Database Engineer

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Job Description:

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos has an opening in its Defense Group for a Database Administrator (DBA) supporting DoD Biometric System. The DBA maintains the integrity, security and availability of multiple database(s). Major job functions include: disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring of data; administers, maintains, develops and implements policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the database; performs database and software life-cycle activities to ensure highest level of system performance and availability and compliance with business requirements; performs EDB Postgres, MongoDB, and Application server administration; and organizes and formats data for efficient query and storage processes.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Group provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Responsibilities Include:

• Develop Ansible playbooks to ensure repeatable and consistent configurations from development through production.
• Establishes and maintains database user accounts
• Performs disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring of data.
• Performs database and software life-cycle activities to ensure highest level of system performance and availability
• Provides server administration with a variety of database products that include EDB Postgres and MongoDB.
• Coordinates database architecture changes with database engineers
• Installation of database management systems, databases, tables and views
• Administration and use of current and emerging database tools, strategies and technologies

Required Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) discipline from an accredited college or university
• 4+ years of database administration experience.
• Experience with Postgres Databases.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Have DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II or higher.
• Industry Certifications

Pay Range:

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