Senior Database Administrator
Core One · Washington, DC
$80,000–$130,000from the description
Jul 12, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A database administration role focused on managing both SQL and NoSQL systems that support biometrics and Source Registry operations. Day-to-day work involves performance tuning, security, backup and recovery, high-performance computing resource management, and collaborating with developers and subject-matter experts to ensure database architecture meets application and analytic needs. Suits an experienced DBA with at least five years of relevant work and an active TS/SCI with CI Poly.
Senior level · 5+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This is a contingent role — the position is pending contract award, and final compensation will be confirmed based on the awarded contract's negotiated rates.
The clearance requirement is TS/SCI with a CI Polygraph, which is a full TS/SCI with poly gate.
Oracle, Java, Tableau, and HPC appear under a 'highly desired' certifications/education qualifier, making them preferred rather than hard gates.
The posting mentions biometrics domain knowledge as context for the database work; no specific biometrics tool or platform is named as a concrete technology requirement.
The role is classified as Database Administrator (15-1242) given the primary emphasis on administering, maintaining, securing, and tuning databases; Database Architects (15-1243) is a reasonable runner-up given the mention of designing database structures and collaborating on architecture.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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