Senior Database Administrator

VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our dynamic and innovative team in Chantilly, VA.

• Primary responsibilities:
  Overall responsibilities include performing all necessary procedures for several databases across environments. Specific development, test, and production responsibilities will include:
  * Install and maintain database software hosted on AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) or directly on EC2 instances
  * Providing team with database schema designs adhering to relational database and cloud best practices for active-active deployments in the cloud
  * Providing corporate applications with DBA consultation and technical support
  * Evaluate and update dataset designs for improved performance
  * Maintain database documents, SOP, patch release history, confluence pages and other records as needed
  * Support database security hardening
  * Address and troubleshoot technical problems
  * Perform routine database patching and upgrades

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
  * Required BS degree and 13+ years of prior relevant experience or MS degree with 10-13 years of prior experience
  * Knowledgeable in delivering enterprise database solutions in the AWS cloud
  * Prior experience reading and developing solutions to customer requirements
  * Experience with database technologies, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and/or Aurora
  * Knowledgeable of and ability to work with developers to support the eventual consistency model
  * Ability to identify vulnerabilities from scans and propose and implement solution to resolve vulnerabilities
  * Experience in implementing and managing backups
  * Knowledge of consistency, availability, and partition tolerance for making informed decisions about the database architecture and its behavior during a network partition