United States Senate Sergeant at Arms · 7 hours ago
Senior Systems Engineer #587
District of Columbia, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$103K/yr - $155K/yr
5+ years expThe United States Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join their Enterprise Operations department. The role involves installing, tuning, and supporting database systems, providing technical support, and maintaining network operations to ensure optimal performance for Senate users.
Government Administration
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Contributes to the section's work effort in responding to incidents from other sections, including the help desk
Supports tasks which may include helping to develop standard operating procedures, assignments, and coordination of work efforts to address issues
Assists users with computer needs such as installing and configuring software/hardware on their PC; troubleshoots problems with user systems
Provisions new accounts for users
Supports the section's work effort to develop processes and procedures to streamline the resolution of issues
Provides technical support for Senate information technology or telecommunications services, systems, hardware, software, and storage solutions to the users; supports Senate offices, contract support vendors, and other technical staff in troubleshooting and managing the various Senate environments
Maintains and monitors LAN/WAN and SAN operations and solves LAN/WAN and SAN applications problems; installs integrates, customizes, enhances, troubleshoots, and tests LAN and SAN hardware and software
Assists in installing, upgrading, customizing, tuning, and maintaining databases for optimal performance and availability; assists in developing, testing, and implementing database store procedures, functions, triggers, views, and packages
Conducts acceptance and integration testing; assists vendor systems implementation by troubleshooting related system issues affecting Senate users
Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, and maintains applications to meet the needs of Senate users; assists with product evaluations and implementation
Attends internal training provided by subject matter experts to understand operational tasks, documents support needs, and share the information within the assigned section
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma/ GED
Five to eight years of relevant work experience (GED), three to six (Associates), one to three year (Bachelor's), one to two (Master's)
As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant's proficiency in key areas relevant to the role
Manages current storage capacity and ensures storage is available to support all computing environments; plans for future storage growth; monitors and confirms that system files and application products are successfully backed-up; performs necessary installations, patches, and upgrades
Works escalated issues from lower-tier team members. Mentors/relays information on solutions to train others
Analyzes new hardware and software releases for their impact on the Senate environment; tests new releases on Senate supported platforms; develops product configuration standards for use in the Senate environment
Creates, develops, modifies, instructs, and provides technical assistance on business continuity plans and processes
This position requires that the applicant obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance
Applicants must be U.S. citizens in order for the SAA to submit your application for a security clearance
Preferred
Expert level experience in any database type administration role
3+ Years of experience with managing and administrating databases
2+ Years of experience in Linux operating system
Ability to set up real-time alerting for failed jobs, builds and databases, ensuring quick resolution of incidents in production or pre-production environments
Ability to install, configure, and maintain at least one of MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB in production, development, and staging environments
Knowledge of optimizing database performance by configuring indexes, managing query efficiency, and tuning the database for workload-specific performance. This includes memory management, cache optimization, and monitoring tools like Ops Manager to proactively address performance bottlenecks
Ability to configure and implement proactive monitoring, alerting and performance tools, e.g. PGMonitor, Ops Manager or similar
Ability to design and maintain a Disaster Recovery architecture utilizing replication over a WAN for MySQL and PostgreSQL
Working knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL) Syntax, including the ability to manage the data within a PostgreSQL or MySQL database
Knowledge of setting up backup and recovery strategies for seamless customer support
Experience with databases in cloud environments, ensuring backups and scaling are automated is a plus
Scripting and development skills (Ansible, Bash, Python, and PowerShell)
PostgreSQL Database Administration Certified Professional
MongoDB Associate Database Administrator
Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)
Benefits
Student loan reimbursement
Professional development
Transportation subsidy
TSP/retirement savings
Access to our Employee Assistance Program
Company
United States Senate Sergeant at Arms
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Washington, D.C., US
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Anukriti (Anna) Sinha, SHRM-SCP
Human Resources Business Partner
Jen Westfall, SHRM-CP
HR Business Partner (Employee Relations)
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