Database Administrator
iCallidus · Columbia, MD
$120,000–$130,000from the description
Jul 12, 2026
Columbia, MD
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A database administration role focused on designing, maintaining, and optimizing both relational and NoSQL database systems for enterprise applications in a hybrid work setting. Day-to-day work spans performance tuning, security and compliance with federal standards (including FISMA and NIST 800-53), automating deployments through CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with engineering and DevOps teams. Suited to a seasoned DBA with at least seven years of experience who is comfortable in Agile environments and can obtain a security clearance.
Senior level · 7+ years · National · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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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.
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Why we read it this way (8)
The job title is a bare 'Database Administrator' with no seniority modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; the 7-year minimum and scope of responsibilities support a Senior classification.
The role is classified as 15-1242 (Database Administrators) rather than 15-1243 (Database Architects) because the primary framing is administration, operations, tuning, and maintenance — though the design and schema responsibilities create genuine ambiguity.
Clearance is listed as 'must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance' with 'Active MBI (Minimum Background Investigation) Clearance preferred.' MBI is a federal background investigation tier typically associated with a Public Trust position rather than a formal Secret clearance; however, the hard gate is the ability to obtain a clearance, so Secret is used as the closest standard enum value. Hiring managers should note this may be a Public Trust / MBI requirement rather than a DoD Secret clearance.
ServiceNow, MFA, and NED appear in the responsibilities section as integration targets ('where applicable'), not in a dedicated requirements block; ServiceNow is marked required because it appears in the key responsibilities narrative with operational language, while MFA and NED are omitted as they are generic concepts rather than named standalone tools.
OWASP API and Section 508 appear in the responsibilities section as compliance standards; they are omitted from the skills list as they are regulatory frameworks rather than named technologies or tools.
Cloud database platforms (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, MongoDB Atlas) and database certifications (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB) are listed under 'Preferred Skills' and are marked accordingly.
ETL, Big Data, and data warehousing are listed under 'Preferred Skills' and are marked accordingly; ETL is retained as a named process/tool category with industry-standard meaning.
Requires a Secret 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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