Database Administrator

Leidos

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bethesda, MD
Salary
$107,900–$195,050 / yr
Posted
45 days ago
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Similar $142k
This role $151k
$97k most similar roles pay here $206k

This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $116,470–$168,275 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $151k versus about $142k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

Leidos currently has 264 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $92,300–$166,850 across 245 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Database Administrator

As a Database Administrator on the DOMEX Technology Platform program, you will support the mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination of Open Source Intelligence across the DoD and IC enterprise. You will collaborate with engineers to develop solutions for extracting, transforming, and loading heterogeneous datasets while managing multiple database instances to ensure data consistency. Your daily responsibilities include administering, maintaining, and optimizing databases to address technical debt, designing schemas and data models, documenting designs, and defining APIs for data sharing. The role requires expertise in SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, along with experience in Python, JSON, or Java. You will work within an Agile framework using CI/CD automation to support cloud-based computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cross-domain transfer systems to provide advanced data exploitation and analytics capabilities.

What you'll do

  • Administer, maintain, upgrade, and optimize databases to address technical debt.
  • Design, maintain, and improve database schemas and data models.
  • Develop solutions for extracting, transforming, and loading heterogeneous datasets.
  • Define formats and structures for data exports and imports.
  • Define APIs to share data including endpoints, authentication, authorization, and segmentation.
  • Manage multiple database instances to ensure data consistency across the platform.
  • Support CI/CD automation, code promotion, and deployment operations.
  • Document database designs, implementations, and interactions with other systems.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience, a Master's with 6 years, or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Must possess a DoD TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph.
  • Must hold Security+ and cloud certifications to qualify for Privileged User Account access.
  • Must be an AWS Cloud Practitioner certified professional.
  • Requires 3+ years of experience administering databases including SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
  • Requires 3+ years of experience in database scripting using command line interfaces.
  • Requires 3+ years of hands-on experience in designing database schemas, data models, and performance tuning.
  • Must have experience managing multiple database instances across both on-premises and cloud platforms.

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