PostgreSQL Database Administrator

Oracle + Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 20, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Leidos
Location: Ashburn, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $107,900.00 – $195,050.00

About the Role

The National Security Sector within Leidos is seeking a PostgreSQL Database Administrator with strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile experience to support the Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) within Customs and Border Protection (CBP). PSPD supports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP critical missions, specifically screening and processing travelers at the ports of entry into the United States. In this hands-on position, you will work collaboratively to architect, design, build, deliver, and enhance highly available, scalable, real-time systems.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Technical Planning & Integration: Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and support ability and effectiveness analyzes.
  • Schema Design & Implementation: Designs and implements database schemas and structures according to project requirements.
  • Environment Documentation: Develops and maintains documentation for database environments, including data standards and procedures.
  • Capacity Planning: Plans for storage requirements and database growth, and scale infrastructure as needed.
  • Developer Collaboration: Collaborates with developers to optimize queries, stored procedures, and database design for applications.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Education & Experience: 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.
  • PostgreSQL Expertise: 4+ years’ experience tuning Aurora PostgreSQL database performance and PL/pgSQL scripts to optimize performance, managing multiple databases of over 70TB in a 24×7 environment.
  • Oracle DBA Background: 4+ years’ experience as an Oracle DBA in a 24×7 environment supporting databases of over 200TB, with proficiency in tuning Oracle databases and troubleshooting performance issues.
  • Operational Availability: Able to support on-call schedule and incident resolution.
  • Security Clearance: U.S. Citizen with the ability to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • Experience with the migration of Oracle to Aurora PostgreSQL (over 70TB migrating from Oracle to Aurora).
  • Experience using Generative AI to tune SQL statements.
  • Experience with CBP Java, Struts, Hibernate, JSF, Swing, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Angular, and other AWS data-related services.
  • Experience with CI/CD, SecDevOps, and Git source code repositories (GitLab, GitHub).

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Competitive compensation packages
  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave and Retirement

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.

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