Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Modeling, Extensible Markup Language (XML), MySQL
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Database Administrator (DBA) supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
HOW A DBA WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
- Partner with another senior DBA to create, modify, and manage database structures to meet customer requirements.
- Support a high-visibility, large scale application with users in 50+ organizations across the customer's space.
- Collaborate with software developers to design, develop, test and deploy the system using iterative Scrum practices.
- Design, develop, test, and deploy data models and databases across development, test, training and production environments on multiple classification levels.
- Implement and maintain security features including access control, role separation, audit and logging, and system monitoring.
- Participate in agile development activities and meet all reporting requirements
- Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, develop user stories, and translate needs into data models and database solutions.
- Coordinate with other enterprise data service programs to integrate capabilities.
- Prepare technical documentation and briefings for program reviews.
- Deliver demos and walk-throughs of data models and repositories to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support rapid prototyping to refine requirements and system design.
WHAT YOU9LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
- Education: Bachelors Degree (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline) or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience
- Required Experience: 10+ yrs
- Required technical skills:
- Significant experience working with a relational database such as MySQL or Postgres.
- AWS experience
- User level experience with Linux and a strong grasp of SQL.
- Experience supporting development and administration of databases.
- Design and implemention of security measures, access controls, role separation, audit and logging in database solutions.
- Experience with standard data exchange formats including Extensible Markup Language (XML).
- Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Desired skills:
- Experience with a scripting language such as Python.
- Location: Bethesda, MD - On Customer Site
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
- 401K with company match.
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.
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The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $218,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:
Onsite
Work Location:
USA MD Bethesda
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
