Role Description Peraton is seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals on our Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) program. CAEIO provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting consular applications and services globally. The Senior DBA will implement and optimize the computerized database systems that support the CA’s ability to function daily and, therefore, enable its mission. Core Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, approximately 8:00 AM ET - 4:00 PM ET (flexible) Location: This position is fully remote; however, candidates must reside in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area (DMV) to accommodate occasional onsite meetings, training, or customer support activities at the Washington, DC, customer location or the Peraton office in Sterling, VA. The number of days the DBA works on-site in Washington, DC, or Sterling, VA, is subject to change based on government/program requirements (for example, surge support might require the individual to be in the office five days per week). Roles and Responsibilities - Implement and maintain smooth operation and physical design of databases. - Conduct performance tuning of indexes and databases. - Review database designs and integration of systems; provide backup recovery; and recommend enhancements. - Maintain security and integrity controls. - Manage day-to-day enterprise security hygiene, rapidly executing remediations for high-severity CVEs and actively exploited KEVs to protect core systems and applications. - Formulate policies, procedures, and standards related to database management, and monitor transaction activity and utilization. - Develop stored procedures and triggers. - Administer a variety of database systems, such as Oracle RDBMS, MS SQL Server, Postgres DB, and other Database Management Systems (DBMS). - Develop and enforce database administration and user standards and procedures; audit, modify, and amend data in systems using SQL commands. - Oversee the scheduling of database projects, database and transaction log backups, notifications, and database replication between multiple SQL servers and remote sites. - Help database designers/information system analysts develop and create SQL and Web-based databases and database systems. - Review technical designs, reports, documentation, and other materials produced by staff. - Create and maintain high-level reporting systems using products, such as Oracle OEM BI reports; research and implement new database and online technology. - Apply solid DBA skills to Oracle RAC and Data Guard installation, configuration, and troubleshooting production issues. - Apply advanced methods, theories, and research techniques to investigate and resolve complex system requirements and issues. Qualifications - Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience or a Masters degree and 10 years of experience or an Associates degree and 14 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 16 years of experience. - U.S. citizenship and minimum active SECRET clearance with the ability to obtain a TOP SECRET clearance. - Hands-on experience with full-life cycle implementation of Oracle 19c RDBMS and 19c/21c hub Oracle GoldenGate for production environments. - Experience upgrading Oracle RDBMS from 11g to 19c as well as the Transparent Data Encryption. - Experience writing custom monitoring reports for 12c OEM. - Strong communication skills to communicate systems proposals to management and customers and provide systems diagnoses and resolution for current systems. - Strong organization skills to prioritize work, balance, and lead complex projects. - Leadership skills to guide and mentor less experienced team members. - At least 7 years’ experience as an Oracle DBA or Oracle-related area, including at least 5 years’ experience as an Oracle 11g or 12c DBA applying knowledge of RAC, ASM, GoldenGate, Data Guard, RMAN, Patching, AND/OR Security. - Experience writing custom monitoring reports for 12c OEM. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Oracle RDBMS upgrade from 11g/12c to 19c and Containerization. - Experience working with Oracle Cloud Computing (private or public). - Experiences with an Oracle Engineered System, such as Exadata and Sun Super Cluster. - Experience as an operational DB Ops lead. Benefits - Target Salary Range: $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. - Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

• Ensure operational stability, availability, performance, and security of Microsoft SQL Server environments that support critical business applications. • Administer and optimize SQL Server environments (2017 and 2022) on on-premises infrastructure and Microsoft Azure, ensuring compliance with corporate standards and best practices. • Monitor, diagnose, and resolve performance issues, incidents, and database failures, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions. • Lead initiatives related to high availability, backup, recovery, disaster recovery (DR), and resilience of the environments. • Partner with development teams to optimize data modeling, SQL queries, stored procedures, and deployment processes. • Drive database automation and modernization initiatives, including Database-as-Code, integration with CI/CD pipelines, and adoption of cloud solutions. • Define and maintain administration standards, operational procedures, security controls, and governance practices. • Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security, and engineering teams on capacity planning, platform lifecycle management, compliance, and technology transformation. • Produce technical documentation and share knowledge within the DBA team. • Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for critical production incidents, maintenance activities, and deployments.

• Backup & Recovery: Design and implement robust backup strategies that ensure both full and transactional log backups run on schedule. • High-Severity Triage: Act as the primary responder for Sev-1 and Sev-2 database-related incidents. • Performance & Index Tuning: Continuously monitor wait statistics, index fragmentation, and resource-intensive queries. • Capacity & Storage Planning: Track database file growth trends and forecast storage requirements at least 90 days in advance. • Schema & Data Change Management: Review and validate SQL scripts submitted by development teams. • Environment Provisioning: Develop and maintain repeatable scripts and runbooks for provisioning new environments or cloning databases. • Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce best practices for database security, including encryption at rest and in transit, least-privilege access controls, and comprehensive auditing. • Process Improvement: Document and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs). Identify opportunities to automate routine database tasks—such as backups, integrity checks, and deployments.

• Responsible for formulating systems scope and objectives relative to the organization’s business plan and industry requirements • Acts as a member of a project team providing technical guidance concerning business implications of various systems applications