[Hiring] Senior Database Administrator @Nakupuna Companies

Role Description

Nakupuna Companies is seeking a Senior Data Base Administrator to join our team of talented consultants. The individual will serve as the primary hands-on administrator for the Informatica Data Governance Suite and the Mulesoft Anypoint Platform in NAVSUP's AWS GovCloud environment. The role plays a significant role in:

• Installation, configuration, integration, security, reliability, performance, backup and recovery, and sustainment of Enterprise Data Catalog, Axon Data Governance, Informatica and Mulesoft Data Quality, and their supporting repositories.
• Supporting NAVSUP Business Systems Center by administering the Informatica Data Governance Suite and Mulesoft Anypoint Platform within NAVSUP’s AWS GovCloud pre-production and production environments.
• Configuring and integrating Enterprise Data Catalog, Axon Data Governance, and Informatica and Mulesoft Data Quality with Yellowbrick, Informatica PowerCenter, and applicable ETL services.
• Working within an integrated Agile DevSecOps team to implement secure, repeatable configurations; support performance, availability, backup, recovery, testing, and RMF/ATO activities; and maintain technical documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Coordinating with MuleSoft engineers and solution architects where platform, data, and integration dependencies intersect.

The primary work site is Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; remote or contractor-site work requires Government coordination and approval.

Qualifications

• Technical Leadership: Oversees Informatica and Mulesoft platform health, configuration, security, performance, recovery, and sustainment; makes sound platform decisions and clearly communicates technical risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
• Analytical / Problem Solving: Diagnoses cross-platform issues involving applications, repositories, databases, connectors, identity, network, and cloud resources; uses test evidence, logs, and performance measures to isolate root causes and verify fixes.
• Security / Quality: Applies least privilege, encryption, PKI, SSO, hardening, logging, patching, and configuration-control requirements consistently; builds repeatable configurations, recovery procedures, tests, and documentation that can survive staff turnover.
• Agile / Teamwork: Keeps technical work, blockers, risks, test results, and configuration changes current in Azure DevOps; works closely with the data-quality analyst, MuleSoft engineer, architect, cybersecurity staff, and NAVSUP administrators.
• Coaching: Explains platform operations clearly and provides hands-on mentoring to Government staff; creates runbooks and training that allow NAVSUP personnel to perform routine administration and escalation.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
• Advanced hands-on experience administering enterprise data-management platforms in production, including installation, configuration, repositories, upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Strong familiarity with Informatica and Mulesoft Enterprise Data Catalog, Axon Data Governance, Data Quality, and PowerCenter integration.
• Experience integrating a relational data warehouse such as Yellowbrick, Oracle, Snowflake, or comparable technology.
• Experience with Linux and Windows administration, databases, networking, storage, monitoring, backup, recovery, replication, and high availability.
• Experience with AWS or AWS GovCloud services, including compute, storage, networking, monitoring, and security controls.
• Working knowledge of PKI, SSO, LDAP, OCSP, certificates, encryption, role-based access, and least-privilege administration.
• Ability to create repeatable scripts, configuration artifacts, tests, technical documentation, and operational runbooks.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to meet all privileged-access, background-investigation, CAC, SAAR, training, certification, and NDA requirements.

Benefits

• The Nakupuna Companies use a market-based compensation strategy to ensure that our employees are compensated within applicable market ranges.
• The projected compensation range for this position is $140,000.00 to $170,000.00 (annualized USD).