Senior Database Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview:

At OAS, we're not just growing; we're soaring! As a dynamic management consulting firm, we specialize in powering the aviation industry forward. Our expertise? Crafting tailored strategies that blend cutting-edge technical solutions with deep organizational insights, all aimed at elevating our civilian and military aviation partners.

Job Summary:

The Senior Database Administrator provides advanced database engineering, administration, sustainment, and modernization support for FAA operational systems and infrastructure. The role supports configuration management, logistics coordination, systems test support, engineering support, maintenance, operational troubleshooting, help desk related issue resolution, and information system security activities associated with mission-critical infrastructure environments. This position is on site at either Atlantic City, NJ or Boonsboro, MD.

This position is responsible for supporting secure, high-performance relational and nonrelational databases and for maintaining resilient database services aligned to continuity of operations, failover, disaster recovery, and recovery validation requirements. The role includes active support for backup and recovery testing, RPO/RTO-related technical documentation, restoration testing, performance tuning, configuration baseline control, patching, and technical analysis of emerging modernization requirements.

The successful candidate must be comfortable supporting infrastructure that includes Linux, Windows, FAA data center, and cloud-connected environments, and supporting modernization planning that references virtualization, hybrid containerized architecture, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, logging, monitoring, CI/CD, RBAC, vulnerability scanning, and patching where these technologies are used within the FAA environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Database Engineering, Administration, and Optimization

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize secure, high-performance relational and nonrelational databases supporting operational and engineering objectives.
• Perform query tuning, performance optimization, capacity planning, schema support, backup and restoration planning, and technical troubleshooting to preserve database resilience and availability.
• Implement and support high-availability and disaster recovery capabilities such as replication, clustering, geo-redundancy, and automated failover, exactly as contemplated by the SOW database engineering support requirements.

Configuration Management and Baseline Control

• Define, manage, and track database-related configuration items, documentation, and approved baselines in alignment with FAA configuration management expectations.
• Support version-controlled changes, documentation of planned and tracked modifications, validation of implemented changes, and rollback planning for critical database-related changes.
• Support configuration audits and reporting activities verifying that the actual database environment matches documented baselines and approved system-state expectations.

Testing, Recovery, and Operational Readiness

• Support development and execution of test plans, procedures, schedules, and environments for functional, integration, regression, acceptance, migration, backup, recovery, and restoration testing.
• Document test results, discrepancy reports, corrective actions, and traceability to system requirements and operational expectations.
• Conduct backup and recovery testing, restoration testing, and support periodic DR drills and failover validation to ensure readiness during system or site-level disruptions.

Engineering, Modernization, and Platform Transition Support

• Support engineering activities involving high-availability distributed systems with integrated disaster recovery and failover requirements.
• Develop technical documentation for failover procedures, recovery point objectives (RPO), recovery time objectives (RTO), and restoration workflows required by the Program Office.
• Support platform modernization assessments and target-state planning involving virtualized infrastructure, hybrid containerized architecture, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, CI/CD, RBAC, password management, compliance tools, monitoring, and logging as directed by the Program Office.

Maintenance, Security, and Help Desk Support

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance, patch management, troubleshooting, and lifecycle support for database-related systems and dependencies.
• Monitor logs, alerts, telemetry, performance indicators, and ticketed issues to proactively identify operational concerns and reduce downtime.
• Support vulnerability identification, CVE/KEV analysis, asset correlation, risk prioritization, remediation recommendations, and quarterly security reporting activities tied to the information system security support task.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Science degree required
• 8 years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience directly reflecting database engineering, system engineering, technical operations, NAS-supporting systems, or closely related mission-aligned work products and activities.
• Demonstrated experience supporting secure, high-performance relational and/or nonrelational databases in mission-critical or operationally sensitive environments.
• Demonstrated experience supporting backup and recovery, disaster recovery validation, performance optimization, technical documentation, and troubleshooting of database-related platforms or services.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance during the entire period of performance.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting FAA, NAS, aviation, DoD, DHS, or other mission-critical operational environments with high uptime and resiliency expectations.
• Experience with Linux, Windows, FAA data center, and cloud-connected environments in support of infrastructure or database operations.
• Experience with replication, clustering, geo-redundancy, automated failover, backup/recovery workflows, RPO/RTO documentation, and restoration testing.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, CI/CD, RBAC, monitoring, logging, vulnerability scanning, and patching where those technologies are part of modernization planning or target-state transition activities.
• Familiarity with NIST, CISA, IEEE, CIS guidance, NVD, MITRE CVE List, and CISA KEV Catalog concepts in a federal security environment.

Work Requirements: This position is on site in either Atlantic City, NJ or Boonsboro, MD facility.

Travel: < 10%

EEO Statement:

Objective Area Solutions LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and building a workplace where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. OAS does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Objective Area Solutions LLC is committed to complying with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing reasonable accommodations of individuals, including not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities we will adhere to such accommodations. If you are a disabled individual or disabled Veteran and require a reasonable accommodation in applying for any posted position, please speak with your recruiter.