurance
Business travel and accident insurance