Database Administrator

Job overview

The Database Administrator role is onsite in Washington, DC. Pay is $120,000–$145,000 per year. Akumen, Inc. seeks a DBA to support mission-critical databases for federal government systems. The DBA maintains reliable, secure, and available database environments and supports application and infrastructure teams. Performance tuning, recovery planning, security controls, and operational documentation help meet system performance and compliance requirements.

What you'll do

• Install, configure, administer, monitor, and maintain relational databases
• monitor capacity and performance and tune systems
• manage backups, recovery, replication, patching, upgrades, and disaster recovery
• maintain security controls and remediate vulnerabilities
• troubleshoot incidents
• collaborate with application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams
• maintain technical documentation.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

database administrator

dba

sql

oracle

postgresql

database security

washington dc

akumen

$120k–$145k/year

active secret clearance

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires five or more years of enterprise database administration experience and an active Secret clearance or higher. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience is required.

About the employer

Akumen, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Facilities Management Services. Sector: 54.