Senior Database Engineer

3 weeks ago

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States Leidos Holding Full time

Job Summary:

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Engineer to join our team in Blacksburg, Virginia. As a Senior Database Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing database systems to support business applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, deploy, and manage database systems to include SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, and MySQL.
  • Provide cloud database solutions for customers using Azure or AWS.
  • Perform database capacity planning and scalability assessments to accommodate future growth and optimize resource utilization.
  • Maintain strong understanding of Client/Server Architecture and how to securely deploy internally and externally.
  • Monitor database systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues, bottlenecks, and data inconsistencies.
  • Produce technical writing for both system integration and transition to operations teams.
  • Work in hybrid multi-location operations team administering existing production environment.
  • Implement and maintain database security measures to protect sensitive data, including access controls, encryption, and data masking techniques.
  • Plan and execute database backups, disaster recovery procedures, and failover mechanisms to ensure data availability and business continuity for On-Prem and cloud solutions.
  • Perform patch and security configuration activities to ensure databases under management are properly secured and up to date.
  • Collaborate with development teams to optimize database design and query performance and provide support for database-related application issues.
  • Stay current with database technologies, trends, and best practices, and recommend improvements or new technologies to enhance database performance and functionality.
  • Lead and mentor junior DBAs, providing technical guidance and sharing best practices.
  • Communicate well with Executives, Managers, Peers, and Customers.
  • Support tickets and manage incidents, service requests, and problems through their full life cycle.
  • Perform incident analysis to determine possible cause and potential fix.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience or Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
  • Obtain a baseline 8570 certification within 3 months of hire date.
  • Proven experience as a Database Administrator managing enterprise-level databases.
  • Familiarity with database security principles and best practices.
  • Strong proficiency in database administration, including installation, configuration, backup and recovery, security, and performance tuning.
  • In-depth knowledge of management tools and utilities for each database platform.
  • Experience with high availability and disaster recovery solutions for different platforms.
  • Familiarity with AWS RDS features, such as automated backups, multi-AZ deployments, and read replicas.
  • Knowledge of structured and non-structured database platforms.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex database issues.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • US Citizen who can obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Relevant certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (Exam DP-300).
  • Experience with SQL-based (MSSQL, Oracle, Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase) databases.
  • DoD Secret Clearance.

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