Database Administrator

• Manage, maintain, support, and optimize databases for three separate client-server systems in a program/classified environment
• Resolve issues and inform leadership about system health, growth, status, and potential issues
• Work with STRATCOM personnel and contractors to maintain and optimize databases
• Install, configure, patch, and maintain Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, or Postgres in virtualized and cloud environments
• Monitor database health, troubleshoot complex issues, manage indexes, and optimize SQL queries
• Manage user access, privileges, and permissions
• Implement DoD STIGs, database auditing, and security patches
• Design, test, and execute automated backup, recovery, and failover strategies
• Configure secure data gateways, orchestrate ETL pipelines, and maintain data schemas with Systems Engineers
• Identify requirements arising from security database issues
• Evaluate and recommend secure remote database configurations
• Liaise with Enterprise Architect, WAN, LAN, and Enterprise Management Teams on database solutions
• Develop operational, maintenance, and problem-resolution documentation
• Coordinate IT staff to implement solutions meeting customer expectations
• Serve as database technical lead during security incident response
• Ensure hardware, operating systems, and applications address database requirements and test cybersecurity mitigations
• Develop database documentation for Secret, Top Secret, and JWICS networks
• Assess new technologies and create implementation best practices
• Establish database processes satisfying complex system-wide requirements