Database Administrator

GovCIO LLC seeks a Database Administrator to support federal IT modernization projects. You will design, implement, and maintain secure, highly available databases in cloud and on-prem environments, optimize performance, and ensure data integrity and backup/recovery. Partner with developers, cybersecurity, and data teams to tune queries, manage releases, and automate routine tasks. You'll apply DoD/FedRAMP security practices, support audits, and troubleshoot production issues in a mission-driven, agile setting that emphasizes collaboration, learning, and work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain secure, highly available databases in cloud and on-prem environments

• Monitor and optimize database performance, queries, and indexing to support mission-critical applications

• Implement and manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies

• Ensure database security, access controls, and compliance with federal and agency standards

• Collaborate with development and Dev

• Ops teams on schema design, releases, and automation

• Troubleshoot and resolve production database incidents and performance issues

• Create and maintain documentation, standards, and runbooks for database operations

• Support audits and reporting related to data security, availability, and compliance Required Skills

• Database administration

• SQL performance tuning

• Backup and recovery

• High availability/replication

• Cloud databases (AWS/Azure)

• Database security and auditing

• Scripting (Power

• Shell/Bash)

• Database monitoring tools

• Data modeling

• Change and release management