Sr. Database Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology•Bethesda, MD

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

GDIT is looking for a Sr. Database Administrator to join our National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program. We are seeking a forward-thinking innovator who brings deep curiosity for emerging technologies and a commitment to exploring how new digital capabilities can elevate human expertise rather than replace it. Our ideal candidate champions responsible experimentation, learns quickly from iteration, and approaches complex challenges with a critical, growth minded perspective that fuels continuous modernization and meaningful impact. This is a HYBRID role - 3 days on customer site in Bethesda MD. This role will require you to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and will require you to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. This investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.

Requirements

BS/BA or equivalent combination of education and experience
6+ years in advanced database administration
Experience with tuning, recovery, and optimization
Skilled in documenting schemas and patch cycles
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

Nice To Haves

Experience with a variety of technologies to develop, maintain, and deploy infrastructure services, such as continuous deployment and continuous integration services, code repositories, and security vulnerability identification and protection.
NIH experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Performs tuning, optimization, and advanced maintenance
Handles patching, backups, and complex troubleshooting
Maintains DB documentation and records
Collaborating with product owners to develop new or modify existing scripts to automate database services, such as configuration of new database instances, patching, and upgrades
Troubleshooting issues that impact services and actively responding to alerts and performance trends
Responding to service requests, such as complicated product deployment efforts that require coordination to modify data and database hosting configurations
Joining sprint or ad hoc meetings to discuss requirements for products and brainstorm new technical solutions
Attending a daily stand-up meeting to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered

Benefits

Full benefits
wellness programs
401K matching
competitive salary
paid time off
variety of medical plan options
dental plan options
a 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, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
short and long-term disability benefits
life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance