Senior Database Administrator (Hybrid)

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. 

Work Location: Hybrid, Arlington, VA 

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.

• 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: Hybrid 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.