General Dynamics Information Technology · 6 hours ago
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR SENIOR
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$106K/yr - $144K/yr
3+ years expGeneral Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company. They are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to support the New York State Department of Health Medicaid Management Information System, playing a crucial role in planning strategic direction and maintaining high volume databases.
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Responsibilities
Support the New York State (NYS) Department of Heath Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) program
Join our talented Architecture Team with oversight of the information architecture
Play a crucial role in the planning strategic direction and define the guiding principles that shape our software, data and technology adoption practices
Be a part of the DBA team supporting the NYS MMIS
Responsible for the maintenance and support of multiple high volume multi-terabyte DB2 LUW, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and DB2 z/OS databases
Work with the development team to understand requirements and create structures to accommodate them
Responsible for trouble shooting and database and SQL performance tuning
Qualification
Required
3 + years of related experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred
3+ years of database experience in a distributed environment; Mainframe and Open Systems are required
Strong SQL proficiency and hands-on database administration experience
Performance tuning and optimization (indexing strategy, query tuning, execution plan analysis)
Database backup and recovery design and execution
High availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) configuration and support
Monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning for production databases
Scripting for automation (SQL, Bash, or Python)
DB2 (LUW) administration experience, including: DB2 HADR configuration and management, Tablespace, buffer pool, and storage optimization, Backup/restore operations using db2backup/db2restore, Performance troubleshooting via db2pd, snapshot monitors, db2expl
Ability to design, implement, and maintain secure database environments
Understanding of RBAC, least-privilege access, and secure authentication practices
Experience with patching, vulnerability remediation, and secure configuration baselines
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including root-cause analysis
Ability to create clear documentation and operational runbooks
Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, DevOps/SRE, and security teams
Ability to work effectively in fast-paced environments and participate in on-call rotations
Strong ownership mindset and commitment to database reliability and performance
Experience in a high-volume mission critical environment with strict performance Service Levels
Preferred
Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK)
Airflow or other workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Prefect, Dagster)
Advanced database security practices: Audit logging, database activity monitoring, Data masking, tokenization, field-level encryption, Key management (KMS/HSM), certificate rotation, Understanding of compliance frameworks (HIPAA, NIST800)
Experience with event streaming and CDC
Exposure to DB2 pureScale or advanced clustering architectures
Advanced MongoDB experience (sharding, advanced performance tuning)
MongoDB administrative experience, including replica sets, indexing, query tuning, basic security configuration, and backup/restore
Managing database disaster recovery
Experience with healthcare claims processing desirable
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Variety of medical plan options
Some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
Full flex work weeks
Variety of paid time off plans
Vacation
Sick and personal time
Holidays
Paid parental
Military
Bereavement and jury duty leave
15 days of paid leave per calendar year
10 paid holidays per year
GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Company
General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.
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