Database Administrator (DBA) U.S. Citizenship

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and talented professionals in modern technology? Join us and unleash your potential in an Agile, mission-driven environment supporting the men and women who safeguard the American people and strengthen the Nations safety, security, and prosperity.

As a Database Administrator, you will play a critical role in maintaining, optimizing, and securing enterprise database systems across SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL environments. You will support production operations, troubleshoot performance issues, enhance system reliability, and contribute to ongoing modernization efforts. This role blends hands?on administration, problem?solving, performance tuning, and direct support of mission?critical applications.

Your Role

Testing and implementing custom off the shelf software

Troubleshooting and fixing active directory, server and database performance issues

Fixing security vulnerabilities related to server and databases

Windows Server and Desktop administration.

Create data reports with SQL Server or Oracle databases

Production support for outages.

SQL Query performance tuning

Working with Extract, Transform and load data (ETL) software.

Active participation in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, retrospectives and solution releases

Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports

Developing new and refining existing processes to enhance quality and productivity

Provide direct user support resolving technical and procedural issues, as well as other support tasks such as resetting passwords and unlocking user accounts.

The ability to research, troubleshoot, and resolve SQL Server, Oracle and Windows issues found in production and development environments.

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria will include:

3-year check for felony convictions.

1-year check for illegal drug use.

1-year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud.

College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

Professional Experience: at least seven (7) years related Database and system administration experience.

Local candidates must be available to work a hybrid schedule with on-site requirement in Ashburn, VA.

Proficient with Windows servers administration.

Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle).

Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

AWS Cloud Database (RDS) experience, especially SQL Server and Oracle.

Desired:

Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas

Direct experience providing production support for PostgreSQL and Oracle database.

Technical Certifications, such as OCP or AWS certification.

Experience with PostgreSQL and Oracle Database Development including Stored Procedures, Constraints, Joins, Keys, Indexes, Triggers and Data Import/Export.

Experience with database tools like TOAD, SQL Developer and PGadmin.

Experience in Creating and Maintaining Database objects like Tables, Indexes, Views, Synonyms, Object types and Collections.

Ignite IT offers a comprehensive salary and benefits package to include Medical, Dental, and Vision; Short Term/Long Term/Life Insurance; 401K with matching and fully Vested 100%; PTO; Holiday; Training; and much more

Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. In accordance with EO 13665 Final Rule, Ignite IT will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Applicants selected must be able to possess and maintain a government clearance as required for access to classified information.

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED

If located within 40 miles of Ashburn, VA, candidate is expected to work 1 day per week in-office

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible schedule

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

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