Job Title: Database Administrator Location: Rockville, MD - REMOTE Duration- 12+ Month (Long Term) Summary: The main function of a Database Administrator is to provide database support on a variety of hardware and software platforms and peripherals. Job Responsibilities: Provide on-site database and system support Monitor, collect statistical information, and provide reporting on capacity and system performanceBased on statistics, make recommendations to maintain and improve capacity and system performance Monitor the system, and act upon system and application automated alerts Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues (ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems) Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade and patchingPlan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching = Perform and manage system and database backupsPerform manual switch to redundant system / database components, in case of system failure Qualifications: Bachelor's degreein a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required 8+ years experience required Experience in providing technical support, covering database administration and operations to include monitoring maintenance capacity, performance monitoring/planning and incident/problem troubleshooting and resolution Strong knowledge of SQL Understanding of Help Desk tools and trouble ticket tracking processesUnderstanding of support agreements and their implied service levels Proven ability to write excellent technical documentation Senior Application Database Administrator Job Description/Responsibilities: Review and analyz e complex data requirements and specifications. Work with development team to ensure data life cycle commitments and requirements are successfully met including records retention, data migration, back-up, recovery and archiving requirements and verification. Serve as the prim= ary data designer for complex component designs for one or more areas (subsystems) of a project, product or program. Build, test, deploy, and document complex data components of a project, product, and/or program level solution including queries, procedures, reports, data marts, views, DML and DDLs. Recommend new database approaches and tools. Develop and present related documentation, presentations, and discussion. Implement, customize, maintain and administer nonproduction databases and database management systems including managing database related code deployment. Optimize database performance levels by tuning queries/procedures/reports, schemas and database management system parameters. Verify correctness and completeness of data models, data relationships, mappings and definitions. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least five (5) years of related experience, or equivalent training and / or work experience. Substantial experience with at least one relational database system/product (preferably Postgres RDS) Hands-on project experience with at least one NoSQL database system/product (e.g. DocumentDB , DynamoDB) Demonstrated technical expertise in database technologies/concepts which resulted in deploym= ent of enterprise quality solutions. Knowledge of industry leading data warehousing, tuning, enterprise reporting, data profiling , data movement, monitoring and diagnostic tools and approaches.