Senior Database Engineer

Position: Senior Database Engineer/Administrator

Location: Melbourne, FL (Patrick, SFB)

Make an Impact with Leidos

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the dedication of our diverse and talented teams. United by a shared commitment to our customers’ success, we empower our people, support our communities, and operate sustainably. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide every aspect of our work, ensuring we do the right thing—for our customers, our people, and the world around us.

Thrive in a Mission‑Focused Environment

The Leidos Defense Sector provides advanced systems, solutions, and services across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. From enterprise IT and large‑scale intelligence systems to cybersecurity, geospatial analytics, logistics, and training, we support some of the nation’s most critical defense missions. Our teams take on challenges where failure is not an option—and succeed.

We are seeking a Senior Database Engineer/Administrator to support the US NDC OSS II Program. This role provides technical leadership across database architecture, administration, security, and mission data expertise while serving as a mentor to junior staff.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead Oracle database architecture, design, implementation, and lifecycle management

• Partner with application teams to ensure seamless database integration

• Perform advanced troubleshooting, diagnostics, and root‑cause analysis

• Execute high‑level database administration, performance tuning, and optimization

• Design, implement, and enforce database security controls, auditing, and compliance

• Support mission‑critical operations, incident response, and continuity of service

• Provide deep expertise in US NDC data structures, data flows, and mission data usage

• Plan and guide scalability, availability, disaster recovery, and modernization initiatives

• Participate in on‑call rotation and occasional after‑hours support

• Contribute to long‑term mission continuity and organizational knowledge retention

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience. Additional experience, training, and/or certifications may substitute degree requirement.

• US Citizen; Currently possessing DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to a TS/SCI clearance upon hire.

• IAT Level II certification (CompTIA Security+ or equivalent)

• Experience with Oracle GoldenGate for data replication, synchronization, and high-availability architectures.

• Proven experience of senior-level Oracle DBA (5+ yrs)

• Background supporting mission‑critical or operational systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree with 6+ years related experience

• Prior DoD 24×7 mission support experience

• Experience mentoring database engineers and DBAs

• Background in long-term database architecture planning

• Experience with databases in cloud and hybrid cloud environments, including migration, HA/DR, and security considerations.

Ready to make an impact? Start your next career chapter with Leidos—apply today.

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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.