Sr. Database Administrator

Job Description

Company: Accenture Federal Services
Location: Washington, DC
Workplace Type: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time (implied)
Pay / Compensation: $102,300 – $203,400 USD (applicable for specified states and cities)

About the Role

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivering expert database administration support across Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL environments within a mid‑ to large‑scale enterprise setting.
• Perform daily database health checks, validates backups, proactively monitors datacenter resources, resolves issues, and implements preventative measures.
• Support full lifecycle activities including planning, coordinating, and executing release notices, performing authorized maintenance, and deploying new servers or databases.
• Contribute heavily to operational excellence through dynamic user‑issue documentation, bi‑weekly updates, task‑based procedural documentation, and improvements to current infrastructure processes.
• Manage team ticket queues as needed.
• Onboard new team members.
• Participate in weekly meetings and help drive enhancements in training, user documentation, and support tools.

Requirements & Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in database administration
• Strong to expert-level knowledge of Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL databases and applications
• Ability to provide dynamic problem documentation (definition, resolution, reporting)
• Ability to support scheduled after‑hours maintenance
• Experience serving as queue manager to assign incoming tickets
• Industry experience developing, deploying, and supporting database systems at scale
• Full project lifecycle experience: design, development, implementation, documentation
• Experience with Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Linux familiarity required
• Understanding of enterprise systems management (configuration management, ESD, etc.)
• Knowledge of scalability principles, economies of scale, and cost-of-ownership impacts
• Broad understanding of cloud technologies, applications, and protocols (TCP/IP, Active Directory, Oracle/Postgres/SQL DBs, Apache Tomcat, MS IIS)
• U.S. Citizen

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

(Not Specified)

Benefits & Perks

• Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits through company resources.

Eligibility Requirements: U.S. Citizen

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is: $102,300 – $203,400 USD