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Subject Matter Expert - DBA

Global Alliant IncUnited States🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

Elevate your career with this high-impact Subject Matter Expert role at Global Alliant Inc, where you will enjoy the flexibility of a fully remote environment paired with a competitive $120,000 annual salary. This position is perfect for a seasoned database professional ready to leverage their advanced scripting and cloud expertise to drive critical mission support. Apply today to secure this excellent opportunity to grow your skills within a dynamic team.

Quick overview

Salary$120k/yr
SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeRemote
LocationUnited States
MySQLOracleSQLGitAWSEncryptionBashCloudFormationGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsPythonPostgreSQLSQL ServerCI/CDLinux

Job description

Subject Matter Expert 1 - DBA to support HHS OCSS

Up to $120,000/year on W2

General guidelines:

  • Fully remote ‘work from home’ role
  • Must be working from within the United States
  • Must be resident of the US for at least the last 3 years
  • Must be able to obtain and retain a Public Trust Clearance
  • Must not have worked on the OCSS Program at any time in the past

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 8 years of relevant professional experience;
  • Advanced scripting expertise including bash and Python for database administration and CloudFormation for deployments.
  • Demonstrated experience with developing logical and physical data models, data/information exchange models, standards, or tools in a PostgreSQL database environment.
  • Extensive database administration experience with PostgreSQL running on Amazon RDS.
  • Database administration experience with one or more of MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle.
  • Experience in evaluating data architecture & data models and communicating recommendations to the program team.
  • Experience managing database replication and Change Data Capture (CDC) preferably in PostgreSQL using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS).
  • Solid understanding of High Availability and Resiliency architecture (Multi-AZ and Multi-Region deployment architecture)
  • Advanced experience in a Linux environment.
  • Experience in an AWS environment.
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills.
  • Experience with database security and compliance controls, including FISMA/FedRAMP requirements, encryption at rest and in transit (SSL/TLS), role-based access control (RBAC), and audit logging using pgAudit.
  • Advanced expertise with PostgreSQL query performance tuning, including use of EXPLAIN, index design and optimization, and autovacuum configuration.
  • Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline) for database deployments; familiarity with database migration tools such as Liquibase or Flyway.
  • Demonstrated performance leading IT services delivery and achieving service level agreements.
  • Strong focus on automation and documentation.

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