Principal Database Administrator / Lead DBA

nask • United States

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Principal Database Administrator / Lead DBA supporting enterprise database systems for Intelligence and Defense communities. Lead administration, monitoring, performance tuning, optimization, migrations, and high-availability operations across relational and NoSQL databases. Requires a bachelor's in a STEM discipline, 5+ years of enterprise DBA experience, deep hands-on tuning of PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, or MongoDB, Linux, SQL, and cloud or container experience.

Key Highlights

Principal/lead DBA role with hands-on ownership of performance, reliability, security, and operations

Supports enterprise relational and NoSQL databases in demanding mission environments

Requires 5+ years of enterprise database administration and performance engineering

Includes high availability, replication, backup/recovery, migrations, and cloud/container support

Relocation assistance available; active Top Secret clearance required to apply

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Position: Principal Database Administrator / Lead DBA

# of Openings: 2 Principal Database Administrator / Lead DBA Location: Beavercreek, OH (Relocation assistance available) Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Active Top Secret to apply

Posted Nov 04, 2026

Employment Full-time

Lead administration, maintenance, monitoring, performance tuning, and optimization of enterprise database systems

Troubleshoot challenging database issues and resolve performance bottlenecks across CPU, memory, storage, and I/O