What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Database Administrator position at DecisionPoint | Cortek?
Overview
DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking a skilled Junior Database Administrator to join our team supporting the US Transportation Command GTP GOPAX program. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of databases, focusing on ensuring optimal performance, security, and high availability across multiple environments.
This position is onsite at Scott AFB.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in configuring and managing databases like MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle DBMS across multiple environments.
- Support Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, and Amazon Linux systems to ensure database uptime and performance.
- Execute and maintain scripts using Powershell, Windows Batch Scripting, and Shell Command Language for database operations and maintenance tasks.
- Help maintain database security by supporting RMF compliance and using tools like Nessus/ACAS, webInspect, and HBSS.
- Provide support in managing databases in cloud environments using AWS and VMware technologies.
- Monitor and track database performance using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Gitlab, ensuring quick resolution of issues.
- Assist with database integrations for web servers like Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat, and Microsoft IIS.
- Collaborate with senior administrators to implement automated provisioning and configuration management using Chef, SaltStack, CloudFormation, and Terraform.
- Perform routine database backups, monitor system health, and resolve database performance issues under supervision.
- Flexible schedule to support weekly after-hour Production deployments and to answer emergency problems in an on-call status.
Qualifications
- Active Secret Clearance.
- Must hold an active an IAT Level II certification; CompTIA Security CE highly preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; technical training accepted.
- Minimum 1 year of experience working with databases such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle DBMS.
- Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS, XML, JSON, and YAML.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and containerization technologies like Docker.
- Understanding of vulnerability mitigation using tools such as Nessus, ACAS, and HBSS.
- Willingness to learn and develop automation skills using Chef, Terraform, and similar tools.
Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
- EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
- Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
- Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.
