Database Administrator Principal

Clearance Level None Category IT Infrastructure and Operations Locations Remote, Working from Maryland

Remote, Based in District of Columbia

Remote, Based in West Virginia

Remote, Based in Virginia

Key Skills For Success Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Database Administration

Microsoft SQL Database

Oracle Database

##### REQ#:RQ227470

##### Public Trust:NACLC (T3)

##### Requisition Type:Regular

##### Your Impact

Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.

Job Description

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GDIT is seeking a Database Administrator Principal to support our National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) team in Rockville, MD.

The role centers on administering and supporting databases across SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL, including database design, security, performance tuning, patching, and backup/recovery, with additional focus on AWS RDS administration and PowerShell-based automation. The engineer works under general direction, applying established practices and standards, with some latitude to determine technical approach on assigned tasks.

This role is mostly remote put may require occasional onsite meetings. Local candidates strongly preferred.

This role requires the candidate to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. The investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, and other adjudications.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and administer databases, including security, access control, and documentation
• Administer and support SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL databases, including performance tuning, backup and recovery, patching, and troubleshooting
• Provision, manage, and monitor databases hosted o