Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

MySQL, Oracle + Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 17, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: DecisionPoint Corporation
Location: Remote US
Workplace Type: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Senior Database Administrator for a secure federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This is a fully remote role responsible for installing, configuring, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise database platforms while ensuring high availability, security, and mission readiness.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Install, configure, and maintain enterprise database platforms.
  • Manage database patching, upgrades, and schema updates.
  • Perform indexing and query plan optimization to resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Architect and manage high availability (HA), clustering, replication, and failover solutions.
  • Implement and test robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery (DR) procedures.
  • Enforce RMF security controls (AU, AC, SC), STIGs, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
  • Collaborate with application developers on stored procedures, data modeling, and performance tuning.
  • Lead vulnerability remediation, create technical documentation, and maintain operational runbooks.
  • Mentor junior database administrators.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret security clearance (Tier 5).
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
  • 10+ years of database administration experience in enterprise environments.
  • Proven hands-on expertise in high availability, clustering, replication, failover, backup, and recovery.
  • Proficiency in relational database platforms including Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and MySQL.
  • Strong skills in SQL optimization, auditing, logging, encryption, and enterprise monitoring tools.
  • CompTIA Security+ certification required.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Familiarity with AWS RDS / Aurora and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
  • Relevant certifications such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or AWS Database Specialty.

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