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Senior Database Administrator

Spatial Front, Inc
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI), a two-time USA Today Top Workplaces awardee and Washington Top Workplaces honoree, is seeking a highly skilled Senior Database Administrator to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a Senior Database Administrator to provide expert database administration, hands-on support, and architecture guidance for Federal Government IT programs.

The Senior Database Administrator will have extensive experience in enterprise database management, performance optimization, and high-availability architectures, both on-prem and in the cloud. As a valued member of the SFI team, you will play a critical role in delivering mission-critical capabilities to our Federal Government customers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain enterprise database environments, especially involving Oracle RDBMS 19c
  • Lead database performance tuning, capacity planning, and high-availability configuration activities.
  • Develop and govern database schemas, database standards, policies, and best practices.
  • Mentor and guide junior DBAs on database administration techniques and best practices.
  • Lead database migration, upgrade, and consolidation projects.
  • Work on actively improving database quality.
  • Create various scripts focused on various database fixes and maintenance operations
  • Implement and maintain advanced database security controls, including encryption, auditing, and access management.
  • Provide expert database guidance to development and architecture teams.
  • Execute various environment (data) replications, including validations.
  • Conduct archiving and restoring to hot and cold storage.
  • Perform data exchange, ETL, and data integration.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Requirements

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
  • 7 years of database administration experience, including 3 years in the design and optimization of enterprise databases.
  • Demonstrated expertise in: Expertise in Oracle DBs; database architecture and high availability; performance tuning, automation, security compliance, backup/recovery, and cloud database management.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Must possess an active Secret security clearance or be able to obtain one.


Desired Skills

  • Oracle Certified Master (OCM).
  • Experience with Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Management, and Oracle Unified Directory
  • Experience with AB Initio or similar ETL tools, Apache Kafka, Go Anywhere MFT Software Maintenance, Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Enterprise Services Bus (ESB), and Oracle GoldenGate.
  • Knowledge of reporting and analytics is a plus, including tools such as OAP, OAS, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.
  • Experience as a senior DBA on DoD or federal agency programs.
  • Familiarity with cloud database services and cloud migration for databases.


Additional Information

  • Clearance: Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
  • Work Environment: Onsite/Hybrid/Remote as required by the contract.
  • This is a full-time, W2 position.
  • No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.
  • Spatial Front Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer — all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status.
  • SFI participates in E-Verify.

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