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At MetroStar, we are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.\nIf you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below!\nWhat you’ll do:\nAdminister and optimize on-premises and cloud database systems through management of schemas, tables, indexes, and stored procedures to ensure data integrity, consistency, and performance for enterprise applications and services.\nDevelop, execute, and refine SQL queries, scripts, and reporting logic to support data access, extraction, and analysis requirements. Support development of business intelligence reports and dashboards. primarily in Power Bl.\nImplement and enforce data retention and data governance policies and access controls by managing user roles and permissions, auditing, backups, and data quality standards and policies.\nEstablish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence with your knowledge and skills, and use your creativity to provide innovative solutions that fit the customer’s needs.\nWhat you’ll need to succeed:\nActive Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree.\n5+ years of hands-on experience administering enterprise SQL databases, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.\n3+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL database administration experience in production environments.\nExperience designing, implementing, and maintaining PostgreSQL high-availability, backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery solutions.\nExperience managing database security controls, including user access, roles, permissions, encryption, auditing, and vulnerability remediation.\nExperience troubleshooting database performance, analyzing queries, optimizing indexes, and resolving production incidents.\nAbility to automate routine database administration tasks using SQL, PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar scripting tools.\nMust meet DoD 8140 qualification requirements for DCWF Work Role 421 (Database Administrator) or 624 (Data Operations Specialist).\nDemonstrated ability to independently support enterprise database environments of similar size, scope, and complexity.\nSALARY RANGE: $138,000 - $184,000\nThe salary range for this position is determined based on qualifications, skills, and relevant experience. The final salary offered will be determined based on several factors including: \nThe candidate's professional background and relevant work experience\nThe specific responsibilities of the role and organizational needs\nInternal equity and alignment with current team compensation\nThis role is also eligible for additional compensation, subject to the terms and policies of MetroStar, which may include:\nPerformance-based bonuses\nCompany-paid training and/or certifications\nReferral bonuses\nApplication Deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled; candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible for full consideration.\nAdditional Compensation: This role may also be eligible for bonuses and/or additional incentives based on individual and company performance.\nBenefits: All full-time employees are eligible to participate in our benefits programs:\nHealth, dental, and vision insurance\n401(k) retirement plan with company match\nPaid time off (PTO) and holidays\nParental Leave and dependent care\nFlexible work arrangements\nProfessional development opportunities\nEmployee assistance and wellness programs\nLike we said, we are big fans of our people. That’s why we offer a generous benefits package, professional growth, and valuable time to recharge. Learn more about our company culture code and benefits. Plus, check out our accolades.\nCommitment to Non-Discrimination\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.\n What we want you to know:\nIn compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.\n Not ready to apply now? \nSign up to join our newsletter here.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5247,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Flexible schedule","Parental leave","Professional development","Retirement plans","Vision insurance","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Digital Government","IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","AI Consulting & Integration"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-15T19:43:27Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":41,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.737,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":30,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":184000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/metrostar-sr-database-administrator-i","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/metrostar-sr-database-administrator-i.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-05T02:50:55Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3921,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1079,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"}}}