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Database Lead - NIH CIT

General Dynamics Information Technology

Public Trust: NACI (T1)
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact

Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.

Job Description

GDIT is looking for a Database Lead to join our National Institutes of Health (NIH) CIT Hosting and Storage Services Program.

We are seeking a forward-thinking innovator who brings deep curiosity for emerging technologies and a commitment to exploring how new digital capabilities can elevate human expertise rather than replace it. Our ideal candidate champions responsible experimentation, learns quickly from iteration, and approaches complex challenges with a critical, growth minded perspective that fuels continuous modernization and meaningful impact.

This is a HYBRID role - 3 days on customer site in Bethesda MD.

This role will require you to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and will require you to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility.  This investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversees database O&M, tuning, and recovery procedures

  • Manages updates, patching, and performance monitoring

  • Performs tuning, optimization, and advanced maintenance

  • Leads patching, backups, and complex troubleshooting

  • Maintains DB documentation and change records

  • Collaborating with product owners to develop new or modify existing scripts to automate database services, such as configuration of new database instances, patching, and upgrades

  • Troubleshooting issues that impact services and actively responding to alerts and performance trends

  • Responding to service requests, such as complicated product deployment efforts that require coordination to modify data and database hosting configurations

  • Joining sprint or ad hoc meetings to discuss requirements for products and brainstorm new technical solutions

  • Attending a daily stand-up meeting to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered

  • Manages a small team

Required Qualifications:

  • BS/BA or equivalent combination of education and experience

  • 8 years in database engineering, tuning, and maintenance

  • Experience with backup, recovery, and performance optimization

  • Skilled in documenting schemas and configuration baselines

  • Experience as a people manager

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

  • Rewards: Full benefits, wellness programs, 401K matching, competitive salary, and paid time off.

  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

#GDITFedHealthJobs #NIHCIT

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

8 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Vacancy posted 4 hours ago
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