Database Administrator- Production Support
GDIT· Defense IT· Oct 4, 2026 · 24d ago
Any Location / Remote
Hybrid
Full-time
Mid
$111K–$150K
7+ years exp
Job description
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloud Computing, Data Migrations Certifications:
None Experience:
7 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
Database Analyst /Administrator
GDIT has an opportunity for a dynamic and talented candidate to join our team supporting the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AOUSC).
The Database Analyst/ Administrator will execute the following responsibilities:
· Provides production support for mission‑critical database environments, including shift‑based coverage and on‑call support to ensure high availability and timely issue resolution.
· Monitors database performance, responds to incidents, troubleshoots production issues, and coordinates with development and operations teams to restore service quickly.
· Performs root‑cause analysis for production defects and contributes to long‑term stability improvements.
· Works within an Agile solution development environment with daily scrums, biweekly sprint planning and quarterly Program Increment planning.
· Develops operating standards and best practices, including performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
· Ensures the proper definition, control, and coordination of data elements and standards, and the facilitation of efficient data relationships, systems integration, and physical structure.
· Participates in the development and implementation of database management policies and standards for efficient quality control and data administration.
· Collaborates with Product Owners and users to gather business requirements and define and maps them to technical requirements. Meets with agency leaders and stakeholders, collaborating with other consultants and program/agency personnel regarding the development of innovative data analysis techniques.
· Demonstrates ability to document complex workflow designs to present to project team and stakeholders.
· Demonstrates ability to work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors and frequently contributes to the development of new business strategies, ideas, and methods adhering to best practices within the Agile framework.
· Collects, analyzes, and interprets large amounts of data to help guide business decisions. Experience with using advanced statistical analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling techniques.
· Synthesizes disparate information and recognizes patterns and relationships across data; synthesizes large sets of data from multiple sources, develops data visualizations for the purpose of tracking key performance indicators and other critical metrics tied to program outcomes.
· Hosts and conducts peer reviews of the code of other developers on the team. Performs data validation and ensures data accuracy and integrity.
· Develops stored procedures, jobs, views, tables, and other database objects in SQL Server Management Studio.
· Designs and develops scalable data models for Databricks lakehouse environments, including bronze, silver, and gold layer structures, dimensional models, fact and dimension tables, and curated data products to support analytics, reporting, business intelligence, and machine learning workloads.
· Develops and deploys ETL packages using CI/CD pipeline. Exposure to core configuration management systems for version control.
· Works with Atlassian Suite of software development management tools.
· Indexes system and application logs in to the Splunk system monitoring application, then creates dashboards, alerts, and reports from those logs.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
· At least seven (7 ) years of Server database maintenance and database analysis or similar role.
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering or relevant computer-based major. Experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
· Experience supporting production database systems, including shift-based coverage and on‑call responsibilities.
· Database or cloud certification preferred such as AWS Certified Database – Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, or equivalent industry‑recognized cloud/database certification.
· Proficient experience with AWS database technologies such as Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and other AWS-managed data services.
· Experience with Databricks and exposure to AWS cloud platform.
Experienced with completing database environment installation, configuration, on-going administration support.
· Demonstrated understanding of standard Data warehouse concepts.
· Adept with data modeling, data mapping, data flow diagrams and data marts.
· Previous experience architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions on various platforms.
· Experience with Data migration from legacy on-premises database to multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms.
· Proven ability to spearhead and work independently, prioritize, and get things done.
· Strong analytical, technical, problem-solving skills.
· Excellent organization and time management skills and ability to identify priorities to accomplish a variety of tasks on schedule.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work with people at every level. Comfortable writing down ideas, implementation plans and status reports.
***Must be able to provide on-call support and/or follow a flexible work schedule as needed***
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Experience creating and managing database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.
· Knowledge of court operations and law enforcement business data.
The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
None
T elecommuting Options:
Remote
Work Location:
Any Location / Remote
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a 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 to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
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