Senior Database Administrator

Peraton

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$104,000–$166,000/yr

Benefits

Similar Jobs

See all

Responsibilities:

  • Operate and maintain production database services on AWS (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, OpenSearch) with high availability and disaster recovery.
  • Define and monitor SLIs/SLOs for database performance, lead incident response, and perform root-cause analysis.
  • Automate database operations using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and scripting (Python, Bash).

Qualifications:

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain Public Trust clearance; Bachelor's degree and 8+ years experience or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of production database administration on AWS with hands-on experience in backup, recovery, and disaster recovery.
  • DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification required; AWS Database Specialty and Terraform certifications preferred.

Technologies:

  • AWS data services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache) and core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, KMS, Secrets Manager).
  • Relational databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server; advanced SQL, query optimization, and schema design.
  • Observability tools: Dynatrace, Datadog, OpenTelemetry; automation: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, Jenkins, Liquibase.

Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence as a mission capability integrator and enterprise IT provider for government agencies and the U.S. armed forces. The company values innovation, supports a diverse workforce, and employs a large team dedicated to protecting the nation.

Apply for This Position