Database Admin Principal

Job Description

Description

SAIC has an opening for a Principal Database Administrator to join our talented, dynamic team. The key responsibilities for this position include:
 
- Identify user requirements, implementing computer databases, and testing and coordinating modifications to the computer database systems 
- Enhance the quality of data in existing repositories and prepare the data for migration to a new system 
- Evaluate data quality, consistency, and adherence to standards 
- Ensure system performance, comprehend the platform on which the database runs, and add new users to the system 
- Formulate plans for data quality enhancements and mature existing data holdings to align with the overarching client strategy
- Assistance with on-boarding of new partners for data migration needs
- Serve as a database administrator on both Oracle and SQL Server databases, in both development and production environments
- Performance tune enterprise production database
- Perform and manage data replication using Oracle GoldenGate
 
 
 

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) 
- 5 years of relevant experience 
- Must be able to successfully undergo a Veterans Affairs Minimum Background Investigation (VA MBI)
 
Required Skills for the position:

- Proficiency as an Oracle DBA 
- Proficiency as a SQL Server DBA
- Experience with Oracle GoldenGate administration (setup and maintenance of Extracts and Replicate to processes filter and replicate data at the very least)
- Experience with Oracle Advanced Data Guard setup, configuration, monitoring and debugging
- Experience with SSIS and T-SQL as an ETL solution
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
- Strong attention to detail and thoroughness in completing work tasks
- Strong time management skills, and ability to adjust to change
- Team player with an ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines
- High degree of self-motivation to learn and creative “out of the box” thinker”
- Strong listening skills, strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to be part of a production support on-call rotation
 
Preferred Skills for this position:
- Experience with Power BI
- Data modeling experience using E/R Studio, Erwin or Toad Data Modeler
- Experience with database physical design, emphasizing stability and scalability
- Experience with database performance tuning, optimization
- Experience with backup and recovery concepts, tools and implementation
- Experience working in an Agile environment using Kanban
- Experience implementing technology projects in the Federal space preferably Veterans Affairs
- Knowledge of the following:
       o GitHub
       o Jira
- Other DBA-related certifications

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a respectful work culture based on diversity, equity, and inclusion that values all contributors. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.