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Database Administrator

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Rosslyn, VAJob$138–229K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$138–229K/yr
Location
Rosslyn, VA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Deloitte’s AI & Engineering team is seeking a database administrator to support enterprise Oracle environments hosted on AWS RDS. The role covers database operations, security, recovery, upgrades, and PL/SQL development for project clients. The position requires onsite work five days a week in Chantilly, Virginia, an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance, and authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Oracle Database AdministrationOracle Database InstallationOracle Database ConfigurationOracle Performance TuningOracle Backup and RecoveryDatabase TroubleshootingAWS RDSCloud Database SolutionsDatabase MigrationDatabase Performance OptimizationUNIX/Linux AdministrationSystem HardeningVulnerability RemediationSecurity ComplianceCompTIA SecurityXUnix Shell ScriptingOracle RACOracle RDBOracle Enterprise ManagerAnsibleInfrastructure AutomationConfiguration ManagementOracle Architecture AnalyticsDatabase Health AssessmentPerformance Optimization Methodologies

Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeUS Work Authorization Without SponsorshipActive TS/SCI With Polygraph8+ Years Oracle Database Experience5+ Years AWS RDS Experience5+ Years UNIX/Linux Experience

Full job description

Our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients' success. You'll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.

Work You'll Do

As a Project Engineering Manager II on the project, you will:

  • Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise Oracle database environments hosted on AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) and related infrastructure to ensure high availability, security, and performance.

  • Perform database monitoring, performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting across production and non-production environments, resolving issues with minimal operational impact.

  • Implement and manage Oracle backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions, ensuring data integrity and compliance with mission requirements.

  • Enforce database security controls, including user access management, auditing, encryption, and UNIX/Linux OS security hardening in accordance with federal and organizational security policies.

  • Support database upgrades, patching, migrations, and lifecycle management activities while maintaining system stability and availability.

  • Develop and optimize Oracle PL/SQL code, stored procedures, and database objects to improve application performance and support evolving business requirements.

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure offering provides specialized engineering capabilities to design, implement, manage, and operate hybrid cloud environments, modernize networks and AI infrastructure from the core to the edge, and incubate new infrastructure and device services to help clients stay ahead with the latest technology advances.

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

  • 8+ years of experience administering and supporting Oracle databases, including installation, configuration, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and troubleshooting in enterprise environments.

  • 5+ years of experience working with AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) and cloud-hosted database solutions, including migration, maintenance, and performance optimization.

  • 5+ years of experience securing and administering UNIX/Linux operating systems, including system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance with security requirements.

  • Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week in Chantilly, VA

Preferred:

  • Current CompTIA SecurityX (formerly CASP+) certification

  • Experience developing and maintaining Unix Shell Scripts to automate database administration and operational tasks

  • Knowledge of Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)/Oracle RDB and advanced Oracle database architectures.

  • Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) for monitoring, administration, and performance analysis.

  • Experience using Ansible or similar infrastructure automation tools for configuration management and deployment activities.

  • Familiarity with Oracle architecture analytics, database health assessments, and performance optimization methodologies.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $137,500 to $229,100.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

How this job compares

Set against the 705 open Database Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$138–229K/yr
  • Virginia median$108–182K/yr43 salary ranges
  • US median$91–150K/yr480 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $183K, is 27% above the Virginia median midpoint ($144K) — in the top quarter of Database Administrator salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 56 open Database Administrator jobs in Virginia and 705 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Database Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (570 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 287 of the 705 open Database Administrator jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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