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In this hands-on position, you will work collaboratively to architect, design, build, deliver, and enhance highly available, scalable, real-time systems. You will exercise your judgment in determining and recommending the best designs based on customer business objectives, timelines and other resource constraints. You will participate in and/or direct major deliverable of projects through all aspects of the software development life cycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit and integration testing., * Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and support ability and effectiveness analyzes.
- Designs and implements database schemas and structures according to project requirements.
- Develops and maintains documentation for database environments, including data standards and procedures.
- Plans for storage requirements and database growth, and scale infrastructure as needed.
- Collaborates with developers to optimize queries, stored procedures, and database design for applications.
- Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and the ability to work independently with little supervision., All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws. Related Jobs PostgreSQL Database Administrator Leidos
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Requirements
- BS/BA degree and 8+ years of prior relevant DBA experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant DBA experience; OR 4 years of experience in lieu of degree
- 4+ years’ experience tuning Aurora PostgreSQL database performance and PL/pgSQL scripts to optimize performance
- 4+ years’ experience as an AWS Aurora PostgreSQL DBA in a 24x7 environment managing multiple databases of over 70TB.
- Individual must have at least 4+ years’ experience as an Oracle DBA in a 24x7 environment supporting databases of over 200TB
- Proficiency in tuning Oracle Databases and troubleshooting performance issues.
- Able to support on-call schedule and incident resolution.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, & PowerPoint)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- U.S. Citizen.
- Must be able to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start
Preferred Qualifications:
- Migration of Oracle to Aurora PostgreSQL with over 70TB migrating from Oracle to Aurora
- Experience using Generative AI to tune SQL statements
- Experience with CBP
- Java Experience
- Experience with other AWS data related services
- Experience with any of the following: Struts, Hibernate, Java, JSF, Swing, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Angular.
- Experience with CI/CD, SecDevOps, Git source code repository (GitLab, GitHub)
Benefits & conditions
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 at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .
About the company
If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares., Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
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