Database Administrator III
Database Administrator III at BDR Solutions, a federal government contractor: design, administer, secure, tune, and maintain enterprise SQL database environments (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) supporting critical federal systems, including backup/DR, monitoring, migrations, and after-hours support. Requires 7+ years of DBA experience and U.S. citizenship.
- Compensation
- $80K–$110K / yr
- Location
- Herndon, VA
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, IT, or related discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- 7+ years of professional database administration experience
- Experience administering enterprise relational database platforms (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
- Experience with database performance tuning
- Experience with query optimization
- Experience with backup and recovery
- Experience with disaster recovery planning
- Experience with security administration
- Experience supporting production database environments
- Strong understanding of database architecture, data integrity, high availability, replication technologies, and database monitoring tools
- Experience troubleshooting complex production database issues
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile environment
- U.S. citizenship required; must be able to obtain a government security clearance
Nice to have
- Experience supporting Federal Government systems
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or cloud-hosted database platforms
- Familiarity with DevOps pipelines and CI/CD processes
- Experience using Git, Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar tools
- Experience supporting containerized environments
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, T-SQL
- Experience with database automation
- Certifications: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle DBA Certified Professional, PostgreSQL, AWS Certified Database – Specialty, Security+, or ITIL Foundation
Full description
About us:
BDR Solutions, LLC, (BDR) supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving its mission and goals. Our service and solution delivery starts with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance business and technical operations and deployments.
(Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply)
Role Overview:
BDR Solutions LLC is seeking an experienced Database Administrator III to support the design, administration, security, optimization, and maintenance of enterprise database environments supporting critical federal government systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise administering SQL database platforms while ensuring high availability, security, disaster recovery readiness, and optimal system performance.
This role will work closely with software developers, system administrators, cybersecurity personnel, and project stakeholders to ensure database solutions align with business and application requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, patch, and upgrade enterprise Database Management Systems (DBMS).
- Design, create, and maintain databases, schemas, tables, indexes, stored procedures, and other database objects.
- Perform database performance tuning, optimization, indexing, and query analysis.
- Monitor database health, performance metrics, and system availability.
- Implement database security controls, user permissions, encryption, and access management.
- Conduct security audits and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
- Develop, test, and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Ensure high availability and business continuity through replication, failover, and recovery planning.
- Configure database monitoring tools, alerts, notifications, and automated maintenance jobs.
- Monitor database storage utilization and proactively plan capacity growth.
- Troubleshoot database issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Collaborate with software development teams to ensure applications follow database best practices.
- Support database migrations, application releases, and production deployments.
- Document database configurations, operational procedures, and technical standards.
- Participate in after-hours maintenance windows and production support as required.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related discipline.