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Senior Database Administrator TS/SCI Poly

Pay
$154,050–278,475/yearAnnual period assumed — pay source
Pay Range: Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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Before you apply

Work authorization
Citizens onlyClearance Required: Must have TS/SCI with Polygraph

What you’ll work on

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  • Implement and maintain DISA STIGs for Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra and MongoDB

  • Perform vulnerability scans and remediate database security weaknesses

  • Support RMF processes and contribute to ATO packages

  • Conduct security readiness reviews and document POA&M items

  • Troubleshoot, resolve and recover database problems

From the employer’s posting
Implement and maintain DISA STIGs for platforms Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra and/or MONGO DB.
Perform vulnerability scans, analyze findings, and remediate security weaknesses.
Support Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes and contribute to Authority to Operate (ATO) packages.
Conduct routine security readiness reviews and document Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) items.
Troubleshoot and resolve database problems. Perform database recovery actions.

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Preferred experience

  • Experience with real-time, highly available data replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, Oracle GoldenGate, Sybase Replication Server.
  • Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and/or as a member of an Agile team.
  • Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.
  • Experience with MongoDB and/or Cassandra.
Qualification wording
Experience with real-time, highly available data replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, Oracle GoldenGate, Sybase Replication Server.
Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and/or as a member of an Agile team.
Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.
Experience with MongoDB and/or Cassandra.
Education & alternatives
Basic Qualifications - Masters with 15 – 20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13 – 16 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree. - In-depth experience implementing and maintaining database security controls.
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Sep 15, 202657 days ago
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How this job compares

Pay

Higher than most similar jobs

$154K–$278K against $127K–$190K, the middle half of what similar US postings state.

From 2,229 postings in the last year. Stated ranges, not salaries paid.

Time since we first saw it

Day 57

Up longer than most. Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 55.

Well past Leidos’s usual: its jobs come down by about day 27.

From 13,018 similar postings that came down, and 307 of Leidos’s. Coming down is not always a hire.

Leidos is hiring

41 open jobs

Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.

  • Data Engineer hiring is picking up
  • Takes jobs down at a usual pace
  • 20% of open jobs were reposted
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  • SQL
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • NoSQL
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
Where the posting names them
- Modify existing database scripts to enhance systems support and create new database scripts for recurring database issues. - Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests. Basic Qualifications
- Must have hands-on experience installing, configuring, and upgrading RDBMS software. - Must have experience with procedural languages such as PL/SQL. - Clearance Required: Must have TS/SCI with Polygraph.
- Extensive, in-depth knowledge of databases, with primary focus on Oracle and other relational and non-relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB. - Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general. - Experience with MongoDB and/or Cassandra.
- Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and/or as a member of an Agile team. - Extensive, in-depth knowledge of databases, with primary focus on Oracle and other relational and non-relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB. - Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.
- Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general. - Experience with MongoDB and/or Cassandra. At Leidos, the opportunities are boundless. We challenge our staff with interesting assignments that allow them to thrive professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business. We look forward to learning more about you – apply today.
Primary Responsibilities - Implement and maintain DISA STIGs for platforms Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra and/or MONGO DB. - Perform vulnerability scans, analyze findings, and remediate security weaknesses.
- In-depth experience implementing and maintaining database security controls. - In-depth experience applying Oracle CPU patches, IAVA patches, and other database products. - In-depth experience with Linux security as it relates to Oracle databases.
- In-depth experience applying Oracle CPU patches, IAVA patches, and other database products. - In-depth experience with Linux security as it relates to Oracle databases. - In-depth experience troubleshooting and resolving database problems and issues.

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Has Leidos posted this job before?

Yes. We’ve followed one other Senior Database Administrator TS/SCI Poly job there since August 2026. It is still up.

  1. Annapolis JunctionStill up after 77 days, first seen Aug 26
  2. This jobUp 57 days so far, first seen Sep 15

About Leidos

People
About 37,274 in 2024.Benefit plan filings (Form 5500)
Company
Listed as LDOS.
H-1B visas
22 approved for new hires in fiscal 2025.US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Demand for Data Engineer roles

New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 7% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.

Weekly new Data Engineer postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 834, the most 1,323, and the latest week had 1,323.
August 17Last week

Each bar is one week of new postings. The darkest bars are the last 6 weeks.

Counted from the hiring pages we’ve followed for at least five weeks, so employers we add don’t look like growth. Updated weekly.

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.

Job description

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Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Sr. Database Administrator in our Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in National Security!  

A Sr. Database Administrator is needed to support a large, complex, fast-paced, operational program. The selected individual will assess, audit, analyze, validate, and report database Security Requirements Guide (SRG) and STIG vulnerabilities while ensuring security controls are implemented in accordance with DoD, DISA, and cybersecurity policies and procedures. They will evaluate discrepancies against applicable policies, directives, and database SRG/STIG requirements, and document recommended additions, deletions, or revisions.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Implement and maintain DISA STIGs for platforms Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra and/or MONGO DB.

  • Perform vulnerability scans, analyze findings, and remediate security weaknesses.

  • Support Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes and contribute to Authority to Operate (ATO) packages.

  • Conduct routine security readiness reviews and document Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) items.

  • Collaborate with Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) to validate and report compliance.

  • Review database SRG and/or STIGs as updates are released, and report changes with the potential to have significant impact.

  • Determine the impact and risk of submitted change requests prior to implementation and participate in meetings to provide cyber oversight for web changes that affect the level of risk.

  • Perform system updates and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) patching.

  • Troubleshoot and resolve database problems.

  • Perform database recovery actions.

  • Modify existing database scripts to enhance systems support and create new database scripts for recurring database issues.

  • Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests.

Basic Qualifications

  • Masters with 15 – 20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13 – 16 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree.

  • In-depth experience implementing and maintaining database security controls.

  • In-depth experience applying Oracle CPU patches, IAVA patches, and other database products.

  • In-depth experience with Linux security as it relates to Oracle databases.

  • In-depth experience troubleshooting and resolving database problems and issues.

  • Must have hands-on experience installing, configuring, and upgrading RDBMS software.

  • Must have experience with procedural languages such as PL/SQL.

  • Clearance Required: Must have TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with real-time, highly available data replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, Oracle GoldenGate, Sybase Replication Server.

  • Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and/or as a member of an Agile team.

  • Extensive, in-depth knowledge of databases, with primary focus on Oracle and other relational and non-relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

  • Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.

  • Experience with MongoDB and/or Cassandra.

At Leidos, the opportunities are boundless. We challenge our staff with interesting assignments that allow them to thrive professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business. We look forward to learning more about you – apply today.

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Original Posting:

September 14, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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Pay Range: Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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Annapolis Junction, MD

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