| Location | Washington, DC |
Responsibilities: of the Senior Database Administrator include: Design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments while ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability. Administer PostgreSQL databases, including configuration, tuning, patching, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and high availability solutions. Implement database security controls, coordinate database changes, and support system integration initiatives. Monitor database health, troubleshoot performance issues, optimize queries and indexing strategies, and establish alerting solutions. Support database migrations, cloud modernization efforts, and AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL environments. Qualifications: for the Senior Database Administrator include: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience, and 8+ years of relevant experience. Strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining complex database environments and database management systems. Hands-on experience administering PostgreSQL (v13+) including performance tuning, patching, capacity planning, and database optimization. Experience implementing backup and recovery solutions using pg_dump/pg_restore, WAL archiving, replication, and high availability configurations. Experience with PostgreSQL query tuning, indexing, partitioning, performance analysis, and database monitoring tools. Experience planning and executing database migrations, including PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS RDS, and Aurora PostgreSQL environments. Knowledge of database security, access controls, and security best practices for safeguarding enterprise data. Experience establishing monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, or similar observability platforms, with strong communication and troubleshooting skills.