Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GDIT is a global technology and professional services company delivering technology solutions and mission services to government, defense, and intelligence organizations. The Database Administrator will design, build, configure, maintain, secure, and optimize cloud database platforms supporting the Case Management Modernization Program, while enabling data engineering, analytics, governance, and AI/ML capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Administer and optimize cloud database environments, including configuration, scaling, performance tuning, and warehouse management
- Create, maintain, and govern databases, schemas, roles, and RBAC in alignment with AO security, IAM, and compliance policies
- Monitor & troubleshoot database performance, query efficiency, concurrency, capacity, & utilization
- Implement cost‑optimization strategies and support TCO analysis, financial reporting, and right‑sizing
- Automate database provisioning, user/role management, backups, and monitoring using SQL, Python, Terraform, or similar tooling
- Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain SQL, NoSQL, and graph database platforms
- Manage database objects (tables, indexes, partitions, views, sp) and ensure optimal performance
- Implement and manage backup, recovery, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions
- Support database migrations, upgrades, consolidations, and modernization initiatives
- Enforce least‑privilege access, database security controls, encryption, authentication, authorization, and auditing
- Support data retention, archival, classification, and lifecycle policies
- Develop & maintain database monitoring dashboards, alerting, logging, and health‑check capabilities
- Troubleshoot complex database incidents, failures, degradation, and availability issues; drive root‑cause analysis
- Support DR/HA exercises, ATO documentation, security audits, and incident response for DB services
- Integrate databases with data pipelines, applications, analytics tools, and cloud data platforms
- Maintain database architecture diagrams, runbooks, performance reports, and configuration documentation
- Collaborate with Data Platform Engineers, Data Engineers, Architects, Security teams, and app teams
- Evaluate new database features, cloud capabilities, and platform enhancements; recommend adoption
- Ensure DB environments comply with all security, privacy, governance, & regulatory requirements
Skills
- * **Education:** Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree **required**; BA/BS or MA/MS **strongly preferred.**
- * **Experience:** 5+ years of general experience in IT systems **required**; 7+ years of experience with BA/BS or 5+ years of experience with MA/MS **strongly preferred**
- * 5+ years of specialized experience in cloud database maintenance and database administration or similar role
- * Strong experience administering cloud database platforms, including Snowflake and AWS data services (Redshift, Aurora/PostgreSQL, RDS, Neptune)
- * 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 (Terraform, dbt, Python)
- * 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
- **Must be a US Person (Green Card Holder, US Permanent Resident Alien, Refugee, Asylee, or US Citizen).**
- **Location:** Remote
- * Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
- * Snowflake SnowPro Core
- * Snowflake SnowPro Advanced
- * Databricks Certified Data Professional
- * AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty
- * AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- * AWS Certified Data Engineer
- * Docker Certified Associate
- * Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- * Certified Professional DevSecOps Certification Course
- * ITIL, AWS SysOps, Google Cloud DevOps Engineer
Benefits
- A variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- A vision plan
- A 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
- Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid military leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Paid jury duty leave
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, prorated based on the employee’s date of hire
- An additional 10 paid holidays per year, prorated based on the employee’s 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
- AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- An internal mobility team focused on helping employees achieve their career goals
- Comprehensive wellness packages
- Remote work
- A military-friendly workplace
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