Senior Database Specialist

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? Unleash your potential at Leidos, where we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer's success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading! The Digital Modernization Sector brings together our digital transformation and IT programs, allowing us to better serve our customers through scale and repeatability. - We are seeking a talented and energetic candidate to work with the best and brightest employees around the country in creating innovative all-encompassing solutions for our programs. You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment, enjoy flexible work arrangements, and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth. In this role, you will gain many intangible skills, such as time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving, the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner, as well as solve complex problems using available tools. We are seeking a highly skilled senior Database Specialist to join our Specialized Services team supporting the Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI) Facilities and Real Estate Division (FRED) IT. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and proficiency in relational database technology and with Oracle. Primary Responsibilities: Provide support for Oracle OEM, SQL server, IBM Db2, and Microsoft Dataverse. Coordinate with the Government technical manager on database administration activities. Perform authorization, review, and user account management. Provide database administration support to include patching, upgrading, provisioning, decommissioning, performance tuning, contingency planning and execution, backups, restores, testing, and cloning. Manage data/exchange schemas and assist stakeholders with data extraction, transformation, mapping, and ensuring data from enterprise systems are aligned with data structures in other enterprise systems. Ensure backups are performed in accordance with all system security plans. Manage backend storage volumes for databases (Oracle, Db2, SQL), manage user permissions, respond to DB alerts/alarms from OEM and Nagios, and respond to data calls. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a related field with 12 years experience. May be possible to substitute experience for degree. Strong understanding and experience with SQL. Includes writing, optimizing and troubleshooting queries. Proficiency with SQL server database systems, including installation, configuration, and maintenance. Oracle and Oracle OEM expertise; experience in designing, implementing, managing, monitoring, and maintaining relational databases. Ability to resolve performance bottlenecks in Oracle databases. Knowledge of backup and recovery strategies and tools for Oracle databases. Proficiency with ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and tools. Experience with Linux operating systems for database server environments. Familiarity with cloud-based databases. Experience with data warehousing concepts. Preferred Qualifications: Proficiency with Microsoft Dataverse Original Posting: March 27, 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 $85,150.00 - $153,925.00 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. Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500 innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenue of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information visit www.Leidos.com. Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here. Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to .... 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