Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company delivering technology solutions and mission services to government, defense, and intelligence organizations. The Database Administrator will develop, operate, maintain, and provide Tier 3 support for databases and enabling services supporting the CM/ECF and PACER systems, including database administration, optimization, security, monitoring, migration, and collaboration with technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Provide full operational lifecycle support of Informix, MySQL and other databases including administration, configuration, maintenance, performance tuning and security. This encompasses routine updates, monitoring, deployment activities, error diagnostics and correction, data extraction, and the remediation of all security findings
- Work with enterprise DBAs to install, configure, secure, maintain, deploy, and support databases which reside on enterprise systems
- Develop templates and implement standard configurations for all databases
- Configure, maintain, and support Enterprise Replication services where required
- Monitor database health and actively mitigate potential issues and downtime
- Implement changes in all environments through approved change management processes. This includes after business hours work for changes to production systems
- Participate in the design and implementation of changes to new and existing database schemas
- Participate in the planning and implementation of data migration strategies
- Write SQL queries to extract data to support program and stakeholder requests
- Work with enterprise administrators to ensure that databases are being backed up and perform annual recovery tests
- Collaborate with Data Platform Engineers, Data Engineers, Architects, Security teams, and app teams
- Ensure DB environments comply with all security, privacy, governance, & regulatory requirements
Skills
- Database Operations, Database Optimization, IBM Informix, MySQL
- 7 + years of related experience
- * MA/MS degree with 5+ years or BS/BA degree with 7+ years of general experience in IT systems
- * Strong experience administering cloud database platforms, including Informix and MySQL
- * Expertise in SQL, performance tuning, workload management, and database optimization
- * Experience operating databases in AWS or hybrid cloud environments
- * Proven ability to automate database administration using IaC and scripting
- * Familiarity with federal security, compliance, and audit requirements
- * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills
- * Ability to work independently and collaboratively with technical and business teams
- * Effective communication and documentation skills
- * Knowledge of modern monitoring/observability tools and CI/CD workflows
- * Experience applying industry best practices and emerging data platform technologies
- * Consultant mindset and ability to work with stakeholders to define and improve database operations
- * Tools & Technologies: Informix, MySQL, RDS, monitoring/observability tools
- * IBM Database Certification
- * Preferred Experience: Informix, MySQL
Benefits
- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 401(k) plan with the ability to contribute both pre- and post-tax dollars up to IRS annual limits and receive a company match
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, prorated based on date of hire
- 10 paid holidays per year, prorated based on date of hire
- Up to 160 hours of paid family 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
- Remote work
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