Ashburn Consulting LLC · 23 hours ago
Senior Database Management Specialist
Baltimore, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expAshburn Consulting is a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area specializing in network and network security solutions. They are seeking a Senior Database Management Specialist to design, develop, and maintain complex enterprise databases and provide expert support for database integrations while ensuring operational and security compliance.
Cyber SecurityConsultingInformation TechnologyNetwork Security
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain complex enterprise databases, data lakes, and data warehouses
Design complex database architecture, including data modeling, database schema design, and database security
Design, develop and implement plans for migrating data. Support implementation of data-centric, integrated software, hardware, cloud, and mobile solutions to meet system requirements
Provide database maintenance and operations recommendations for implementing complex web applications, data-sharing initiatives, reports, and dashboards
Review and provide expert support for database integrations to ensure operational and security compliance
Determine usage details and perform supporting tasks for implementing optimizations and cost-reduction strategies for database infrastructure, batches, and product deployments
Collaborate and consult with applications, infrastructure, and system operations teams to help automate the end-to-end operations of applications and systems in AWS Cloud
Develop standards and data scripts to monitor and alert various cloud-based systems and applications to help ensure Service Level Agreements and other performance metrics are met
Design, develop, and support Extract Transform and Load (ETL) processes to extract data from various sources, transform it to meet the needs of the organization, and load complex data elements into multiple databases, data lakes, and data warehouses
Monitor database performance, troubleshoot errors, and debug. Perform tasks in implementing complex data strategies, system development processes, architectural planning, system integration testing, operations, and implementation. Administer HBX databases, including monitoring, backup and recovery, and database security, and optimize the database performance, including identifying and resolving performance issues and ensuring that the database meets performance requirements
Perform tasks ensuring data quality and governance, including creating data validation rules, data quality checks, and metadata management and understanding the unique data requirements and challenges of the health insurance marketplace
Provide innovative ideas for data extraction, data sharing, and data development approaches, and support database and application integration efforts
Provide data-related support for all system testing efforts, including unit testing, load testing, end-to-end testing, validation testing, and user acceptance testing
Perform PostgreSQL Server database administration, manage role-based (RBAC) user and system accounts, patch Management, and maintain Replication and Disaster Recovery (DR) Environments
Perform Database migration for PostgreSQL and Mongo DB databases between various environments, including data centers and cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Monitor all production database activity for operational improvements, including CPU, Disk and memory, and space utilization
Evaluate and Perform security hardening on PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases, including configurations related to access control, authorizations, OS(Linux) Configuration parameters, and file system encryption
Evaluate Security infractions and overall performance of databases to develop and implement corrective measures for database issues/problems found during monitoring
Analyze performance issues in the application and database tiers
Perform disaster recovery principles and practices, including planning and testing backup and restore
Perform hands-on maintenance activities such as vacuum, and full vacuum, and Analyze the PostgreSQL Database
Perform database server maintenance, including upgrades of the PostgreSQL Database and storage management of PostgreSQL and MongoDB
Perform Installation and maintenance of MongoDB database for high availability
Develop SQL queries for optimal performance on PostgreSQL, create and manage indices and develop No SQL queries on MongoDB and create and manage indices
Actively participate in the deployment playbook development, sequencing and executing batches, and monitoring system health activities
Work collaboratively with developers and other database team members to define, build consensus around, and implement enterprise systems and application architectures to ensure performance, scalability, maintainability, extensibility, and application integration with external systems
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, data analysts, and business stakeholders, to ensure that the database environment meets the needs of the business, and supports the long-term IT strategy
Adhere to all security, change control, and MHBE Project Management Office (PMO) policies, processes, and methodologies
Qualification
Required
A minimum of six (6) years of experience designing databases, queries, reports, and/or providing solutions for large-scale enterprise database requirements
A minimum of four (4) years of experience in a complex environment building complex data extractions, queries, or databases utilizing PostgreSQL, Informatica, and MongoDB
A minimum of four (4) years of experience with tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, Maven, Bitbucket, Jira, GIT, etc
A minimum of four (4) years of experience in document management systems
A minimum of four (4) years of experience with supporting applications in a Cloud infrastructure on AWS (Amazon Web Services) and computing AMI virtual machines on Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), continuous integration (CI), and Continuous deployment (CD) processes
A minimum of four (4) years of experience monitoring production database activities and batch jobs for operational improvements
A minimum of two (2) years of experience in large-volume database migration efforts
A minimum of four (4) years of experience in PostgreSQL Server database administration, patch management, maintenance, and/or writing complex SQL codes, stored procedures, and performing data extractions
A minimum of four (4) years of hands-on experience with performing database maintenance activities in production and/or lower environments
Experience with supporting installation and maintenance of databases for high availability. Strong understanding of database architecture and design, including normalization, indexing, partitioning, and replication
Experience managing and optimizing large databases, including performance tuning and capacity planning. Experience in data modeling, ETL processes, and data warehousing. Experience in SQL complex queries and batch performance optimizations
Company
Ashburn Consulting LLC
Ashburn Consulting LLC Founded in 2002, Ashburn Consulting is a Certified Minority-Owned Small Business, ISO 9001:2015-certified IT engineering firm and Trusted Advisor to Federal, State/Local, Educational, and Commercial clients.
51-200 employees
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