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# Database Administrator

- **Company:** Accenture
- **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $81,000.0 - $154,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Databases, Data Manipulation Languages, Data Recovery, Software Debugging, PostgreSQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Recovery Manager (RMAN), Database Backup
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=aeb650f80deccee4

## About the Role

* Active Top Secret clearance and willingness to work 100% onsite in Washington, DC
 * Minimum of 5 years of DBA experience administering Oracle or Postgres databases (ideally both)
 * Experience with AWS/RDS/S3/DMS
 * Experience working with and debugging Oracle/Postgres databases, patching and upgrades
 * Experience conducting performance tuning and restoring on Oracle/Postgres databases
 * Experience with Oracle/Postgres database backup/recovery tools and techniques, such as Oracle RMAN and Flashback
 * Experience configuring Oracle/Postgres databases to meet federal security guidelines

Eligibility Requirements:

 * US Citizen

## Description

* Administer Oracle and Postgres databases Debug Oracle and Postgres databases Patch and upgrade Oracle and Postgres databases
 * Conduct performance tuning on Oracle and Postgres databases Resolve issues with Oracle and Postgres databases
 * Ideal candidate will have experience identifying and resolving performance or availability issues in databases
 * You will provide guidance and support to application developers in the creation and deployment of DML or DDL scripts in support of application maintenance or deployment


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