What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database Administrator (DBA) U.S. Citizenship Required position at Ignite IT?
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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
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria will include:
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**
Benefits
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.
- 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 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**
Benefits
- 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