[Hiring] Database Administrator @Bixal

Role Description

Bixal is seeking a Database Administrator to manage the data behind a federal platform that supports governmentwide regulatory planning and review. Federal agencies, oversight offices, and the public rely on these systems, which must stay available 24/7/365 while a modern replacement is built alongside them.

• Keep the existing Oracle database secure, performant, and reliable.
• Lead the move of decades of regulatory data to the new platform.
• Map legacy data to new models, validate and reconcile every migration, and preserve historical records, identifiers, and public references.
• Work closely with engineers, a security lead, and client technical stakeholders.
• Help shape decisions about how data is structured, protected, and retained on the new platform.

This is a full-time position on an awarded contract with a 12-month base period and two 12-month option periods. This role offers you a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a project that aligns with Bixal’s mission of delivering innovative, human-centered solutions.

Location: This role can work remotely from anywhere in the USA. You must be legally authorized to work in the US. Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship.

Compensation: The salary range for this role is $110,000 – $120,000.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and tune the production Oracle Enterprise database, ensuring availability, performance, and integrity across all environments.
• Manage backups, recovery, patching, upgrades, and capacity planning, and support continuity of operations and disaster recovery testing.
• Implement and maintain database security controls, including access management, auditing, and encryption.
• Support defect resolution, performance troubleshooting, and data requests that involve the database.
• Develop and maintain the Data Migration Plan for moving legacy data to the new platform.
• Map legacy data structures to new target data models, documenting transformations, assumptions, and data quality issues.
• Build, test, and run repeatable migration and ETL processes, including validation and reconciliation against source systems.
• Plan migration timing, rollback procedures, and acceptance criteria for each release.
• Preserve historical records, legacy identifiers, and public references, and support archive or read-only access to historical data where needed.
• Contribute to data model design, indexing, and query optimization for the new platform.
• Support integration, decommissioning, and records retention planning as legacy capabilities are retired.
• Maintain database documentation, data dictionaries, and runbooks.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, estimation, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Other relevant duties as assigned and qualified/trained to perform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience as a database administrator or database engineer supporting production systems.
• Hands-on Oracle Enterprise database administration experience, including backup and recovery, patching, performance tuning, and security configuration.
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills.
• Experience leading or executing large-scale data migrations from a legacy database to a new platform, including data mapping, validation, and reconciliation.
• Experience with data modeling and designing schemas for new applications.
• Experience with ETL or data migration tooling and scripting (such as Python, shell, or similar).
• Experience working in Linux server environments (Red Hat Enterprise Linux preferred).
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document technical decisions and explain data issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination in support of a federal government contract.

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

• Oracle certification (such as Oracle Certified Professional).
• Experience with PostgreSQL or cloud-managed database services (such as Amazon RDS or Aurora).
• Experience delivering for federal government clients, including systems operating under FISMA Moderate controls.
• Familiarity with federal records management and retention requirements (NARA).
• Experience with reporting tools such as JasperReports or Crystal Reports.
• Experience migrating document-heavy or regulatory data while preserving historical records and public references.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery.

Benefits

• Flex hours
• 401K with matching incentive
• Parental Leave
• Medical/dental/vision benefits
• Flex Spending Account
• Company provided short-term disability and life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Paid holidays