Database Team Lead / DBA Lead

Position Overview The Database Team Lead oversees the design, administration, and performance of enterprise database platforms that support critical business applications and analytics. This role leads a team of database administrators to ensure availability, security, backup and recovery, and capacity planning across multiple database technologies in a federal IT environment. The lead partners with application, infrastructure, and security teams to optimize schemas, queries, and environments for reliability and throughput. The position also establishes standards, automation, and monitoring practices that keep database services stable, auditable, and aligned with organizational policies and regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities + Lead multiu2011database administration activities, including installation, configuration, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting for enterprise database platforms. + Define and enforce standards for backup, recovery, high availability, and disasteru2011recovery strategies across onu2011premises and cloudu2011hosted databases. + Collaborate with application development and analytics teams to design and optimize schemas, indexing, and queries that support performance, scalability, and maintainability. + Oversee database security, access controls, and auditing in alignment with organizational security policies and compliance obligations. + Utilize monitoring and capacityu2011planning tools to track utilization, detect performance or reliability risks, and recommend improvements or scaling strategies. + Coordinate and prioritize work across the DBA team, providing guidance, mentoring, and technical direction while ensuring adherence to processes and documentation standards. + Support datau2011warehousing, ETL, and integration initiatives by advising on data models, load strategies, and database configurations. + Develop and maintain database standards, procedures, and knowledge artifacts that promote consistency, automation, and effective support of missionu2011critical services. Required Qualifications + Bacheloru2019s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. + 8+ years of handsu2011on database administration experience with enterprise database systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL, including leadership or teamu2011lead responsibilities. + Proven proficiency in database security, backup and recovery, disasteru2011recovery planning, and performance tuning in complex, multiu2011database environments. + Experience supporting datau2011warehousing, ETL processes, and datau2011integration tools, including the ability to troubleshoot and optimize data pipelines. + Strong analytical, problemu2011solving, communication, and teamwork skills, with the ability to coordinate work across DBAs and collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams. + Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust investigation and to work in a U.S.u2011only federal IT context, with U.S. citizenship as specified. + Willingness and ability to travel 10u201325% as needed to support stakeholder engagement, implementations, and operational reviews. Preferred Qualifications + Expertise in at least two major database platforms (for example, SQL Server and Oracle) and familiarity with cloud database services. + Advanced DBA or cloud database certifications from major vendors (such as Oracle Certified Professional or Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate). + Experience implementing automation and infrastructureu2011asu2011code patterns for database deployment, configuration, and maintenance. + Background leading database teams in highly regulated or auditu2011intensive environments, including responsibility for standards, documentation, and compliance evidence. Compensation Ranges Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees. EEO Requirements It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies. All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment. Physical Requirements The physical requirements described in

Created: 2026-03-19