Database Specialist

Description

Job Description:

Leidos is hiring a Database Specialist to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. An active Top Secret is required with the ability to get TS/SCI; all work is onsite.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement functionalities and communicate the technical specifics with the system owner.

• Communicate project requirements and discuss development plan with customer.

• Coordinate with J6 to engineer a cross-domain solution to replicate SA SQL Server data to an SQL Server on a secure network.

• Verify SQL Server Technical Security Implementation Guide (STIG) settings are required for ST&E annual security reviews and periodic insider threat reviews (unsecure and secure networks).

• Develop an Insider Threat Module for a version of SecureAccess (SA) on the DTRANET-S.  Replicate and install SA on a secure network.

• Develop a module to track the Agency’s Information Assurance (IA) workforce personnel for both Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and Insider Threat reporting requirements.

• Conduct daily comparisons of SA data with active directory records.

• Liaison between IP-SC (Insider Threat, Personnel Security and Visitor Services) and Chief, Information Officer (CIO/J6) system administrators with regards to active directory accounts to include disabling of those accounts.

• Maintains database by identifying and solving database requirements; supporting users.

• Identifies database requirements by interviewing customers, analyzing department applications, programming and operations, evaluating existing systems, and designing proposed systems.

• Recommends solutions by defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, database security, data back-up, and recovery specifications.

• Installs revised or new systems by proposing specifications and flowcharts, recommending optimum access techniques, and coordinating installation requirements.

• Maintains database performance by calculating optimum values for database parameters, implementing new releases, completing maintenance requirements, and evaluating computer operating systems and hardware products.

• Prepares users by conducting training, providing information, and resolving problems.

• Provides information by answering questions and requests.

• Supports database functions by designing and coding utilities.

• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state- of-the-art practices, and participating in professional societies.

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires BS degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.

• Must have a DoD Top Secret clearance. 

• DoD 8570 IAT Level II or III compliant certification required.

• Fluent with ASP.net, C#.

• Experienced with SQL Server.

• SQL and/or ASP.NET certification is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility. 

Pay Range:

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.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 45,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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