Database Operations Manager Jobs in Washington, DC

Job Summary:
Empower AI is an organization focused on providing AI solutions for government agencies, helping them transform their workforce. They are seeking a Database Support Manager (DSM) to oversee the operations and maintenance of mission-critical IT systems, manage database environments, and optimize performance for the Department of State's Consular Affairs. The DSM will lead a team in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of database operations while supporting a large user base.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the day-to-day database operations in the CA Service Center.
• Responsible for the training, staffing, and operational efficiency of the database operations team.
• Responsible for the administrative/operational leadership of the database operations team within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and DOS CA customer.
• Monitors project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined and maintained
• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received
• May conduct performance/project analyses during phase-down to benefit future/other projects/missions/programs
• Works in a data warehouse environment that includes data design, database architecture, metadata and repository creation
• Translates business needs into long-term architecture solutions
• Defines, designs, and builds dimensional databases
• Responsible for developing data warehousing blueprints, evaluating hardware and software platforms, and integrating systems
• Recommends and develops needed modifications to the architecture plans and manages architecture programs to support the mission
• Prepares reports and correspondence that articulate highly complex program findings or agency policies for dissemination to senior level leaders
• Conducts unbiased assessment of industry architecture direction, emerging trends, best practices, automated tools, innovative approaches, and contribute, when appropriate, on architecture issues within the DOS.
• Evaluates reusability of current data for additional analyses
• Conducts data cleaning to rid the system of old, unused, or duplicate data
• Reviews object and data models and the metadata repository to structure the data for better management and quicker access
• Develop and document database architectures
• Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements
• Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements
• Create and enforce database development standards
• Demonstrate database technical functionality, such as performance, security and reliability
• Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure
• Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance and reliability
• Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures
• Develop load-balancing processes to eliminate down time for backup processes
• Develop or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications
• Performs related duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Required:
• BA/BS in information Technology or related discipline or equivalent
• Possesses an Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in database administration supporting the migration to modernized databases and managing/leading a database staff for projects with a similar size, scope, and complexity to the requirements of the task
• Possesses a CompTIA Security+
• Top Secret Clearance
Preferred:
• Possesses an ITIL Foundations Level Certification (or higher)
• Demonstrated experience with projecting and planning for long-range requirements for database administration and design
• Demonstrated experience conducting quality control and auditing of databases including organization protection and security and documentation and reporting in an environment similar to the CA environment
• Demonstrated experience with database technologies, development methodologies, front-end/back-end database programming
Company:
Empower AI is a diversified IT and professional services company that provides software development, information assurance. Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered in Reston, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.