Sr. Database Administrator
About The Position
GDIT is looking for a Sr. Database Administrator to join their National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program. The ideal candidate is a forward-thinking innovator with a deep curiosity for emerging technologies and a commitment to exploring how new digital capabilities can elevate human expertise. This role 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 requiring 3 days on customer site in Bethesda, MD. The role requires obtaining and maintaining a Public Trust, which involves an investigation into personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, and other adjudications. Onsite fingerprinting will be required.
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 accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks encountered
Benefits
- Full benefits
- Wellness programs
- 401K matching
- Competitive salary
- Paid time off
- Variety of medical plan options
- 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, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
