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Microsoft Certified: Microsoft SQL or DB2 Database Administrator related; Oracle Certified Professional. The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. What We Offer: Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
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US citizens onlyUS Citizenship is required

What you’ll work on

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  • Plan and run at least three mock migrations before the production cutover

  • Design and implement replication supporting a 4-hour RTO and 4-hour RPO

  • Archive legacy data to the data warehouse and manage hot and cold storage

  • Perform and validate regular backups and test disaster recovery yearly

  • Maintain the MREF data dictionary for BI and data warehouse work

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Execute at least three mock data migration runs prior to Go-Live
Design and implement data replication supporting the 4-hour RTO and 4-hour RPO
Archive and store original system data in the data warehouse in hot storage
Perform and validate regular backups per the clients retention and recovery policy.
Contribute to creation and maintenance of the MREF data dictionary

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

  • 8 years as a Database Administrator, including database design
  • Microsoft SQL Server or DB2 and Oracle administration
  • Bachelor's degree, or 4 more years of relevant experience in place of it
  • US citizenship
  • Active and maintained Top Secret Federal or DoD security clearance
Qualification wording
Eight years of experience as a Database Administrator, including database design.
Microsoft SQL Server or DB2 and Oracle administration
Bachelor's degree (FOUR (4) additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for formal education or advanced degree).
US Citizenship is required.
An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TOP SECRET Federal or DoD security clearance

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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Oct 28, 20266 days ago
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What You Will Do: Supporting a premier law enforcement agency, the Database Administrator will lead the migration and on-going support of the MREF database architecture, the Oracle to Microsoft SQL or DB2 migration, data migration execution, and the backup and recovery posture. - Support and execute the migration of the Oracle database to MSSQL or DB2
- Eight years of experience as a Database Administrator, including database design. - Microsoft SQL Server or DB2 and Oracle administration - Bachelor's degree (FOUR (4) additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for formal education or advanced degree).
- Eight (8) years of database administration experience, including three (3) years supporting IBM Maximo, MREF, or TRIRIGA databases and two (2) years in a Federal accredited environment. - Microsoft SQL Server, DB2 and Oracle administration at enterprise scale, including cross-platform migration from Oracle to Microsoft SQL or DB2 - TRIRIGA and MREF schema structures; performance tuning and execution plan analysis.
- Data retention, archival, hot and cold storage tiering, and legacy data preservation for decommissioning. - Microsoft Certified: Microsoft SQL or DB2 Database Administrator related; Oracle Certified Professional. The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. What We Offer:
Supporting a premier law enforcement agency, the Database Administrator will lead the migration and on-going support of the MREF database architecture, the Oracle to Microsoft SQL or DB2 migration, data migration execution, and the backup and recovery posture. - Support and execute the migration of the Oracle database to MSSQL or DB2 - Develop the Data Migration Plan covering data inventory, mapping, transfer rules, data cleansing strategy, staging validation, rollback procedures, and government acceptance criteria.

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Has Guidehouse posted this job before?

Yes. We’ve followed one other Database Administrator job there since August 2026. It came down after 3 days.

  1. RockvilleCame down after 3 days, first seen Aug 17
  2. This jobUp 7 days so far, first seen Oct 28

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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Job Family:

Database Administration


Travel Required:

None


Clearance Required:

Active Top Secret (TS)

What You Will Do:

Supporting a premier law enforcement agency, the Database Administrator will lead the migration and on-going support of the MREF database architecture, the Oracle to Microsoft SQL or DB2 migration, data migration execution, and the backup and recovery posture.

  • Support and execute the migration of the Oracle database to MSSQL or DB2
  • Develop the Data Migration Plan covering data inventory, mapping, transfer rules, data cleansing strategy, staging validation, rollback procedures, and government acceptance criteria.
  • Execute at least three mock data migration runs prior to Go-Live and validate migration accuracy in staging with government-approved reconciliation reports before any production migration event.
  • Coordinate production migration timing with project leads to minimize operational impact and execute the data movement from the government data center to the cloud environment at cutover.
  • Archive and store original system data in the data warehouse in hot storage per the client's data retention policy, with potential migration to cold storage, and preserve legacy TRIRIGA data for reporting needs during decommissioning.
  • Design and implement data replication supporting the 4-hour RTO and 4-hour RPO and create required materialized and business views and replication to the data warehouse and reporting systems.
  • Perform and validate regular backups per the clients retention and recovery policy.
  • Maintain and annually test disaster recovery and business continuity procedures.
  • Provide ongoing database support in sustainment and contribute the database internal data flow and backup descriptions and diagrams to the as-built architecture.
  • Contribute to creation and maintenance of the MREF data dictionary supporting the business intelligence and data warehouse efforts.


What You Will Need:

  • Eight years of experience as a Database Administrator, including database design.
  • Microsoft SQL Server or DB2 and Oracle administration
  • Bachelor's degree (FOUR (4) additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for formal education or advanced degree).
  • US Citizenship is required.
  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TOP SECRET Federal or DoD security clearance


What Would Be Nice To Have:

  • Eight (8) years of database administration experience, including three (3) years supporting IBM Maximo, MREF, or TRIRIGA databases and two (2) years in a Federal accredited environment.
  • Microsoft SQL Server, DB2 and Oracle administration at enterprise scale, including cross-platform migration from Oracle to Microsoft SQL or DB2
  • TRIRIGA and MREF schema structures; performance tuning and execution plan analysis.
  • ETL and bulk data migration tooling, staging design, rollback procedures, and reconciliation reporting.
  • Replication design supporting defined RTO and RPO objectives; materialized and business view design.
  • Encryption, database auditing, and privileged access separation of duties under FBI IT security policy.
  • Data retention, archival, hot and cold storage tiering, and legacy data preservation for decommissioning.
  • Microsoft Certified: Microsoft SQL or DB2 Database Administrator related; Oracle Certified Professional.

 

The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.


What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

  • Parental Leave

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

  • Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

  • Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

  • Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

  • Care.com annual membership

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com.  Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse.  Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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Microsoft Certified: Microsoft SQL or DB2 Database Administrator related; Oracle Certified Professional. The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. What We Offer: Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
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