Database Administrator (REMOTE)

Job Description

Sierra7, Inc. is seeking a Database Administrator to join a team providing full DEVOPS lifecycle support and services to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  This program will consolidate, reengineer, and sustain a suite of Veteran-facing processes. The candidate must be able to create, implement and manage expansive database administration programs.  The Database Administrator must have experience reviewing database performance trends and identifying opportunities for improvement. The candidate must be able to build databases in accordance with business requirements. 

Sierra7 is a US Small Business Administration (SBA) and Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)-verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOSB) who provides Federal clients system and technology integration, program management, business process optimization, and enterprise solutions. 

Position Responsibilities: 

• Design, architect, and build databases translating from business requirements into DB designs

o Database design, database modeling, performance tuning, disaster recovery, replication, database documentation

o Work closely with programming staff on database design to meet business requirements

o Query performance tuning and database optimization

o Database Normalization and denormalization  

• Ensure availability, security and integrity of assigned databases is at optimal performance 

• Installation and configuration database management software (DBMS) and additional patches or service packs

• Establish and monitor user access, security and database roles, privileges, and permissions

• Utilization of security and recovery control tools and practices for successful database performance

• Analyze business needs and user stories to identify database administration technical solutions 

• Participate in the requirements definition process to better understand the customer needs 

• Ensure developed work products in adherence to established security and quality control standards for database development 

• Collaborate with cross functional teams in Agile development 

• Debug and correct database code, accessibility, and performance errors of assigned databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, Liquibase, SQL, PL/sql, PL/pgSQL

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Demonstrated success as a Database Administrator 

• Experience in a variety of database management software applications (PostgreSQL, Oracle, Liquibase, SQL, PL/sql, PL/pgSQL, AWS database offerings

o Experience performing a variety of database administration tasks in PostgreSQL (installation, maintenance, administration, migration, query tuning.

o Experience writing and troubleshooting complex stored procedures 

• DevOps experience working within a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery program

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience

• Experience maintaining database availability, security and integrity, performance of scheduled backups and database archiving methods

• Experience installing and configuring database management software (DBMS),  database performance, capacity, replication

• Experienced in development of integrity checks, maintenance plans, updates of statistics monitoring of database security, database access, and hardware resource utilization

• Experience performing database scheduled and emergency backups and backup logs

• Experience in data transformation across systems and installation/test new versions of database management systems

• Demonstrated, strong analytical capabilities and technical knowledge by providing supportable technical solutions

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Must be able to write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definition for data dictionaries

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering, or other engineering or technical discipline is required. (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

• Must have SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Liquibase and proven ability and expertise in the following:

• Database Design
• Database Modeling
• Performance Tuning
• Disaster Recovery
• Database Stored procedures
• Proficiency in SQL query and scrips 
• Database Replication
• Database Documentation

• SAFe development experience a plus

• Experience working in VA or other Government agency [desired]

• Agile / SAFe experience [desired]

• Ability to obtain a Government security clearance.

Additional Information

This is a full-time remote position.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans Disabled

Company Description

Who We Are

In today’s business environment, in trying to reach optimal success, unexpected obstacles and hurdles often present themselves that slow down operations, lower productivity and ultimately decrease advancement. At Sierra7, our expertise resides in partnering with clients nationwide to develop a targeted plan of managed solutions to assist in the enhancement of their results. We firmly believe in offering company specific assistance that’s flexible, yet also precisely planned and perfectly executed. Overall, with our continual investment in your core competencies using our proven methodologies and useful service tools, your business will be able to achieve a high ROI while never detracting from primary objectives, thus capitalizing in ultimate success.

Community Participation:

As a proud Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, our support similar businesses is unmatched. Sierra7 proudly supports our men and women in uniform through the following organizations:

•Armed Forces Foundation

•Wounded Warrior Foundation

•Semper Fi Fund

Services

Sierra7 is a recognized leader for providing value added business solutions through hands-on managed consulting in the most important areas. From expert technical advancement to superior management assistance in various disciplines, we offer companies a greater opportunity of growth and profitability through proven effective measures. With us, our carefully assembled team of professionals have the experience and background knowledge to understand what really drives success in a business. With our comprehensive understanding of today’s advanced methodologies coupled with the traditional standards business operations, we help address common complexities while delivering direct results.