Senior Database Engineer/Administrator

Description

Are you seeking a new and challenging position supporting a complex Program for the Warfighter? Well, look no further! This is an exciting time to contribute to a mission-critical program with lasting impactful results. As a Database Engineer/Administrator you will support a missioncritical program and is responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and optimization of complex database environments. The Database Engineer ensures the integrity, security, and availability of multiple databases across onprem and cloud platforms, leads performance tuning and troubleshooting efforts, and drives migration and modernization initiatives to maintain resilient, highavailability systems for the Warfighter.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintain the integrity, security, availability, and performance of multiple databases, including disaster recovery, monitoring, tuning, and index/partition optimization.
• Administer Oracle and cloudnative database technologies (AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB), including installation, configuration, OEM management, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize PL/SQL procedures, queries, schema changes, and data structures to support efficient storage, retrieval, and application performance.
• Implement and enforce database security policies, user account management, dataatrest/intransit protections, and Oracle Label Security (OLS).
• Lead database migration efforts, including transitioning Oracle onprem environments to AWS RDS, and design solutions for resilience and high availability.
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, locking issues, and system anomalies while directing performance optimization and structural redesign efforts.
• Evaluate DBMS products, recommend solutions, and guide the adoption of emerging database tools, technologies, and best practices.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university; an additional four (4) years of DBA/DBE experience may be substituted in lieu of the degree.
• Twelve (12) or more years of experience as a DBA and/or DBE supporting programs of similar scope, complexity, and mission focus.
• Security Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI with polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle
• OEM Management
• Red Hat Linux 7/8
• Git
• Puppet
• VMware
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• AWS / AWS Managed Databases including NoSQL databases
• Schema design and optimization
• Data modeling
• AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

For U.S. Positions: 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.

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About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.