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Excella is a transformative technology firm that helps organizations unlock new possibilities. We believe the key to helping clients challenge the status quo and reach new heights lies in our talented people. That’s why we’re committed to developing talent and providing opportunities for career growth at every stage. Join our collaborative team dedicated to solving complex problems with sustainable solutions while building your future as a leader. At Excella, you’re empowered to make lasting impact, turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s mission successes.
- Workplace locations look different for everyone. Excellians are a distributed workforce and whether you're working from your home office or a client site, we support a flexible work/life integration regardless of your location.
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- Starting day one, every employee is bonus eligible and receives 15 days of paid vacation, 6 federal holidays, and 4 floating holidays.
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Overview
A Database Administrator role supporting a large client program working across multiple Agile delivery teams. Responsible for developing, monitoring and optimizing databases for web applications. Mentors DBA team members and manages team workloads.
Responsibilities
- Developing, monitoring and optimizing databases for web applications
- Develop SQL scripts for applications, canned reports, and ad-hoc requests
- Lead migration efforts for legacy datasets
- Serve as the main point of contact for enterprise data teams
- Bring a DevOps mindset to database development by automating processes, fully utilizing source control for all DB tasks, and removing dark work.
- Mentor developers in database practices, and serve as a database SME for multiple agile teams
- Help set mid-long term technical roadmaps as it pertains to database development, maintenance and migration.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience developing, monitoring and optimizing MS SQL Server and Postgres databases
- Good knowledge of the major AWS Cloud services and tools
- Experience designing and building databases within an AWS Cloud environment, including working with services like EC2, RDS, DMS, S3, and IAM
- Experience using AWS auto-scaling services to automatically adjust capacity and maintain predictable performance at optimal cost
- Experience using monitoring solutions like AWS CloudWatch
- Experience using version control solutions like GitHub or BitBucket
- Experience working in Agile delivery environment using frameworks like Scrum, Kanban or SAFe
- Experience in database migration from on-prem databases into the AWS Cloud using AWS DMS
- Experience in IAM DB Authentication to configure the roles/policies to database users
- Experience upgrading MS SQL Server and Postgres databases
- Experience with database backup and recovery using AWS Backup service
- 2+ years experience mentoring and/or supervising technical team members
Excella is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Excella is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Recruiting@excella.com or 703-840-8600.
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