BigBear.ai · 10 hours ago
AWS Database Administrator (DBA) – Oracle & NoSQL DBA
Ashburn, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expBigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. They are seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and optimize Oracle and NoSQL databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security while leading migration projects to AWS.
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Responsibilities
Database Management: Administer, maintain, and implement permissions, policies and procedures for ensuring the secure connectivity and integrity of databases
Performance Tuning: Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required to ensure optimal performance. Work closely with the application teams to optimize the application interaction with NoSQL
Failover and Recovery: Design and execute database backup and recovery strategies, including failover planning and testing
Migration and Upgrade: Lead migration projects from on-premises databases to AWS, relational databases to NoSQL, including planning, execution, and validation of database migrations and upgrades
Security and Compliance: Ensure database security measures are in place, including access controls and audit logging. Comply with all applicable data privacy laws and regulations
Data Warehousing: Manage and optimize AWS Redshift instances and other data warehousing solutions for scalable and efficient data storage and analysis
Monitoring: Utilize AWS CloudWatch and other monitoring tools to ensure database health, performance, and to automate scaling and notifications
Troubleshooting and Support: Provide support for complex database issues, including troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues, replication issues, log shipping issues, etc
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and at least 10 years of relevant experience
Proven experience as a DBA with expertise in Oracle and NoSQL databases
Extensive experience with AWS DocumentDB database services
Solid experience in database failover, recovery procedures, and disaster recovery planning
Demonstrated experience with migrating on-premises databases to AWS
Proficient in MongoDB Query Language (MQL), database design, and data modeling
Familiarity with AWS CLI, SDKs, and CloudWatch
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
AWS or relevant database certifications (e.g., Oracle Certified Professional, AWS Associate Architect)
Experience with scripting languages (g., Python, Bash) for automation of database tasks
Deep familiarity with database monitoring tools, especially AWS CloudWatch, for performance monitoring and alerting
Experience with large enterprise database design, implementation, and optimization, for example, Oracle RDS on Exadata
Experience with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Experience with DocumentDB
Experience with Big Query is a plus
Company
BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai's mission is to deliver clarity for the world's most complex decisions.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$225M2023-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $25M
2021-12-08Post Ipo Debt· $200M
2021-12-08IPO
Leadership Team
Sean Ricker
Chief Financial Officer
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