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Application Database Administrator

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Pay not listedSimilar roles state $127K–$190K
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What you’ll work on

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  • Design, develop, maintain, and audit database schemas and objects

  • Plan long-term schema requirements with Infrastructure DBAs

  • Advise users on database access, permissions, and data protection

  • Troubleshoot database issues and optimize SQL queries

  • Support application deployments and system integrations

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Provides database schema administration, including the design, development, maintenance, security, and auditing of database schemas and objects
Plans long-term schema requirements in collaboration with Infrastructure DBAs
Advises users on database access, permissions, data protection, validation, and security.
Skilled in troubleshooting database issues, optimizing SQL queries and database objects
supporting application deployments and system integrations

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

  • Five years of database query language experience (Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Server, MS Access)
  • Secret clearance
  • At least three years of hands-on database schema management
  • OCA or relevant certification
  • 8570 Baseline IAT Level II
Qualification wording
Five (5) years of progressive experience with database query languages and technologies, including Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Server, and MS Access
Minimum Clearance Secret
At least three (3) years of hands-on experience and expertise in database schema management
OCA or relevant certification
8570 Baseline IAT Level II
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Job Description and Responsibilities Provides database schema administration, including the design, development, maintenance, security, and auditing of database schemas and objects in client/server environments. Plans long-term schema requirements in collaboration with Infrastructure DBAs and ensures databases meet user and system requirements. Advises users on database access, permissions, data protection, validation, and security. Applies database technologies, development methodologies, SQL, and programming skills to support database programming, systems design, and reliable data management. Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) - Knowledge of database schema administration, relational database concepts, SQL, data security, access controls, and client/server database environments. - Skilled in designing, developing, maintaining, auditing, and securing database schemas and objects while ensuring data integrity and appropriate user access.
- Knowledge of application database administration, database performance, backup and recovery, monitoring, and database availability practices. - Skilled in troubleshooting database issues, optimizing SQL queries and database objects, and supporting application deployments and system integrations. - Ability to work with developers, system administrators, and business users to resolve database-related issues, implement changes, and maintain reliable application database environments.
Minimum Training, Education, and Certifications - Five (5) years of progressive experience with database query languages and technologies, including Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Server, and MS Access. - At least three (3) years of hands-on experience and expertise in database schema management.

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About the role

We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.

Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.

An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.

US government figures for database architects

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$139,500
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.

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Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is a rapidly growing government contractor that provides strategic IT services that meet mission needs for Defense and Federal customers. We are hiring an Application Database Administrator to support an enterprise-level program within a federal environment.

Job Description and Responsibilities

Provides database schema administration, including the design, development, maintenance, security, and auditing of database schemas and objects in client/server environments. Plans long-term schema requirements in collaboration with Infrastructure DBAs and ensures databases meet user and system requirements. Advises users on database access, permissions, data protection, validation, and security. Applies database technologies, development methodologies, SQL, and programming skills to support database programming, systems design, and reliable data management.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

  • Knowledge of database schema administration, relational database concepts, SQL, data security, access controls, and client/server database environments.
  • Skilled in designing, developing, maintaining, auditing, and securing database schemas and objects while ensuring data integrity and appropriate user access.
  • Ability to analyze user and system requirements, collaborate with Infrastructure DBAs, and develop database solutions that support application and business needs.
  • Knowledge of application database administration, database performance, backup and recovery, monitoring, and database availability practices.
  • Skilled in troubleshooting database issues, optimizing SQL queries and database objects, and supporting application deployments and system integrations.
  • Ability to work with developers, system administrators, and business users to resolve database-related issues, implement changes, and maintain reliable application database environments.

Desired KSA

  • Be a positive, self-motivated, and proactive person with the ability to adapt to change and tolerate stressful situations
  • Candidate must communicate effectively with team members, team lead, management, and government customers
  • Must have the ability and desire to research and develop creative solutions to unique problems with minimal supervision

Minimum Training, Education, and Certifications

  • Five (5) years of progressive experience with database query languages and technologies, including Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Server, and MS Access.
  • At least three (3) years of hands-on experience and expertise in database schema management.
  • Experience working with multiple operating systems and programming languages.
  • Experience supporting at least two projects within a large organization involving the administration, operation, maintenance, and security of large-scale databases.
  • OCA or relevant certification
  • 8570 Baseline IAT Level II

Minimum Clearance

  • Secret

Physical Requirements

  • Required to stand, walk and sit; communicate verbally both in person and by telephone; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms. Regularly required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Physical demands associated with this position include extensive walking (including stairs) throughout offices and between buildings. May require use of public transportation, personal or Government vehicle to drive to local and/or remote office locations.

Additional Requirements

  • Other duties as assigned

ESM provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identification or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.

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- Required to stand, walk and sit; communicate verbally both in person and by telephone; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms. Regularly required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. - Physical demands associated with this position include extensive walking (including stairs) throughout offices and between buildings. May require use of public transportation, personal or Government vehicle to drive to local and/or remote office locations. Additional Requirements
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