Senior Database Engineer

The Repeatable Offerings Service Center (ROSC) at Leidos currently has an opening for a Senior Database Engineer to support our Blacksburg Virginia Enterprise IT Operations Center. This is a great opportunity to work with an elite team of database and systems professionals to maintain a secure environment for critical systems. Bring your own experience and work with our team to teach and learn while building, maintaining, and supporting our customer’s environments.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage database systems to include SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres and MySQL to support business applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity.
• Be able to provide cloud database solutions for customers using Azure or AWS.
• Perform database capacity planning and scalability assessments to accommodate future growth and optimize resource utilization.
• Maintain a strong understanding of Client/Server Architecture and how to securely deploy internally and externally.
• Monitor database systems to proactivity identify and resolve performance issues, bottlenecks, and data inconsistencies.
• Produce technical writing for both system integration and transition to operations teams.
• Work in hybrid multi-location operations team administering existing production environment.
• Implement and maintain database security measures to protect sensitive data, including access controls, encryption, and data masking techniques.
• Plan and execute database backups, disaster recovery procedures, and failover mechanisms to ensure data availability and business continuity for On-Prem and cloud solutions.
• Perform patch and security configuration activities to ensure databases under management are properly secured and up to date.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize database design and query performance and provide support for database-related application issues.
• Stay current with database technologies, trends, and best practices, and recommend improvements or new technologies to enhance database performance and functionality.
• Lead and mentor junior DBAs, providing technical guidance and sharing best practices.
• Communicate well with Executives, Managers, Peers, and Customers.
• Support tickets and manage incidents, service requests, and problems through their full life cycle.
• Perform incident analysis to determine possible cause and potential fix.
• Primary responsibility will be SQL Server SME with cloud database knowledge but there is an expectation to be able to support other database platforms (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) at some level.
• Available for on- call rotation (after clearance and first 90 days) every 2-3 weeks.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience or Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience, relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Proven experience as a Database Administrator managing enterprise-level databases.
• Familiarity with database security principles and best practices.
• Strong proficiency in database administration, including installation, configuration, backup and recovery, security, and performance tuning.
• In-depth knowledge of management tools and utilities for each database platform
• Experience high availability and disaster recovery solutions the different platforms
• Must have senior experience with Microsoft SQL.
• Familiarity with AWS RDS features, such as automated backups, multi-AZ deployments, and read replicas.
• Knowledge of structured and nonstructured database platforms
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex database issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• A US Citizen
•  Must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.
• Obtain a baseline 8570 certification [IAT Level II) CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP] within 3 months of hire date.
• Must be willing and available for on call rotation every 2-3 weeks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (ExamDP-300).
• Experience with SQL based (MSSQL, Oracle, PostGreSQL) and NoSQL (MangoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase).
• DoD secret clearance/Public Trust Clearance
• Has a 8570 Level II Security+ CE certification (i.e., Security +)

Original Posting:April 24, 2025

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 $104,650.00 - $189,175.00

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.