Database Administrator Architect

Database Administrator Architect Baltimore County MD, Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain Public Trust This role supports one of the greatest humanitarian programs ever established. The Database Admin Architect will ensure the reliability, security, and performance of large-scale PostgreSQL environments that power mission-critical federal operations., * Manage, maintain, secure, monitor, and optimize PostgreSQL databases for high availability and performance.

• Perform database monitoring, health checks, and performance tuning.
• Oversee installation, configuration, updates, and server patching.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries for analysis, transformation, and reporting.
• Architect scalable, secure, high-performance database solutions.
• Integrate PostgreSQL with AWS services including Lambda, S3, EC2, and Glue.
• Apply AWS security best practices (IAM, encryption, VPC, security groups).
• Design and implement backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and failover strategies (Multi-AZ, read replicas).
• Ensure compliance with federal security, privacy, and data-management policies.
• Provide guidance and support to junior and mid-level developers.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• 10+ years as a Database Admin/Architect
• Master’s + 5 years, Bachelor’s + 7 years, or 13+ years in lieu of a degree
• Ability to obtain/maintain Public Trust

• On-site in Woodlawn, MD, Monday-Friday Required Skills:

• PostgreSQL database management, data modeling, normalization, schema design
• Advanced SQL for analysis, transformation, and reporting
• Backup, disaster recovery, high availability, failover (Multi-AZ, read replicas)
• Database architecture, configuration, installation, backup, recovery
• AWS RDS PostgreSQL or similar cloud PostgreSQL platforms
• Logical and physical data modeling
• Server patching
• Splunk
• AWS performance tuning, indexing, caching, optimization
• AWS integration (Lambda, S3, EC2, Glue)

• IAM, encryption, CloudWatch, CloudTrail Desired Skills:

• Leadership in requirements gathering, solution design, and implementation
• Linux scripting for ETL automation and data migration
• Automated testing, TDD, CI/CD, performance analysis
• Architectural road-mapping and tactical planning
• Detail-oriented, consistent, error-free execution
• Federal/public-sector experience
• Strong communication and stakeholder translation skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines