About the Company:

Spatial Front, Inc is the fast-growing small company providing IT solutions to federal, state, local governments, and the private sector. SFI is nationally recognized by Inc. Magazine by being awarded the Inc. 5000 Award in 2018, 2019, and 2020. We pride ourselves on being one of the premier employers in the VA, MD, DC area.

SFI is an industry leader in delivering cutting-edge technical solutions and mission support services that bring our customer’s businesses to the forefront of the 21st century. Our corporate commitment to excellence in client services and product development means that our people are attentive, hands-on, and bring industry-leading expertise that will meet and exceed your needs in a straightforward, timely, and cost-effective manner.

Every employee at SFI is a leader. We don’t settle. We blaze our own path and inspire those around us into action. We motivate others to reach their full potential. To learn more about us visit: www.spatialfront.com

Description:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT). Within NHTSA, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) strives to successfully manage information processing challenges that effectively meet statutory obligations and deadlines while processing increasing volumes and managing the complexities of incoming information and an expanding user base.

The ability to identify serious safety defects early in the vehicle/equipment component production cycle and to influence recalls early in the cycle depends largely on the efficient use of information processing resources that provide NHTSA staff with the maximum information available on a particular subject as soon as possible after identifying the possibility of a defect.

Candidates for Database Administrator Position will be contributing to the Operations and Maintenance of mission critical databases, as well as updating them for sustained product life.

Summary of Work: Ensure the stability and availability of mission critical on-prem and could based Oracle and future state databases. Work as an essential part of the O&M team to resolve data dependencies associated with system defects and outages. Preserve and test the health of the databases and ensure their security and integrity. Cloud experience is a must have.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Configure, test, deploy, and validate Oracle cluster and standalone database upgrades
• Install, configure, and apply all required security patches
• Perform critical maintenance and database upgrades to preserve system uptime
• Perform routine maintenance and database upgrades to ensure system health
• Perform daily database health checks in concert with the rest of the O&M team
• Provide consultation and guidance regarding best approaches to database maintenance and upgrades including, but not limited to LOE and time to resolve
• Resolve configuration issues and triage to resolution data centered or data adjacent defects
• Provide break/fix support to Government equipment
• Support and update/upgrade AWS Cloud database instances
• Routine database administration, including running ad hoc queries on demand, technical troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• Data migration responsibilities include: troubleshoot DMS issues, backup & restore backups, Cloud watch logs
• Coding Cloudformation templates for DMS and Alarms
• Coding in Postgres database

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of DMS (Data Migration System)
  
  • Should able to:
  troubleshoot DMS Issue
  review cloud watch logs
  review RDS and DMS alarm and coordinate necessary actions
  code Stored functions, ad-hoc queries and tune-up functions/code in Postgres database
• Postgres Database expertise
• Code Cloudformation template for DMS, and Alarms
• Advanced expert on Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Database and SQL Server
• Expert with Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers and Window 2008 Servers
• Database Exports and Imports, Database Archiving Skills, Provisioning Databases
• SQL Tuning
• PL/SQL Development: Experience writing & modifying stored procedures and SQL functions
• Ability to quickly diagnose and troubleshoot issues with customer equipment
• Ability to install hardware components and peripherals
• Must be able to work a shift between 7:00 am - 5:00 pm M-F Eastern Time
• Must be able to occasionally work outside of core hours for systems upgrades or in response to a system outage

Education/Experience:

• B.S. Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Microsoft Azure experience is a plus
• Excellent follow-through
• Professional appearance
• Takes initiative and can work independently
• Must be able to multi-task and manage time amongst clients
• Flexibility and ability to pivot between projects quickly

Additional Information:

• This is a full-time position. Please no agencies, third parties, or corp-to-corp.
• As a Federal Contractor, all Spatial Front Employees are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and provide proof of vaccination prior to the first date of employment.
• Ability to pass a US Public Trust background investigation for access to the client site and computing systems. You must have lived in the US for the past three (3) years.
• All candidates will be subject to a complete background check to include, but not limited to Criminal History, Education Verification, Professional Certification Verification, Verification of Previous Employment and Credit History.
• EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
• Spatial Front Inc participates in E-Verify.