Database Administrator

Leidos hiring for Database Administrator jobs in Dupo, IL, US

Description

The Leidos Spatial Solutions team has an opening for an experienced Database Administrator to work on cloud-based systems across the Aeronautical Domain. The team is involved in operation and sustainment of multiple cloud deployed solutions. A successful candidate will have experience with administration, support, and maintenance of cloud-based databases/Amazon RDS instances within multiple classification environments.

Primary Responsibilities

• Primary responsibilities will involve sustainment and management of multiple mission operational geodatabases of cloud-base systems.
• Utilizing database tools such as PGAdmin to perform daily PG dump and restore procedures.
• Responding to database troubleshooting to support critical 28 day production cycles.
• Performing Database integrity checks, running SQL queries, and managing daily backups.
• Manage a multi-environment cross domain database solution.
• Sync transactional updates across databases ensuring data transfer integrity.
• Research database interactions across multiple system connections.

Basic Qualifications

• TS/SCI Clearance w/ Poly (or ability to pass Poly upon hire)
• BS degree and 4+ of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies
• Extensive hands-on experience in all DBA tasks such as user management, backup and recovery, snapshot creation and deletion.
• Expert level experience in Postgres databases.
• Familiarity with Oracle databases.
• Experience across multiple classification environments.
• Experience in RDS and SQL Technology
• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and ability to function without direct oversight
• Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work. Follows tasks to their logical conclusion and makes sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.
• Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently to team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.
• US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications

• An active TS/SCI with a Polygraph
• AWS Solutions Architect Certification
• Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies
• Experience with collaboration tools and administration (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)
• Experience as a Database Administrator to include tasks such as data migration, data replication, user administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, issue investigation, issue resolution, and general administration.
• Prior experience with migration projects.
• Prior experience with Postgres database modernization/maintenance/sustainment.
• Prior experience with ESRI products including ArcMap, ArcGIS, and File Geodatabases
• Prior experience with DoD Aeronautical Datasets
• Prior experience with AWS cloud formation templates
• Prior experience with configuration management tools and processes.
• Prior experience with Oracle Spatial or PostGIS.
• Prior experience with JavaScript, Perl, and/or Python scripting.
• Team Collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.