[Hiring] Senior Database Administrator @LED FastStart

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our Scientific Modeling, Application, Visualization, Computational Science, Software, and Statistical Support (SMAVCS4) team to support the Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), a scientific organization working to support Agency decisions by providing solutions-driven research to rapidly evaluate the potential human health and environmental risks due to exposures to environmental chemicals and ensure the integrity of the freshwater environment and its capacity to support human well-being.

The selected candidate will interface with the EPA Product Team and developers and will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Installation, capacity planning, configuration, database design, migration, performance monitoring, security, administration & management of user accounts, troubleshooting, disaster recovery as well as backup and data recovery.

The selected candidate for this role must have a high degree of attention to detail as well as a collaborative and solution-oriented working style.

Qualifications

• Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
• 3+ years of related experience
• Experience working in Linux environments
• Strong command-line experience including Unix shell scripting, PowerShell, and AWS CLI for cloud storage management
• Experience with Administering SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc.) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB) technologies
• Experience configuring and managing HAProxy/Keepalived for database load balancing, connection pooling, and automated failover routing
• Experience managing automated database backups, repositories (e.g., pgBackRest), and backup retention strategies utilizing AWS S3 object storage
• Ability to perform complex command-line scripts and SQL queries
• Ability to thrive in an environment without a managed database service
• Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards

Requirements

• Ability to prioritize and complete a wide variety of tasking workloads with critical deadlines
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Superior communications skills, and a demonstrated ability to maintain a patient and professional demeanor, with a can-do attitude
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and professionally to both technical and non-technical parties (who may be key stakeholders)
• Ability to manage equipment and services in remote locations
• Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment
• Workability to perform well under pressure
• Strong customer service orientation
• Ability to maintain an organized workflow, with a high degree of attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MongoDB OpsManager is highly preferred
• Familiarity with Oracle Database Appliances (ODA) is a plus
• Familiarity or experience with Documentum or enterprise content management database backends is a plus

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay and paid time off
• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
• Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance