Senior Database Administrator - Fusion Technology
Washington, DC
About the Job
Who is Fusion Technology?
Fusion Technology is a performance-driven HUBZone Small Business concern residing in the heart of the beautiful mountainsides of West Virginia, steps away from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division's Headquarters. Founded in 2007 by an Engineer-by-trade, Fusion Technology dedicates our valuable resources to providing comprehensive IT services and solutions to mission-critical US Government programs and the Intel Community.
Position Location: Washington, DC with maybe some telework flexibility
Who are you?
Security-cleared Professional: You have made it through the process of receiving a United States government security clearance - congratulations! We know you are a trustworthy intel professional because you have an active Top Secret security clearance.
Education is important to us: You have a Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of experience implementing, performing tuning, and supporting databases with experience in PostgresSQL.
Experience is important to us:
- Experience performing general troubleshooting, database maintenance activities including backup and recovery, capacity planning, and managing user accounts.
- Experience in identifying and documenting risk areas and mitigation strategies for process and procedure activities.
- Experience in managing schemas, indexing, objects, and partitioning the tables.
- Experience in managing system configurations.
- Experience creating data design models, database architecture, and data repository design.
- Possess excellent oral and written communication skills and effectively communicate details with all levels of management.
- Possess the necessary people skills to identify requirements and deliver results.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior work experience with the Federal Bureau of Investigation is preferred.
- Experience with AWS services and capabilities such as Relational Database Service, Data Migration Service, CloudWatch monitoring and alerting, taking, maintaining, and restoring from snapshots, interpreting database logs, networking, and security group maintenance.
- Experience creating, managing, and implementing PostgreSQL extensions and experience with pgAdmin.
- Experience performing data migrations and database conversions (e.g., Oracle to PostgreSQL).
What you'll do: Day-to-day expectations are to work as part of the infrastructure team to ensure optimal operation of each of the databases across our AWS environment, to include performance tuning and support development teams in line with client requirements. Proactive and able to identify troubleshoot issues, proposing solutions in coordination with broader teams.
What matters to you matters to us.
Fusion Technology values its employees and works hard to ensure proper care for them and their families. We desire to compensate employees in a competitive, motivational, fair, and equitable way with other employers in the marketplace. Salary is only one component of employee compensation but an integral part of recruiting and retaining qualified employees. However, at Fusion Technology, we take a comprehensive approach and consider each employee's needs to tailor a compensation plan that provides financial security and peace of mind. Our competitive package includes a best-in-class matching 401K program, a comprehensive healthcare plan through Cigna, a competitive employer contribution to a health savings account, vision and dental plans, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and personal leave, in addition to paid certifications and training.
Fusion Technology LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce. 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.