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Leidos is a defense, intelligence, civil, and health information technology enterprise. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the Fortune 500 company (NYSE: LDOS) operates as one of the primary IT, scientific research, and systems integration contractors for the U.S. federal government, allied defense agencies, and commercial infrastructure entities.

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Database Administrator in our Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in National Security!

This Database Administrator is needed to support a large, complex, fast-paced, operational program. The selected individual will maintain the integrity, security, and availability of multiple databases. Duties include disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring of data, as well as administering, maintaining, developing, and implementing policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the database. The selected individual will evaluate and recommend available database management system products; perform database and software lifecycle activities to ensure the highest level of system performance, availability, and compliance with business requirements; and will organize and format data for efficient query and storage processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Perform daily database administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of system database and replication issues.

  • Monitor database performance and memory allocations using standard tools.

  • Perform system updates and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) patching.

  • Troubleshoot and resolve database problems.

  • Perform database recovery actions.

  • Modify existing database scripts to enhance systems support and create new database scripts for recurring database issues.

  • Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests.

  • Transition/ingest legacy data.

  • Translate requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, making updates to existing queries, and creating new queries to manipulate data into a master file.

  • Recommend design and implementation practices that optimize the performance of GOTS/COTS databases and applications.

  • Assist in the development of database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development.

  • Assist in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and at least eight (8) years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a degree.

  • Must have at least five (5) years of demonstrated experience as a database administrator.

  • Must have at least five (5) years of Oracle Database Administration experience.

  • Must have in-depth experience implementing and maintaining database security.

  • Must have in-depth experience conducting database performance tuning and monitoring.

  • Must have in-depth experience troubleshooting and resolving database problems/issues.

  • Must have experience installing, configuring, and upgrading RDBMS software.

  • Must have experience with procedural languages such as PL/SQL.

  • Clearance Required: Must have TS/SCI with Polygraph up front (this is firm).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with real time highly available data replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, Oracle Golden Gate, Sybase Replication Server.

  • Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology and/or as a member of an Agile team.

  • Extensive, in-depth experience with database design and development.

  • Extensive, in-depth understanding of databases, primarily Oracle and/or other relational and non-relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

  • Experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.

  • Experience with Mongo and/or Cassandra.

At Leidos, the opportunities are boundless. We challenge our staff with interesting assignments that allow them to thrive professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business. We look forward to learning more about you - apply today.

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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

February 5, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

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.

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