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Pentagon, DC
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Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
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Job Description
Senior Database Administrator (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Location: Pentagon (Arlington, VA)
Clearance Required: Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
Certification Required: DoD IAT Level II Certification (Security+ CE or equivalent)
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Compensation: $50-$52/hr W2
About the Opportunity
TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support mission-critical Joint Staff Command and Control (C2) operations at the Pentagon. This role is responsible for ensuring the security, performance, availability, and reliability of enterprise database environments supporting classified Department of Defense systems.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience administering enterprise database platforms, optimizing performance, implementing security best practices, and supporting backup and disaster recovery operations in highly secure environments.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain enterprise database environments supporting Joint Staff operations.
Monitor and optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing, and resource utilization analysis.
Administer enterprise database platforms including Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and related technologies.
Manage database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes to ensure data integrity and availability.
Configure and maintain database security controls, permissions, access management, and auditing capabilities.
Support integration of databases with enterprise applications and multi-tier architectures.
Plan, test, and implement database upgrades, maintenance activities, and software patches.
Troubleshoot database performance, availability, and operational issues while providing root cause analysis.
Maintain database documentation, configurations, operational procedures, and standards.
Support replication, clustering, failover, and high-availability database solutions.
Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with security requirements and database hardening standards.
Participate in capacity planning and scalability efforts to support evolving mission requirements.
Provide technical leadership and guidance for database administration best practices.
Required Qualifications
Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility.
DoD IAT Level II Certification (Security+ CE or equivalent).
10+ years of database administration experience supporting enterprise environments.
Strong experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or other enterprise database platforms.
Experience with database performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing.
Experience administering production database environments.
Hands-on backup, recovery, and disaster recovery experience.
Experience implementing database security controls and access management.
Experience supporting highly available database architectures including replication and clustering.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Experience working in classified, DoD, or other federal government environments.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting Joint Staff, Command and Control (C2), or mission-critical defense systems.
Experience applying DISA STIGs to database platforms.
Knowledge of database auditing and security hardening practices.
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise backup solutions.
Familiarity with failover technologies and disaster recovery planning.
Experience supporting multi-tier enterprise architectures.
Previous experience working within classified environments and secure facilities.
Why Join?
Support a highly visible Department of Defense mission.
Work onsite at the Pentagon supporting critical national security operations.
Long-term program stability.
Opportunity to work with enterprise-scale database infrastructures.
Exposure to classified and mission-critical environments.
Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
Professional growth within a stable federal program.
Location: Pentagon (Arlington, VA)
Clearance Required: Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
Certification Required: DoD IAT Level II Certification (Security+ CE or equivalent)
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Compensation: $50-$52/hr W2
About the Opportunity
TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support mission-critical Joint Staff Command and Control (C2) operations at the Pentagon. This role is responsible for ensuring the security, performance, availability, and reliability of enterprise database environments supporting classified Department of Defense systems.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience administering enterprise database platforms, optimizing performance, implementing security best practices, and supporting backup and disaster recovery operations in highly secure environments.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain enterprise database environments supporting Joint Staff operations.
Monitor and optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing, and resource utilization analysis.
Administer enterprise database platforms including Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and related technologies.
Manage database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes to ensure data integrity and availability.
Configure and maintain database security controls, permissions, access management, and auditing capabilities.
Support integration of databases with enterprise applications and multi-tier architectures.
Plan, test, and implement database upgrades, maintenance activities, and software patches.
Troubleshoot database performance, availability, and operational issues while providing root cause analysis.
Maintain database documentation, configurations, operational procedures, and standards.
Support replication, clustering, failover, and high-availability database solutions.
Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with security requirements and database hardening standards.
Participate in capacity planning and scalability efforts to support evolving mission requirements.
Provide technical leadership and guidance for database administration best practices.
Required Qualifications
Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility.
DoD IAT Level II Certification (Security+ CE or equivalent).
10+ years of database administration experience supporting enterprise environments.
Strong experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or other enterprise database platforms.
Experience with database performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing.
Experience administering production database environments.
Hands-on backup, recovery, and disaster recovery experience.
Experience implementing database security controls and access management.
Experience supporting highly available database architectures including replication and clustering.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Experience working in classified, DoD, or other federal government environments.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting Joint Staff, Command and Control (C2), or mission-critical defense systems.
Experience applying DISA STIGs to database platforms.
Knowledge of database auditing and security hardening practices.
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise backup solutions.
Familiarity with failover technologies and disaster recovery planning.
Experience supporting multi-tier enterprise architectures.
Previous experience working within classified environments and secure facilities.
Why Join?
Support a highly visible Department of Defense mission.
Work onsite at the Pentagon supporting critical national security operations.
Long-term program stability.
Opportunity to work with enterprise-scale database infrastructures.
Exposure to classified and mission-critical environments.
Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
Professional growth within a stable federal program.
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