IT Database Administrator
IT Database Administrator Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security. Why Join Us?
- Innovative Projects: KBR's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
- Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
- Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
- Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade database platforms across development, test, and production environments
- Monitor database performance and proactively tune queries, indexes, and storage to optimize efficiency
- Implement and manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data availability
- Enforce database security controls, access management, and compliance with organizational policies
- Troubleshoot and resolve database issues, outages, and data integrity problems
- Support application deployments, schema changes, and data migrations
- Develop and maintain database documentation, standards, and operating procedures
- Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and application teams to support system lifecycle activities
- Location: Chantilly, VA
- Travel Requirements: Minimal
- Working Hours: Standard
- Security Clearance: Ability to obtain a TS++
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum of 15 years of hands-on experience administering relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Strong knowledge of database architecture, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
- Experience with backup/recovery tools and high-availability configurations
- Familiarity with database security concepts, role-based access, and auditing
- Ability to work independently and in team-based environments supporting mission-critical systems
- Experience supporting databases in enterprise, government, or regulated environments
- Exposure to cloud-based database platforms (e.g., Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Oracle Cloud)
- Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python, or SQL)
- Knowledge of data replication, clustering, or failover technologies
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks or security requirements (e.g., STIGs, NIST, ISO)
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Oracle OCP, Microsoft SQL Server, AWS Database Specialty)
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