Database Administrator at Peraton
UNAVAILABLE
$112,000–$179,000from the description
Jun 29, 2026
UNAVAILABLE
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A database-focused role centered on administering and developing PostgreSQL environments — including installation, configuration, performance tuning, and backup/recovery — in support of health IT web applications. The position also involves data modeling, code reviews with application developers, and contributing to data warehouse projects. It suits an experienced DBA/developer comfortable with AWS RDS Aurora PostgreSQL and working within agile teams on mission-critical systems.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,150 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 900–3,850
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 (7)
The JD is internally inconsistent on degree requirements: it states 'Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD', meaning a degree is not strictly required — higher degrees substitute for years of experience. Degree requirement is set to None accordingly; the overall years minimum is set to 8 (the BS/BA floor).
The posting says 'Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance' — this is a Public Trust suitability determination, not a formal US security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None. Candidates should be aware a Public Trust background investigation will be required.
MySQL and PL/pgSQL are listed under Required Qualifications but with the qualifier 'is a plus', creating ambiguity. Given their placement in the required section alongside firm PostgreSQL requirements and the core DBA/developer framing, they are treated as hard gates here.
Snowflake appears in the body of the responsibilities section ('Knowledge of SNOWFLAKE') without explicit required/preferred framing; given its placement in the responsibilities block it is treated as a required skill.
ErWin (data modeling tool) is listed in the required qualifications section as 'Data Modeling Experience in ErWin'.
AWS certification appears under Preferred Qualifications and is marked accordingly.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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