Description
The Digital Modernization Sector has an opening for a PostgreSQL Database Administrator to work in Woodlawn, MD.
This position requires onsite work in Woodlawn, MD five days a week.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Administration of Open-Source (Community Edition) PostgreSQL infrastructure throughout the development and production lifecycles in an AWS environment.
- Provide advice and support to development teams.
- Implement automated methods and industry best practices for consistent installation and configuration of Open-Source PostgreSQL.
- Manage backup and recovery functions for an Open-Source PostgreSQL environment.
- Provide guidance in the creation and modification of standards and procedures.
- Supporting the standing standards, policies, and procedures of the customer team.
- Provide mentorship to group members and will be expected to help develop and support mid and junior level staff.
- May be scheduled for after hours on-call support and will be required to apply production packages during non-peak hours.
- All other duties as assigned or directed.
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Required Qualifications:
These skills will help you succeed in this position:
- Bachelors degree with 12+ years of relevant experience OR Masters degree with 10+ years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted/accepted in lieu of degree.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Proven experience with PostgreSQL Community Edition Administration/Architect.
- Strong experience with Ansible/Git/JIRA/Confluence.
- In-depth knowledge of PostgreSQL Architecture.
- Strong experience with performance tuning of both databases and infrastructure.
- Proven experience in high availability and failover.
- Strong Linux skills.
- Working knowledge of LDAP and security.
- Working knowledge of Python Development.
- Experience with DEVOPS automation.
Desired Qualifications:
Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:
- Proven ability to work within a team and independently.
- Erwin experience.
- Design and develop physical databases from customer requirements and models.
- Splunk and Dynatrace experience.
Original Posting:
May 22, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.