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Database Administrator

Database AdministratorDatabase AdministratorFull TimeRemoteMid LevelTeam 10,001+Since 1969H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

3 days ago

Salary

$87.1K - $157.5K / year

Seniority

Mid Level

No structured requirement data.

Job Description

Database Administrator

Leidos

Role Description The Digital Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Database Administrator to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Information & Technology (OIT). In this contract, Leidos assists with the underlying infrastructure, tools, and operational services used to build, deploy, secure, and run VA health applications. The Database Administrator will play a key role in designing, implementing, and managing enterprise database environments that deliver high performance, availability, security, and scalability. This position provides technical expertise across AWS database platforms, including RDS, DocumentDB, and MongoDB, while supporting database optimization, backup and recovery, replication, high-availability architectures, and disaster recovery solutions. Working closely with cross-functional technical teams, the Database Administrator helps ensure reliable, resilient, and compliant database operations that support critical healthcare technology initiatives. Qualifications - Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. - Minimum of 5 years of experience administering production databases in AWS environments (e.g., RDS, DocumentDB, ElastiCache); candidates without a degree must have at least 9 years of relevant experience. - Experience reviewing database performance trends and identifying opportunities for improvement. - Experience supporting: - AWS RDS - DocumentDB - MongoDB - Database replication - Backup and recovery operations - Storage optimization - Snapshot management - High-availability database environments - Experience designing and maintaining backup/snapshot schedules and retention policies for production databases. - Experience supporting disaster recovery procedures with defined Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) targets. - Experience monitoring database capacity and performance to prevent failures from storage exhaustion or backup interruptions. - Experience supporting highly available production database environments with strict uptime/incident-free availability targets. - The ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. - The ability to travel, as needed, to customer sites. - Must have US Citizenship. Requirements - Experience with multi-region database replication strategies and data consistency models. - Experience across both relational and NoSQL platforms (e.g., MongoDB, DocumentDB) alongside streaming/analytics services (e.g., Kinesis, MSK, Athena). - Experience evaluating cross-region data transfer costs and storage cost tradeoffs for replicated data. - Familiarity with VA or other federal compliance requirements affecting data storage and recovery. - Experience supporting or contributing to software version posture reporting for database platforms. Benefits - Pay Range: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 - 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.

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